We are less than a week away now and I know everyone is getting excited. On our FaceBook page photos seem to be developing out of the woodwork from our previous years.
A little something different this year is the 1790 team sponsoring a high school athlete from Baker High School. Sophomore Francisco plays football and baseball and from our understanding, he needs to borrow all of his equipment for practice and games. I remember all of the sports I played in high school and the only thing we had to purchase were swimsuits for water polo and the swim team, a mitt for softball (though there were plenty to borrow if need be) and uniforms for cheerleading. Everything else was provided – bats, bases, helmets, etc. Oh yeah, and we didn’t have to fork out hundreds of dollars in sport fees either. But then again, this was almost 20 years ago and times have changed! We are all so very excited to be able to help a fellow athlete achieve his goals and reach his dreams.
So far close to $200 has been raised for Francisco. I plan on heading to Sports Authority Monday morning to purchase the equipment his coach has passed along to us. Thank you to everyone who has donated! I know this will help him out.
So what is the school doing? Is this a charity case? Well, these are athletes, and they have put together their own relay of sorts from Baker High School to the B2V start line – approximately 20 miles. Francisco will don a CG team shirt and run his leg of the relay Saturday morning before we set off on our relay later that day. Should be a great time for all!