Fund raising rally throughout the community this Tuesday, March 25, 4—6 p.m.

— from Justin Paulsen and Orcas Island High School Spring Sports and the Orcas Island Booster Club ; update March 24 at 10 a.m. —

The plan for Tuesday afternoon was fairly standard for an early spring day at Buck Park: The Viking Spring Sports teams would be battling with their rivals, the Darrington Loggers, in the first league match-up of the season. Instead, the games have been cancelled and the Loggers find themselves in a battle that is far more important as they face the devastation that has recently hit their community.

While we cannot begin to imagine the difficulties that Darrington and the surrounding community are going through, we know that in the Orcas Community, we step in and help when help is needed. Darrington may be our rivals on the field, but off the field they are an important part of our school athletic community.

In this spirit of community, the Orcas Viking Spring Sports teams, along with the Orcas Island Booster Club, will hold a fund raising rally throughout the community this Tuesday from 4:00-6:00 collecting donations to support the Red Cross relief efforts in the Darrington and Arlington communities. 

Vikings “Stepping up to the plate for Darrington” update:
Viking athletes will be stationed at Island Market, Country Corner and at the Teezers intersection (more locations pending) collecting donations in support of the Red Cross relief efforts in Darrington from 4-6 p.m.Tuesday.
Viking Jerseys will be at the Country Corner and Island Market locations for everyone to sign and/or write messages of support on. ALL proceeds will go directly to the Red Cross and the Jerzees will be delivered to the Darrington and Arlington communities to show our support.
Our Batting Helmets will come off Tuesday in support of those affected by this disaster so that we can fill them with your donations! Even if you can only give a kind message to those affected, please come out and show them what Viking Pride is all about!
 (To donate on-line simply go to Orcasboosters.org and click on the Pay-Pal link). Along with collecting your donations, we will have sports Jerseys on hand for anyone to sign or leave a message on in support of our friends and neighbors in Darrington.

Following the fund drive, all proceeds will be delivered immediately to the local Red Cross, and the Jerseys will be delivered to the Darrington community as a show of support from their friends on Orcas.

We hope that everyone can come by and share a small bit of their Viking Pride with those who need it most!

and – Go Loggers!

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