Advantage Chevrolet Steps up to the Plate for Little Village Youth Baseball as Part of National Chevy Youth Baseball Program
Advantage Chevrolet to provide Little Village Youth Baseball with new equipment, monetary donation, instructional clinics; Additional funds via Chevy Vehicle Giveaway
Hodgkins, February 7, 2011 – Advantage Chevrolet is supporting the community through a partnership with Little Village Youth Baseball and the Lyons Township Little League. The dealership will provide baseball equipment, instructional clinics, a monetary donation, and an opportunity to raise an additional $10,000 in funds through a Chevy vehicle giveaway-fundraiser. The effort by Advantage Chevrolet is part of the Chevy Youth Baseball initiative being rolled out across the nation from March through July 2011.
“Baseball is a great American past-time and Chevrolet is proud to have a longstanding history with this tradition on a national level. Advantage Chevrolet is bringing that level of commitment for youth baseball to the Lyons Township Little league in Hodgkins and The Little Village community, where our customers and their families live,” said, Jason Roberts, General Manager for Advantage Chevrolet Hodgkins. “Our youth baseball program in the Little Village and Hodgkins community is truly cherished and we are happy and excited to support the kids in a significant way.”
Advantage Chevrolet will present the Little Village Youth Baseball with equipment kits complete with equipment bags, baseball buckets, dugout managers, and Chevy Youth Baseball t-shirts. The sponsorship includes clinics with experienced instructors from former MLB/MiLB players and coaches or the Ripken Baseball professional staff.
In addition, a one-time monetary donation check will be presented by Advantage Chevrolet to Little Village Youth Baseball. The team also will have an opportunity to raise additional funds for their use as part of a Chevy Youth Baseball Fundraiser. Sponsored leagues across the country will each receive 2,000 fundraiser entry tickets to distribute for a suggested donation, and the league will keep 100 percent of proceeds raised. At the end of the fundraiser, there will be five winners of a Chevy Equinox or Chevy Cruze vehicle of choice (up to $30,000 in value), and in each participating market there will be a secondary prize of a home entertainment center valued at $1,000.
Chevrolet is recognized on the national level as the “Official Vehicle of Major League Baseball.” “Chevrolet vehicles are made for families and we hope the kids or their parents will consider a Chevrolet as an official vehicle of their household,” said Roberts.
