Updates!
(September 2010) Bowlerama plans are set:
(July 2010) The softball tournament has been cancelled, and the focus will now shift towards the Bowlerama in January.
(June 2010) On Thursday June 24th there was a Cancer Survivor Night at Clipper Magazine Stadium. We raised $485.00 in T-shirt sales, and have raised an additional $40 since then. Also, if anyone would like more informaton regarding the softball tournament fundraiser that will be held at the stadium on August 7th, please email me or email Pam Denlinger at pdenlinger@lancasterbarnstormers.com.
(April 2010) There have been a few great fundraising outreaches since the Bowlerama:
1) The Reading Group #2 from Mrs. Greenwood's Class at Hans Herr Elementary School in Lampeter, PA sold ice cream to their classmates and raised $250.00!!!
2) Stuart Kaplan via his Bar Mitzvah Project helped raise $680.00 by selling T-shirts!!!
3) The head baseball coach at ELCO High School in Myerstown, PA is currently using his baseball season to help raise money by passing the hat after strikeouts and homeruns. He is also going to have a Comeback game where both teams will be raising money, and T-shirts will be sold!!! (1,200 was raised this year and they are looking to make their participation even bigger next year)
4) My former High School in Houston, Tx. (Clear Lake) has an annual alumni game and fundraiser, which helped raise money for me when I was diagnosed with cancer, and they have raised $2,500 this year towards "You And Me On A Comeback"!!!
(Jan. 2010) BOWLERAMA SUCCESS!! Due to all of the sponsors, volunteers and bowlers, the first ever Bowlerama was a huge success. Nearly $5,000 was raised, and the event ran without a hitch...well, if you don't include York winning the "Rose Roll-Off" that is. The wheels are already turning for an even bigger Bowlerama in 2011, where hopefully the Barnstormers can win back the trophy that has been donated by Garden Spot Ribbon and Awards. A special thanks goes out to the Lancaster Barnstormers Booster Club that headed the volunteering efforts, and helped keep everything running smoothly.
(Oct. 2009) To kick off awareness of the start of the organization there has been a BOWLERAMA set for January 16th, 2010.
(Sept. 2009) My current hopes are for the design of "You And Me On A Comeback" to be utilized in a positive setting, and the goal is to make Lancaster, PA the home for the "Comeback Center" .
(June 2009) While playing with the Barnstormers during the 2009 season I was fortunate to meet Jon Danos the President of the team and fellow cancer survivor. He informed me of some new cancer initiatives being explored by Lancaster General Hospital, and I have been fortunate enough to propose some of my ideas to some of the most influential people involved with the cancer sector.
(April 2009) I've had a bit of a rocky road returning to baseball since getting 'ALL', but after being released by the Oakland A's at the end of Spring Training of 2009 I quickly found a home playing in Lancaster for the Barnstormers in the Atlantic League.
(Sept. 2006) I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia 'ALL' on August 15th, 2006, and the idea for "You And Me On A Comeback" was born shortly after while recouping at my parents home.