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Play ball
It’s time to play ball - or at least watch somebody else do it.
As part of a fundraiser for blood cancer research, I am selling $5 tickets to the Carolina Mudcats game at 7:15 p.m. May 26 at Five County Stadium in Zebulon. The Mudcats will be facing the Montgomery Biscuits. Half of every ticket sold goes to blood cancer research. Additionally, an extra 25 cents will be donated for every ticket redeemed.
If the baseball game isn’t enough incentive, you also should know that the stadium will be selling hot dogs for $1 that night. That’s quite an improvement from their normal $3 price tag.
If you are interested in tickets, please call me at 252-407-9946 or e-mail me at lmcfarland@coxnc.com.
You might wonder why I am mentioning this in the Life blog. The blog is about community events, but it is also about what is going on in the lives of Ross Chandler, the Life editor, and myself. Ross likes to blog about gardening and running. My blog topics have ranged from movie trailers to local events to my prayer life.
Once or twice during the last few months, I have talked about a project I undertook in January. I have been keeping up a better blog about the event on my fundraising Web site.
I signed up with a program called Team in Training, which raises money for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. LLS funds research and care dealing with blood cancers such as leukemia, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma. As a member of the team, I have two responsibilities: Training for a half marathon on June 20 in Anchorage, Alaska, and raising $5,500 for blood cancer research.
For the past five months, one of the main focuses of my life has been getting ready for this race. Physically, I have gone from being a couch potato in December to being able to go 8 miles on Saturday and 3 or 4 several times during the week.
I have hosted more fundraisers in the last few months than I have ever been to in my life. I am not exaggerating. I have held book sales, bake sales, restaurant nights, babysitting nights and make-up parties. The Mudcats game is one of the last fundraisers I will be able to do before my fundraising deadline, June 4.
As far as the fundraising is concerned, I still have $1,308.57 to raise. It is a scary number for me, because whatever I do not raise I have to pay for myself. If you knew what reporters make, it would scare you, too.
I think it is going to be a really fun night. I have been to a couple Mudcats games and enjoyed myself thoroughly. If you like baseball, want to have a fun night out with the family or just want to support a good cause, please consider joining me. It is going to be a great evening.
What have been your favorite sporting event memories? Share your thoughts by commenting here or e-mail me at lmcfarland@coxnc.com.
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