Waterloo, Iowa – The Waterloo Bucks are inviting fans to The Other Place on Ridgeway Avenue on Wednesday, June 14 for Tip-A-Buck.  Starting at 6:00 pm, Bucks players and coaches will act as waiters, serving customers drinks and dinner throughout the evening.

Each table will have a "tip" envelope, where all tips for the Bucks wait staff will go to the Bucks Summer Reading Program.  Fans will also have chances to win autographed baseballs, an autographed bat, and other Bucks items through a raffle.

With the support of Amerigroup, Upper Iowa University Waterloo Center, and The Pump Haus Pub & Grill, the Waterloo Bucks Summer Reading Program encourages reading throughout the summer in the Cedar Valley.  Throughout April and May, the Bucks’ mascot Bucky visited elementary schools throughout the Cedar Valley as part of the reading program.  The students are rewarded with prizes for reaching reading levels ranging from 250 minutes to 1,000 minutes. 

Elementary aged kids throughout the Cedar Valley are invited to take part in the Waterloo Bucks Summer Reading Program.  Reading scorecards can be downloaded by clicking this link: http://northwoodsleague.com/waterloo-bucks/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/05/2017-Waterloo-Reading-Scorecard.pdf.  Prizes can be claimed in the Waterloo Bucks Souvenir Store at Riverfront Stadium by showing your reading scorecard at any level to redeem your prize.

The Other Place – Ridgeway is located at 360 E. Ridgeway Avenue in Waterloo.  Bucks players, coaches and front office staff will be available for autographs and photographs.  The public is welcome to attend the event.                                                                                                                                                     

The Bucks begin a four-game road trip tonight, traveling to St. Cloud, Minnesota to face the Rox at 6:35 pm.  The team will return to Waterloo on Tuesday, June 13 to face the Bismarck Larks in a split-doubleheader with the first game starting at 11:05 am.

The Bucks play at Riverfront Stadium where the team welcomed a new state of the art video board in 2016 thanks to a matching grant from the Black Hawk County Gaming Association.  Team ownership has invested more than $170,000 in improvements since the end of the 2014 season including painted bleachers, public Wi-Fi, sound system, group outing areas, and concessions equipment.  Bucks 2017 Single Game Tickets, Season Tickets, and Group Outings are now on sale.  Fans are encouraged to call the Bucks’ Ticket Line at (319) 232-5633 to order.  Fans can stay in touch with the Bucks during the season by utilizing their website at www.waterloobucks.com.

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The Waterloo Bucks are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 23-year-old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 170 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champion Ben Zobrist (CHC) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM) and Lucas Duda (NYM).  All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit http://www.waterloobucks.comor download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Bucks as your favorite team.