LAKEWOOD, NJ - The Lakewood BlueClaws will offer their Kids Eat Free program to all children ages 12 and under on Sundays and Mondays in 2010, up from the standard Mondays at the program's 2006 inception.Last year, kids ate free at all home games as part of a special one-season program. The BlueClaws front office decided to expand Kids Eat Free from its original platform.
"2009 was a very unique year economically and we decided to offer Kids Eat Free at every home game," said BlueClaws General Manager Geoff Brown. "The plan was always to go back to Mondays, like we'd done for the previous three years, but we thought it would be best for the area families if we expanded to Sundays and Mondays."
The program will once again be presented by ShopRite.
"Our goal is to continue to provide an affordable and entertaining experience for our communities of fans and this area," added Brown. "Expanding Kids Eat Free keeps us on a path that has proven to be very popular."
The BlueClaws announced last week that all ticket prices in 2010 will remain as they were in 2009.
Sundays, which already are Kids Character Sundays, will become the focal point of the new and improved BlueClaws Kids Club, which will be free for the first time this season.
Six of the eight Sunday home games will be Kids Club Days, where there will be special events and promotions exclusively for Kids Club members, including picnics, a player meet and greet, and ceremonial first pitches.
Seniors will continue to eat free on Tuesdays, thanks to TD Bank, when the BlueClaws also offer Baseball Bingo.
The 2010 season will mark the BlueClaws tenth season of play, and the team will have a new logo and new uniforms for the first time in team history.
The BlueClaws won their second South Atlantic League title in 2009, and led the league in attendance for the ninth straight year. The team also won the league's Club Merit Award and became the fastest in New Jersey and SAL history to reach 4-million fans.
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