Bookin' It to the Ballpark
June 11, 2015 - Florida State League (FSL1)
Dunedin Blue Jays News Release
DUNEDIN, FL - The fifth successful year of the Dunedin Blue Jays 'Bookin' it to the Ballpark' proved to be a great combination of baseball, fun and plenty of learning.
'Bookin' it to the Ballpark' is designed to get and keep kids interested in reading. A task accomplished through reading visits and a friendly competition among classes at each school.
Players, staff, and mascot, D-Jay, visited Pinellas County schools to read to students throughout the six-week program. Additionally, the class with the most runs in each school was awarded a pizza party, courtesy of Jet's Pizza in Dunedin.
The objective of the competition was to 'score runs' with the program designed bookmarks, with a baseball diamond on the forefront, provided to the kids. Students were awarded a base for each 20 minutes of reading and crossed home plate for every 80 minutes of reading.
Students logged a total of nearly 144,000 minutes, or 2,400 hours, of out-of-school reading during the six weeks of the program.
D-Jay bobbleheads and ticket vouchers to pre-determined Dunedin Blue Jays games were awarded every time participating students scored two runs. The vouchers, good for four (4) tickets, were redeemable for one (1) of two (2) TD Bank Reading Nights at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium. The first game was on May 9 during Superhero Night and the second game is on June 27 during Mascot Night and D-Jay's Birthday.
The Program, which ran from April 13-May 22, worked with 12 participating schools from Pinellas County including: Guardian Angels Catholic School, Dunedin, Douglas L. Jamerson, Tarpon Springs, Melrose, Garrison-Jones, Seminole, Brooker Creek, Curtis Fundamental, Southern Oak, Bay Vista Fundamental, and Sutherland. The TD Bank sponsored program involved 1,124 second-grade students.
To purchase tickets or to learn more about the Dunedin Blue Jays, visit DunedinBlueJays.com.
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