Armada shows its philanthropist side
BASEBALL: Silent auction added to the fund-raising effort.
Press-Telegram wire reports
Article Launched: 05/16/2008 11:48:15 PM PDT
LONG BEACH - The Long Beach Armada and China’s Olympic baseball team will meet tonight (7 p.m.) and Sunday (6p.m.) at Blair Field, and then go their own separate ways.
The Armada are preparing for the Golden Baseball League season, which begins next week, and China is preparing for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which begin in August.
But both teams have common goals this weekend, which is to raise money for victims of the devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake in central China last Monday.
Twenty-five percent of ticket sales will go to the Long Beach Chapter of the American Red Cross for quake victims. And 100 percent of the money raised from a silent auction will go to quake victims.
Many local professional teams contributed for the auction, with the items expected to be on display today and the bidding on Sunday.
Following are some of the items up for bid:
Angels - Torii Hunter signed bat; Vladimir Guerrero, John Lackey, Ervin Santana signed baseballs; Tim Salmon autographed No. 15 jersey.
Dodgers - Matt Kemp autographed baseball; four Field Level tickets for an upcoming game.
Kings - Autographed stick from the entire 2007-08 team.
Ducks - 2007-08 team signed jersey.
Chivas USA - A Chivas package including a signed jersey, signed soccer ball, four club seat tickets (and parking) to the June 28 game against New York Red Bulls with early access to watch Chivas warm up; five VIP tickets to a suite at Home Depot Center ($750 worth of tickets) with food, drinks, snacks for the May 31 game against the Columbus Crew.
Galaxy - A team signed Adidas soccer ball from this season’s team; Galaxy t-shirts; team signed Galaxy player cards.
Clippers - A signed Cuttino Mobley official basketball; a team signed cap.
Also to be auctioned will be an official No. 7 Steve Yeager Dodgers signed jersey (Yeager is the Armada manager); Yeager signed baseballs from the 1981 World Series; game-worn jerseys from both the Armada and Chinese teams, as well as the bases used in the series, batting gloves and hats.
http://www.presstelegram.com/moresports/ci_9290647
Groups taking donations for earthquake relief
Saturday, May 17, 2008
The American Red Cross and World Vision are accepting donations for earthquake relief in China.
Donations to World Vision can be made online at www.worldvision.org, or checks with a memo line indicating China earthquake relief can be sent to: World Vision, P.O. Box 9716, Federal Way, WA 98063-9716.
Contributions to the American Red Cross can be made by calling 1-800-HELP NOW or mailing a check, with the designation “for China,” to: American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013.
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