Summer Community Event Kits Available from Softball Ontario

press release from Softball Ontario

NORTH YORK, ONTARIO- Is your Softball Association planning on attending a local fair, festival or other community event in your area? Are you looking for ways to promote the sport of softball? Would you like to earn points towards achieving or increasing your SAFE STAR Rating? Softball Ontario can help you! To promote the sport of Softball in communities across Ontario, Softball Ontario is making Summer Community Event Kits available to Softball Associations across Ontario.

What is a Summer Community Event Kit?
Softball Ontario’s Summer Community Event Kit allows Softball Associations to obtain promotional items and equipment to help attract people to the ‘Softball Zone’ at their local community events. Softball Associations can borrow their choice of equipment:

an inflatable catcher
a pitching net
a hitting tent
safety bats
safety balls

Associations can also request their choice of promotional items, including:

Play Softball Tattoos
Play Softball Magnets
Play Softball Stickers
Play Softball Pencils
Learn to Play Posters
Learn to Play T-Shirt
Softball Canada Communications Kit

How does my Softball Association qualify to receive a Summer Community Event Kit?
It’s easy! To qualify, your Association must be a member of the Play Softball Network (it’s free and easy to join!) and you will need to submit an Event Report to Softball Ontario following your event.

The Event Report is due to Softball Ontario within one (1) week of each event. Any unused promotional materials, along with the softball equipment, must be returned to Softball Ontario following the event. The Association is responsible for the cost of returning the equipment, however subsidized shipping can be provided through Softball Ontario.

By participating in the Summer Community Event Kit Program your Association will earn eight (8) points towards your SAFE STAR Rating!

If you are interested in receiving a Summer Community Event Kit for your upcoming event, contact Lisa Crompton at lcrompton@softballontario.ca or call 416-426-7150 to request an application form. Summer Community Event Kits are only available while supplies last; apply for yours today!

Softball Ontario is the governing body for the sport of softball in Ontario. Our goal is to promote and develop the sport of softball for its athletes, officials and volunteers by providing programs and services at all levels of competitions.

The Ontario Trillium Foundation is an agency of the Government of Ontario. Their mission is to build healthy and vibrant communities throughout Ontario by strengthening the capacity of the voluntary sector, through investments in community-based initiatives.