The Big Game....and ..... Wrestling Mats....(quite a combination)

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I hope you were able to get tickets to this Saturday's BIG day for our baseball team, as they suit up for their big league experience.

Saturday, May 8th, 2010 will be a day that our kids will remember for a lifetime as they face the Palo Verde Yellow Jackets at PETCO PARK. Yes, THE PETCO Park, where the (current) NL West Leaders, the San Diego Padres play.

This once in a lifetime experience is courtesy of the San Diego Padres, CIF, HUSD, Palo Verde High School and YOU, the supporters of all things Holtville! Our kids had the task of selling 500 tickets for the game to make it happen, and of course, you all stepped in and bought the tickets.

Several of our community members and staff bought lots of tickets for the game, giving away many of them to those who couldn't otherwise afford to go. At one Rotary Club meeting alone, over 40 tickets were purchased. It's heartwarming to know that our community really does care about our kids, and buying tickets to this fabulous opportunity is one small example of that.


Another example of the largess of the Holtville community has to do with wrestling. If you've followed the District happenings lately, you know that a new wrestling room and weight lifting room were added to the High School gym a few years ago. Unfortunately, at the time, there were no funds for wall mats in the wrestling room. The wall mats for the room cost about $8,000, and withing a few weeks of our wrestling coach looking for funds, the entire amount was covered, thanks to some very large donations by our friends and clubs in the community.


Thanks again for all your support!

I hope to see you at the big game on Saturday!


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