Giants' Trophy Tour Has Saturday Stop In North Bay

From Santa Rosa Recreation & Parks Neighborhood Services:

The San Francisco Giants World Championship Trophy Tour presented by Bank of America will continue its public tour and visit Santa Rosa Recreation & Parks’ Finley Community Center on Saturday, Jan. 10.

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The viewing of the trophies is free to the public but a voluntary contribution of $2 per person is suggested to support the local Junior Giants program. This will be the third public trophy tour held in the past five years.

[Previous: Giants’ World Series Trophies Embarking On Viewing Tour.]

“We are incredibly excited to welcome the Giants World Champions trophies to Santa Rosa,” said Skip Wallace, Recreation Coordinator and League Commissioner for Santa Rosa Recreation & Parks Neighborhood Services Junior Giants Program.

“Just last month, Santa Rosa Recreation & Parks Neighborhood Services was selected into the Junior Giants program. Our Junior Giants League will launch in the summer and we anticipate it will serve over 150 children who live in the area. By coming out to view the trophies, our community members are also supporting our Junior Giants League and their support is much appreciated!”

Junior Giants is the flagship program of the Giants Community Fund, which serves more than 22,000 boys and girls in 87 underserved communities throughout northern and central California and southern Oregon.

It is a free and non-competitive baseball program that has served as a model for MLB youth initiatives.

Using baseball, the Junior Giants provides opportunities for youth to link with adult mentors and to learn about the program’s Four Bases of Character Development: Confidence, Integrity, Leadership and Teamwork. Many of its participants would not normally have the opportunity or means to play baseball. Locally, registration for the Santa Rosa Junior Giants program will begin in March.

Volunteer coaches are needed for the upcoming eight-week Neighborhood Services Junior Giants season. To learn more about volunteer opportunities, contact Skip Wallace at swallace@srcity.org or (707) 543-4359.

Trophy tour details:

When: Saturday, January 10, 2015
1:00 - 3:00pm

Where: City of Santa Rosa Recreation & Parks
Finley Community Center - 2060 West College Avenue, Santa Rosa

To learn more about the Trophy Tour and Junior Giants: Visit sfgiants.com/trophy. You can also follow @SFGiants on Twitter and tag Tweets and photos with #SFGTrophy.

To learn more about Santa Rosa Recreation & Parks Neighborhood Services: Click here.

--Image courtesy of San Francisco Giants on Facebook.

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