Marketing firm Town Hall Brands raised $2010 for the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Canadians Baseball Foundation during the regular season by committing $5 for each run scored by the C's.Â
They added another $30 after Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»scored six runs in two games when they defeated Spokane 1-0 on Sept. 3 and then eliminated them 5-4 on Sept. 4 to win the North Division pennant.Â
And... the tally could still rise as the Canadians play a best-of-three series against the Hillsboro Hops for the Northwest League championship, their fourth in as many years.
Town Hall Brands isn't the only Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»business to find a creative way to fundraise.Â
Aramark Sports and Entertainment, which runs the concession at the ballpark, donates a part of sales from every "Turn Two Turnover," a tasty combination of apple pie and ice cream. A&W makes a $500 donation every time a Canadians player hits one of the massive (and almost unreachable) root beer mug cutouts that are posted above the outfied fence. (When this happens, every fan also gets a free Teen Burger and root beer float). And Coca Cola donated a limited edition collectors can that the Canadians then sold to fans for $2 to support the foundation.
Since 2011, Town Hall Brands has donated nearly $6,000 to the foundation, which brings roughly 300 children and youth together, many for the first time, to play in a recreational summer baseball league at Nat Bailey Stadium.