RiverDogs to Join in Boeing Salute
May 11, 2015 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston RiverDogs News Release
CHARLESTON, SC -- The Charleston RiverDogs, along with nearly 30 local businesses and friends, will help celebrate the more than 7,500 Boeing employees when the team hosts the rival Greenville Drive on Sunday, May 17, at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park. The game will be billed as Boeing Employee Appreciation Day, and the first pitch slated for 5:05 pm.
In addition to another "Dog Day" at the park where fans may bring their four-legged friends, the day will include the standard and family-oriented Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission Kids Club Sunday, presented by Y102.5.
"The RiverDogs and the Charleston community are showing collectively its appreciation to the loyal Boeing employees for doing what many said couldn't be done which was building Boeing-quality airplanes successfully and on time in South Carolina," said RiverDogs General Manager Dave Echols. "The RiverDogs are proud to partner with members of the Charleston business community - including some who wish to remain anonymous - in providing a day of fun and entertainment for Boeing employees."
Joining the RiverDogs as sponsors for the Boing Employee Appreciation Day are:
- Baker Motors
- Banks Construction
- The Beach Company
- Charleston Area Airport Authority
- Charleston County
- Charleston Hotel Association
- Charleston Visitors Bureau
- The Citadel
- Clemson Research
- Davis & Floyd
- Gordon Strauss Offices
- Hall's Chophouse
- Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union
- InterTech Group
- Mickey Bakst
- MUSC
- Nexsen Pruet
- OL Thompson
- Pepsi
- Roper Hospital
- Santee Cooper
- SC Ports Authority
- Spirit Line Cruises
- TD Bank
- Trident CEO Council
- Trident Tech
Tickets for all RiverDogs games may be purchased at the Riley Park Box Office by calling (843) 577-DOGS (3647) or on-line at www.riverdogs.com . If fans cannot make it to the park, they are encouraged to tune in to all the action this year both home and away on 1250 WTMA, the radio home for RiverDogs baseball.
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