2011 Granite State Baseball Dinner Raises $155,680.15

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

MANCHESTER – The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Double-A Affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, announced that the 2011 Granite State Baseball Dinner, presented by Northeast Delta Dental, raised $155,680.15. Generated through corporate sponsors, dinner ticket sales, raffle ticket sales and silent and live memorabilia auctions, these proceeds will benefit the work of the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth, the Ted Williams Foundation and the Fisher Cats Foundation.

A total of 1,200 fans attended this year’s charitable dinner, the largest of its kind in New Hampshire, at the Radisson Hotel Expo Center on Nov. 19. Combined with funds raised in previous dinner events, more than $800,000 has been collected for these charitable efforts since 2007.

The primary benefactor of the dinner is CHaD, New Hampshire’s only NACHRI approved, comprehensive, full-service children’s hospital. CHaD provides an extended regional system of care that offers advanced pediatric services dedicated to giving each child the best care, in the right place, at the right time, every time. CHaD is also the only pediatric service in New Hampshire that is an integral component of an academic medical center where children receive enhanced care thanks to an environment of learning and inquiry.

The Ted Williams Foundation works to preserve and build on the rich tradition of our national pastime through education and outreach. Proceeds from the Granite State Baseball Dinner are instrumental in the Foundation’s mission to provide youth baseball programs and scholarships for deserving student-athletes. The foundation is also an active partner with community organizations, providing assistance to several charitable groups, including the Boys & Girls Club, the Children’s Dream Fund and the Pediatric Cancer Foundation.

The Fisher Cats created the Fisher Cats Foundation as a statewide organization dedicated to bettering the lives of young people, highlighted by the Foundation’s commitment to CHaD, as well as providing scholarships to college-bound students in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. In 2011, the foundation awarded $30,000 in scholarships to a dozen high school seniors, raising its scholarship award total to $140,000 since 2007. The Foundation also supports programs that encourage education and healthy living and is dedicated to assisting charitable and philanthropic organizations throughout New Hampshire. With the contributions from this year’s dinner, the Fisher Cats, through the foundation, have donated more than $1.84 million in monetary and in-kind donations to more than 2,500 nonprofit organizations since its inception in 2006.