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Can & Bottle Drive 9/19/15 to Support the 2016 Hopedale Youth Baseball Cooperstown Team

Can & Bottle drive SAT. 9/19,8-12 Hopedale High School parking lot to raise money to send the 2016 Team to Cooperstown!#Cooperstown2016

Please support the 2016 Cooperstown Team at their second can & bottle drive THIS SATURDAY 9/19 from 8-12 in the Hopedale High School parking lot!!!!! The boys will all be there and ready to take your can and bottle donations!!! Can’t be there Saturday? Let us know and we can arrange to pick up!!!! Help send these amazing boys to Cooperstown!!!! Please share this post and save those bottles!!! If you would like to make can & bottle donations, but are unable to attend the event on Saturday, we can arrange for pick up!

Please contact Chris Parker acsmwc@gmail.com or Nicole Small nicolesmall2010@hotmail.com to arrange for pick up.

This is the third fundraising activity these boys have planned to help raise money to send them to Cooperstown, NY. Please see below for more information regarding the Cooperstown trip and other ways to donate. Please continue to look for events to support these boys.

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This year, 12 dedicated and hardworking ball players have been selected for the 2016 Cooperstown Team and each one is very excited to have this once in a lifetime opportunity: to play baseball in Cooperstown, NY - home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame next July. Cooperstown Dreams Park hosts a week long tournament, where over 100 teams from across North America engage in a high level of competition. At the end of the week, our team will be inducted into the American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame. The team will also be playing in other local tournaments next summer prior to going to New York. With your help, players are going to have an unforgettable summer! The 2016 season is expected to be exciting and successful.

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However, to make this opportunity a reality, we need the support of our family, friends, fans and community members. All money raised will be used to pay for Cooperstown Tournament expenses and items for the team. Any donation amount will be greatly appreciated.

****Your donation is tax deductible, as the Hopedale Youth Baseball Association (HYBA) is recognized as a qualified organization and meets the standards and requirements of the Internal Revenue Code 501c(3). Under this provision, all contributions are deductible for federal income tax purposes. The Tax ID# is 04-3055893.

If you would like to make a monetary donation to sponsor the team or an individual player, please make checks payable to: HYBA Cooperstown Fund c/o Chris Parker 8 Crockett Circle, Hopedale, MA 01747. If you are making a donation to sponsor either the whole team or an individual player, please include team or the individual player’s name either on the check (memo section), or a separate piece of paper.

So we can thank you for your generous support, please include your name and address with your contribution.

Thank you from the 2016 Hopedale Youth Baseball Cooperstown Team: John DeFonzo, Zack Frohn , Nate Hall, Tyler Lane, Chase Levasseur, Steven Marchionni, Jared Morris, Will Parker, Aiden Radcliffe, Ollie Radcliffe, Jason Reed, Gabe Wilson and Coaches Hall, Parker, Radcliffe and Wilson

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