February 3, 2012
Dear Member of the West Springfield Business Community:
Getting kids outside to be physically active and learn teamwork is a great start to helping them develop into healthy and responsible adults.
West Springfield Little League (WSLL) is a positive outlet for nearly 800 boys and girls between the ages of 5-12 who play baseball each spring and fall. Â The league, which is a non-profit organization staffed and administered by volunteers, remains wholly committed to seeing that children are provided a healthy, safe, and fun environment tolearn and enjoy the game of baseball.
I am writing to you today to ask for your support of this program.
The league is currently organizing for the upcoming 2012 season and is soliciting the business community for sponsors—and your financial support is critical.Â
Today the cost of protective gear, equipment and field maintenance is significant.  Moreover, WSLL doesn’t ever turn a player away regardless of their ability to pay. In the end, the revenue generated by the current registration fee ($135/player) doesn’t come close to covering all the costs for all of the players who ultimately register to play in our league.Â
In addition to our normal operating costs, our fields were inundated by a flood this fall that brought over 8 feet of water into the park and left significant damage to almost every aspect of our facility. We are in the process of rebuilding our fields and facilities from this disaster, but the recovery costs are substantial and they continue to grow.Â
It seems daunting we know, but with your help and the assistance of others in our community, each year we meet the challenge, and grow to serve even more families.
This year, our goal is to try to field nearly 80 teams at six levels of play. Â But in order for that to be feasible, we need sponsors for each and every team we form. Â We are asking that you sponsor one, or possibly more than one team this spring, to help WSLL continue making a high quality baseball experience available to all of the children of our community.
As a sponsor, your business name will appear in a variety of settings connected to WSLL, such as on the team jerseys, in the 2012 WSLL Yearbook and on the WSLL website throughout the course of the entire year. Also, as a sponsor, you will receive a plaque of appreciation with a team picture for display in your business and a WSLL yearbook.  We also work with our sponsors to help them promote their business additionally through other means of outreach.  The various sponsorship levels are set forth in the sponsorship commitment form.We are asking for all sponsor commitment forms to be returned by February 15, 2012 (and remember that your contribution is tax deductible.)  Whether or not you decide to sponsor a specific team, please consider contributing whatever you can as a Friend of Byron to help with our flood recovery.Â
On behalf of the over 600 families who make up the West Springfield Little League, we thank you for your support and look forward to seeing you out at Byron this year for some games. Â If you have any questions at all, please feel free to call or email me.
Sincerely,
Amie Adams                                                    Â
2012 Sponsor Chairman                                 Â
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