Digging into the Community

While the team has been dominating on the road, everyone over here at the front office has been busy trying to get more people to come out and support the Bandits at home. Over the past couple of weeks we have been making appearances throughout the Chicagoland area to get the Bandits’ name out there.

Bandit, Outlaw and staff members were spotted over at Classic Cinemas in St. Charles playing bags, handing out schedules, and talking to guests. The following week, staff and players hit up two golf outings, the Girls in the Game outing in Wheeling, IL and the ESPN outing in Grayslake, IL, and made connections with professionals from the area.

Appearances have not been limited to weekdays, on weekends all of us interns have been taking shifts at local softball tournaments. We have been selling merchandise, raffling off tickets, and getting to know some of the travel softball teams in the area. Glen Ellyn, Roselle, Sycamore, and Elgin have all been great hosts and we’re looking forward to seeing some of our new friends out at Judson University in July and August. If you are not on a travel softball team do not worry, we will be out in force in the communities surrounding Elgin in the next few weeks. Look for us in your town and make sure to say hello.

The Bandits are on the road until July but you can still follow them online. The team will be back home for an exhibition game on July 5 verses the Northern Illinois Lightning. Tickets are $5 and all of the proceeds from the game will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer research.

The next home stand is July 15 – July 19 verses the Venezuelan National Team. We have some great promotions planned for that week including: Bark in the Park (Wednesday July 15), Canned Food Drive (Thursday July 16), and All American Girls Night (Saturday July 18). Also, do not forget Friday is FIREWORKS night and Sunday is kid’s day. We really want to pack the stands in July and support our first place Bandits!

If you have any suggestions on places you want the staff to visit or comments on our games please feel free to contact us at 877-7BANDIT or send us an email at Chicagobanditstickets@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you!

Catch you later! – Gail Kramer, Philanthropy/Group Sales Intern