From the Email Inbox: Fireworks and Attitude of LL

Dear Gramps:

The Letter to the Editor in the Grand Terrace City News this week regarding fireworks is interesting on several levels.

First of all it promotes a very interesting statement as to the public support for sports and our youth programs and the parents of the children in Little League Baseball in Grand Terrace.

Secondly it suggests an attitude on the part of the board of the Little League that Fireworks is the only way to earn money as the “Kids” can only participate in one fund raiser per year. We know the “Kids” aren’t selling fireworks so we now know some of the constraints. “Kids” can do one fund raiser, and selling chocolates doesn’t work well. Parents of the Players, don’t turn in the money, or the Chocolates. I don’t recall the Parents trying anything else.

The Council should be cognitive of the Little Leagues Attitude and Attachment to the Idea Fireworks will be their means of earning money.

Ok, here was the challenge. Suggest ways to raise Money that may work in Grand Terrace.

A Local Team Effort Supported by Local Chamber of Commerce Members, Perhaps each business could buy an Add and Coupon offer for a Coupon Book Like the ones sold at Bakers each Halloween for the benefit of Easter Seals. Our Local Printers may offer to do the work at a discount, or perhaps it could be printed on a News Paper Format and “Sold” by team members. Boys and Girls Selling the Grand Terrace Sports Team Review and Coupon Pages, for a Buck A Piece tips Invited.

OR….On days when there is community clean up or Bulk Dumpster Days, the parents with trucks or perhaps even a rented truck could pick up items curbside for a fee and tip.

OR: Dunk a Lawyer at Grand Terrace Days… OR… Dunk a Council Member…. Coach…. OR…..Have a Schedule for who will be Dunked when…. And which target earns the most dunk dollars that could be pre sold…. Ask each City Leader to Sell 500 Dunk Dollars. Perhaps their Friends won’t show up… or they will aim high.

The idea that the “Kids” are limited to One Fund Raising Activity is only limited by how you define One Fund Raising Activity. This does not stop the kids from participating in the Clean Up Days as that would be 4 Days of the Same Activity… Spread out over a year’s time. Nor would it stop the kids from Selling Distributing the Sports News Paper/Coupon Flyer on a Monthly Basis…

And as far as I am concerned raising money for Participation Trophy and End of Year Parties is not a Program Required Expense and could be eliminated or restructured to a Paper Certificate, and a Pot Luck.