Walmart Donates $6K to Repair Santee Girls Softball Scoreboards

Santee, CA — Thanks to a sizable donation from Walmart, Santee Girls Amateur Softball Association's scoreboards are up and running again at the Santee Sportsplex.

Walmart said it was proud to award Santee ASA a $6,000 check to cover the costs of repairing the aging scoreboards, which hadn't been operable for three years.

Santee Walmart Store Manager Bobbie Jo Lewis was joined by Santee City Councilman Rob McNelis to present the check to the organization and to thank them for the investments they are making in the community’s young women.

Santee ASA President Jay Strandberg expressed his gratitude, saying fundraising that amount of money to retrofit the scoreboards with current technology would have taken the league two years. The league has had to come up with other money to repair vandalized equipment such as field lights, he said, so it was decided the scoreboards weren't an immediate need and that the repair cost shouldn't be passed on to the families.

"Santee ASA gives a huge thank you to Walmart," Strandberg said. "The scoreboards have been out of use for the last three years, but we had them up and running within two weeks of their donation and they are now being enjoyed by 500 Santee families."