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Flyers To Donate Ticket Proceeds To Red Cross For Haiti Earthquake Relief

January 18, 2010 - Golden Baseball League (GBL)
Orange County Flyers News Release


ANAHEIM, Calif. (January 18, 2010) - The Orange County Flyers announced today that a percentage of proceeds from all ticket purchases over the next six weeks will be donated to the Red Cross to assist with earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. Less than a week after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake ripped apart buildings, homes and lives in the Caribbean nation, the Flyers are calling on baseball fans to do their part to provide aid to the victims in Haiti.

The Flyers are pledging $1 of every game ticket purchased from all season ticket plans and flex ticket plans to go directly to the Red Cross efforts for Haitian earthquake relief. As an example, fans who purchase a 45-game season ticket plan will have $45 of their total donated on their behalf. Two tickets would result in a $90 contribution, etc. The Flyers have set a franchise goal to raise $2,500 for Haitian relief through March 1. If baseball fans in Orange County help the team achieve this goal, Flyers owners have pledged to match the proceeds from tickets purchases dollar for dollar, which could mean a total contribution of $5,000 for earthquake relief.

Since the team's inception in 2005, the Orange County Flyers have been community leaders in charitable giving, helping to raise money for causes throughout the last five seasons, including Bat for the Cure for prostate cancer, Paint the Park Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Night, American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, and several others. Most notably, the Flyers helped raise money on a special night in 2009 for Jon Wilhite, the lone survivor of the fatal car crash in Fullerton that killed Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart last April. Last season the team helped raise more than $30,000 for numerous charitable organizations.

Tickets for the 2010 season are currently on sale and are available by calling the Flyers office at (714) 526-TEAM (8326) or visiting the website: www.orangecountyflyers.com.

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