Councilman E. Martin Jewell, Richmond City Council, Central 5th District
will be one of four person selected to throw the first pitch to celebrate the opening day of the 2010 Metropolitan Junior Baseball League Season. The Metropolitan Junior Baseball League is a national baseball organization established for African-American youth up to 19 years old. The organization was formed in 1966 in Richmond Virginia and its teams across the United States of America compete annually for the national Black World Series championship title competition.
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
Richmond City Hall - 900 E. Broad Street, Suite 200 - Richmond, Virginia 23219 www.council.richmondva.gov
COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWS ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, 4 June 2010
Councilman Marty Jewell to throw Opening Day pitch to kick-off 2010 Metropolitan Junior Baseball League Season Ceremony
Games to be held following Opening Day festivities
WHAT Councilman E. Martin Jewell, Richmond City Council, Central 5th District
will be one of four person selected to throw the first pitch to celebrate the opening day of the 2010 Metropolitan Junior Baseball League Season. The Metropolitan Junior Baseball League is a national baseball organization established for African-American youth up to 19 years old. The organization was formed in 1966 in Richmond Virginia and its teams across the United States of America compete annually for the national Black World Series championship title competition.
The Metropolitan Junior Baseball League is supported by the national RBI (Returning Baseball to Inner-Cities) program, KPMG (accounting Firm); Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation; and the SOLE (Sports, Opportunities, Literacy and Enrichment) group, a local consortium of public and private entities.
WHEN Saturday, 5 June, 2010
Schedule of Events 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Emcee Valarie Harris, MJBL Board of Directors
Welcome The Honorable Marty Jewell, Councilman
Richmond City Council, Central 5th District
Opening Prayer Rev. Hodari Hamilton
Saint Paul’s Baptist Church
Posting of the Colors Boys Scout Pack and Troops 413, 723, and 808
National Anthem Saint Paul’s Baptist Church Youth Choir
Black National Anthem Saint Paul’s Baptist Church Youth Choir
Opening Pitch The Honorable Marty Jewell, Councilman
Richmond City Council, Central 5th District
Todd “Parney” Parnell, Vice President,
Richmond Flying Squirrels
Jim Phillips, KPMG
William Forrester Jr., Executive Director,
Metropolitan Junior Baseball League
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Three TeeBall and Majors Baseball games
WHERE City of Richmond Fonticello Park
29th and Bainbridge Streets (In Richmond’s Central 9th District)
WHO The Honorable E. Martin Jewell
Richmond City Council, Central 5th District
Metropolitan Junior Baseball League Staff, Coaches and Teams
CONTACT For more information, please contact the Honorable E. Martin Jewell, Richmond City Council, Central 5th District, at 804.646.5724, or marty.jewell@richmondgov.com
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