- Elizabeth Larson
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Giants' World Series trophies to visit Lakeport Feb. 28; event to support local Junior Giants League
LAKEPORT, Calif. – Baseball fans will get a chance to see the San Francisco Giants' World Series trophies up close later this month.
The trophies will visit Lakeport on Thursday, Feb. 28.
Terrace Middle School and the local Junior Giants are hosting the public viewing, which will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Marge Alakszay Center, 120 Lange St.
This will be the second public trophy tour held in the past three years and will feature both the 2012 and 2010 trophies, crafted by Tiffany & Co.
The Giants organization said the tour's focus is to share Major League Baseball’s Commissioner’s trophy with Giants fans in Junior Giants communities throughout Northern California.
“It was really important to our organization to create a trophy tour which allowed us to connect with our fans and the more than 20,000 kids who participate in our Junior Giants baseball program,” said Larry Baer, Giants president and chief operating officer.
Dan Camacho, commissioner for Lake County's Junior Giants, successfully applied to the Giants organization to have the trophies visit Lakeport.
The visit, he said, also will serve as a fundraiser for the local Junior Giants program.
The viewing is free to the public with a suggested donation of $2 per person to the Lake County Junior Giants League, according to a Giants statement. Bank of America will match contributions to the Junior Giants program, up to $10,000.
Camacho said fans with a cell phone or digital camera can have a picture taken with the trophies for free. In addition, a professional photographer with Giants Fan Photos will be available to take pictures which later can be purchased online.
During the event the Terrace Middle School Parent Teacher Organization will have a snack bar open and will conduct a raffle with baskets of Giants memorabilia as prizes.
Because the Marge Alakszay Center is located next to Clear Lake High School, Terrace Middle School and Lakeport Elementary, community members are advised that school gets out at 3:15 p.m. and buses depart at 3:30 p.m. It's requested that those planning to see the trophy not arrive before the buses leave with students for the day.
After leaving Lake County, the trophy tour will continue on through California and will end in Medford, Ore., on March 26. To find out about other stops on the tour visit http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/fan_forum/trophy_tour.jsp .
Camacho said the Junior Giants have been in Lake County around 14 years. The group is overseen by the Sheriff's Activity League, and is based at Mountain Vista Middle School in Kelseyville.
About 100 children from all over the county take part, although Camacho said about 65 percent are from Kelseyville. They're trying to expand more into the Clearlake area.
The free, noncompetitive league starts at the end of June and runs for eight weeks, Camacho said.
Baseball is the hook, but Camacho said Junior Giants have many other offerings, including programs to support reading and ending violence.
Junior Giants is the flagship program of the Giants Community Fund, which the Giants organization reported serves more than 20,000 boys and girls in 80 underserved communities in Northern and Central California and Southern Oregon.
For more information about the Lake County Junior Giants League, call Camacho at 707-349-2484.
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