If you know me as of late, you know that I really do enjoy playing softball. It’s one of the things I’m going to miss the most by not living in the States. Though I only played a a few seasons while living in San Francisco, I made a lot of good friends through the softball league, especially those on my team: The San Francisco Bombshells.
Our team this year did really well. In fact, we won our division and earned a berth to a national tournament which is being held in Portland, Oregon, this year! The tournament is in early September and I’m hoping I can somehow make it — especially since I’ve never been part of a team that earned the berth before! There’s an outside chance I might be working in Seattle for a few weeks around the time of the tournament, so fingers crossed! (Portland is an easy three hour train ride or drive down I-5 from Seattle.)
Such tournaments can be expensive to attend: Entry fees, plane tickets, hotel rooms/lodging, and rental cars all add up to a pretty penny. My team did a great job of fundraising during the softball season selling jello shots and cups for beer busts ($10 / cup for endless beer during a three hour period at a bar), but we’re having one more fundraising event: A big raffle with various prizes, including a grand prize of $500!
While most the prizes will benefit those who live in the SF Bay Area more than those who don’t, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to add a shameless plug on here for anyone who wants to buy a raffle ticket or even donate some money! The tickets are being sold for $5, a pack of 5 for $20, and a set of 15 for $50.
If you’re interested in helping my team out, send me an email (me@expatrichie.com) and I’ll reply back with my Venmo and PayPal account information. (If you don’t have a Venmo or PayPal account, shame on you! Sign up and join the all the cool kids; www.venmo.com is the better of the two and either one has a website you can use or apps to download for your phone.)
Thanks for listening to this shameless plug and … GO […pause…] BOMBSHELLS!
