SlugFest 2023

Schedule of Events

• Find your team's schedule of events HERE
• Day-of events at Herndon and Southern Boundaries forthcoming
  

Fundraising

• Fundraising officially begins on April 3, 2023
• League-wide goal is $40,000
• To make a general league donation, use this link.
  • To make a player/team-specific donation, please use the link provided by your player or the team coach.
    
• Team Goals

• T-Ball teams have a fundraising goal of $300
• All other teams have a fundraising goal of $1200

• Individual Goals

• Rookie through Majors $125 per player
• T-ball fundraising goal $25 per player

• SDLL collects physical donations and utilizes Give Lively to raise funds electronically

• Cash/Checks

•  Envelopes will be distributed by team parents or coaches beginning April 3

• Give Lively

• Coaches or team parents will email a link to the team fundraising page
• Click "Join a Team" and follow the directions. If you have had a Give Lively account in the past, you can log in using last year's username and password.
• Please set up your players name as (Player Name); (Division); (Team name)
  • Example: Alex AA Yankees or Alex Rookie Mariners  
• If you have multiple players in SDLL, it is necessary to set up each account using a unique email address. We recommend one parent email assigned to player A and another parent email assigned to player B.
• Finally, share the link for your player’s page with your friends and family and encourage them to donate!

Slugging   

• Slugging will occur at Herndon and Southern Boundaries parks
• April 21-22, 2023
• The more donations a player collects, the more swings he or she is awarded in the hitting competition.

• 3 for $25
• 5 for $50
• 8 for $75
• 10 for $100
• 12 for $125+

• All teams (except T-ball) that raise a total of $1200 or more by their scheduled slugging time will be awarded 12 swings regardless of the amount each individual player has raised. Work as a team and get the maximum swings for all players.

• The top 3 sluggers will be awarded a trophy at the End of Season Tournament.

Can’t Attend SlugFest?

• No worries, your player can still work with their team and win!

• All players raising money for SlugFest win an SDLL Pennant and are entered in the annual SlugFest Raffle.

• SlugFest Raffle prizes include Duke Baseball and Softball camps or clinics, private baseball lessons, Durham Bulls, Duke, UNC and Little League World Series merchandise, SDLL Spirit Bags, Dick’s Sporting Goods gift certificates, and many more gift cards and merchandise from local restaurants or stores.  

• The top 15 SDLL players who raise the most money for SlugFest, and the top 3 fundraising T-ball players, will be offered the opportunity to participate in the Durham Bulls Field of Dreams night on June 4th.

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