It was a beautiful day at the ballpark for thousands of Manatee County students. The annual Education Day event took place at LECOM Park in Bradenton, Florida on May 16th. Approximately 2,000 students plus chaperones, joined The Marauders for a day filled with baseball, learning and fun!
The Bradenton Marauders/Pittsburgh Pirates are a valued community business partner and offer this opportunity to schools throughout the district. Students take a field trip to the game at a discounted rate and their ticket includes lunch. Many public schools opted to participate this year, including Prine, Wakeland, Moody, Palma Sola, McNeal, Williams, Willis, Samoset, Palm View, Stewart, Kinnan, Braden River, Rogers Garden-Bullock and Abel Elementary Schools. Charter schools, Rowlett Academy and SCF Collegiate participated too.
“The business partnership between the School District of Manatee County and the Bradenton Marauders allows our students to enjoy Education Day, in addition to other initiatives throughout the school year,” said Deborah Perry-Gambino, the district’s Community Engagement Specialist. “We are so grateful for this continued partnership and look forward to the 2018/19 school year!”
The experience is interactive. There are contests, giveaways and booths with learning opportunities from community organizations such as Manatee County Libraries and Mote Marine Laboratory. Marty the Marauder was available for photo ops – and a team of Marauders staff cooled down the crowd with water guns.
You can tell by the smiles on both the kids’ and the adults’ faces that a great time was had by all. Go Marauders!
The entire community is invited to join The Marauders for their ‘End of School’ Night celebration. The game is taking place on Saturday, May 26th at 6:30 p.m.; gates open at 5 p.m. There will be post-game fireworks – and the purchase of each ticket comes with a FREE Marauders hat and souvenir fountain drink. Order tickets online here.
#WeManatee stands for We are the School District of Manatee County. No matter what challenges we face, we strengthen each other when we stand together.
