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By BECKY PUTNAM
Rappahannock Newt Contributing Writer
Two local businesses are happy to meet the challenge and make their contribution to the youth of the community.
For decades the all American pastime and business have had a close relationship. Youth baseball shirts all over the nation have Tony’s Pizza or Fred’s Garage on the back. Business sponsorship of baseball teams is one of the ways youth baseball leagues finance this sport. In Rappahannock County we have a unique problem in the fact we do not have a lot of businesses and most are small.
To help raise much needed funds the Rappahannock Athletic Association would like to challenge for the month of October, all businesses in the business community to send a check for $25 to the R.A.A. to help us keep this league growing and thriving. If everyone would contribute a little it would add up to a lot. Our hope is that you will see how important and healthy children’s activities are for the whole community.
The R.A.A. had approximately 190 children three season’s ago, 250 last season and this season there are
90.6%