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Published On: April 21st, 2020

Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.- The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters, in partnership with its nine Founding Partners, Furniture & ApplianceMart/Ashley HomeStore and Thrivent Financial, announce a drive through experience for the whole family. The free experience will take place at the Witter Field Lincoln Street parking lot on May 1st from 5pm to 7pm. For every vehicle that drives through, ten meals will be donated to local Feeding America locations.

The experience will feature booths from local organizations found in Central Wisconsin, including discount codes for local restaurants and fast food chains, giveaway items such as t-shirts and buffs, kid’s activity packets and much more! The cherry on top will be a “Thank You” video at the last booth. Each vehicle that passes by has an opportunity to leave a thank you message for the healthcare workers and other essential workers in the area.

Thrivent Financial will also have a booth to donate nonperishable food items to help provide food for members of the community. Each car that donates will receive a t-shirt and with each food item donated one entry will be received for a chance to win Rafters Tickets for the 2020 season, including two Point Craft River tickets, four Solarus Founders Club tickets, and four reserved bleacher seat tickets.

This drive through will take roughly ten minutes per vehicle to complete. Social distancing practices will be in place, including limiting one volunteer per booth and wearing face masks and gloves. The Rafters ask all who will participate to please stay in their vehicles.

Rafters GM Andy Francis is thrilled to provide this experience, “After more than a month spent indoors, members of the Central Wisconsin community are going to need to start the process of getting back to a normal routine and we’d like to be at the forefront of that process. This experience, even though it will have some restrictions, can help be that first step”.

For more information on the experience and the different booths that are available CLICK HERE!

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The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its’ 26th season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 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, over 230 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and MLB All-Star Jordan Zimmermann (DET). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.raftersbaseball.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rafters as your favorite team.