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Krista Lynn Baker Memorial Tournament
July 28-29 at the Dwight Merkel Sports Complex
2007 Softball Tournament Schedules
The 7th Annual Krista L. Baker Memorial Softball Tournament
and Family Fun Day will be Saturday, July 28, 2007 at Dwight
Merkel Field, 5901 N. Assembly (just north of Joe Albi Stadium)
in northwest Spokane.
The
public is invited to participate in special activities from 9
a.m. – 3:00 p.m. that include a Home Run Batting Derby. Kimmel
Athletic is donating numerous prizes that include new hardball
and softball bats and other athletic equipment. The derby is for
all children age 8 through adult. Old-fashioned Root beer floats
will be sold for $1. Otto the Dinosaurus from the Spokane
Indians will be
making an appearance from 11 am - Noon. |
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The end of season Spokane Youth
Sports softball tournament, composed of more than 30 girls
softball teams, ages 8-17, is expected to draw more than 1000
people. Information on
organ, tissue and cornea donation will be available. Local
transplant recipients who received the "gift of life" will be
on-site to answer questions regarding donation. In addition,
information about joining the organ & tissue donation registry
and information about wishes for children with life threatening
illnesses will be also offered at the event.
The event is coordinated by four
local non-profit organizations including the Northwest Lions Eye
Bank, the Living Legacy Foundation at LifeCenter Northwest, The
Wishing Star Foundation, and Spokane Youth Sports Association.
The tournament is named in honor
of Krista L. Baker, a Spokane native and former Wish Child, who
at age 20, died of cystic fibrosis while awaiting a double lung
transplant. Though denied her hope for a life-saving transplant,
Krista made her preference known to her family to become a
cornea donor. Within four days,
two young men in the State of Washington received the gift of
improved sight.
In Eastern Washington alone the
N.W. Lion’s Eye Bank provide the "gift of sight" to over 100
people every year. Currently more than 1200 people are waiting
for life-saving transplants in our region. More than half these
people, like Krista, will die waiting due to the shortage of
donated organs. There are three ways you
can become an organ, tissue, and cornea donor:
- Register online at
www.livinglegacyregistry.org
- Fill out a registry card
- Says "yes" to organ donation
when you renew your driver’s license.
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