General Travel Meeting with all parents (meet and greet, Q&A)
Lock down Winter Training (allocated $2400 – use it or lose it. Winter training ONLY)
January
Begin winter training (agility training can be included)
Final registration payment due on the 15th ($100)
Travel Uniform Try-Ons
Selling of Lottery Tickets for February (Due Jan. 31st - $150)
Super Bowl Pools are not allowed and could jeopardize our non-profit status
February
Winter Training
Lottery NJ Evening Pick 3 number
March
Winter Training / Outdoor Practices (weather permitting)
Selling of Lottery Tickets for April (Due March. 31st- $150)
Start to plan for the Labor Day Tournament (Vendors, volunteers, tournament directors)
USABL Spring Blast Tournament (optional)
April – June
MBSA REC Season (Rec comes before Travel in the Spring – games on Saturdays)
USABL Season begins (Games on Sundays)
Memorial Day Tournament
Planning of the Travel Dinner Event (usually beginning of October)
Planning of the Travel Baseball Camp
July – August
Time off
Rec All-Stars
Travel Tournaments (optional)
Cooperstown (12-year olds)
Travel Baseball Camp
September
MBSA/USABL Labor Day Tournament
Fall REC Season (Games on Sundays)
Fall USABL Season (Games on Saturdays)
Tournaments (optional)
October
Travel Dinner Event (approximately $160 per couple plus $50 raffle)
Travel Tryouts (dates TBD)
FUNDRAISING:
Each year the 12-year teams will have the opportunity to play in Cooperstown, NY (which is a week-long event). The cost per player (which seems to increase every 2-years) is $995/per player. In order to cover the costs for each player, the Travel Committee hosts a variety of fundraising events which include the following:
Hosting the Labor Day Tournament in Manalapan
The Travel Dinner Event
Portion of the lottery tickets
Any other various events conducted by the Travel Committee
Each year we need to generate approximately $24,000 to cover the costs of the players traveling to Cooperstown. Without these fundraising activities and the assistance of volunteers, the cost will fall back on the parents to cover. This is key to the program and why there is such an emphasis on fundraising.