KHOU-11 is running a story about a Friendswood softball team with a unique fundraising idea:
It happens every year. Parents put off confirming a baby-sitter until the night before New Year’s Eve, and end up ringing in the New Year with a bowl of popcorn and hours of Disney films.
This year, however, the Texas Eclipse girls softball team is helping parents welcome the New Year with friends and partygoers by offering baby-sitting from 6 p.m. Dec. 31 to 1 a.m. Jan. 1.
The girls softball team is based in Friendswood, but players come from all over Galveston County. Each year, the team holds a fund-raiser to help pay for travel expenses and registration fees to enter softball tournaments across the United States.
“Sometimes we host tournaments and garage sales,” said Robert Flores, team manager and father of one of the players. “This is our first time baby-sitting.”
Flores said the team is raising money to go to a national softball tournament in Denver, Colo., on July 4.
“At first we thought about baby-sitting for Christmas shoppers, but we couldn’t pull it together quick enough,” he said. “Then we thought maybe New Year’s. I called around and none of your day care-type places are even considering being open on New Year’s Eve, so I thought this might work.”
They’ll be inundated. On New Year’s Eve, babysitters are at a premium.
