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In our 4th annual Community Impact Report we highlight the community aspects, economic impact and overall contribution the Joliet Slammers have made as tenants of the Joliet Baseball Stadium in 2016. The Slammers continue to provide affordable family fun and entertainment not just to Joliet, but to all of Will County and the surrounding communities. The Slammers take great pride in being an asset to the community and you will see in this report how we have proven to have a positive impact on the City of Joliet. We will highlight just how synonymous the Slammers have become with the culture of Joliet & Will County through:
Events hosted Returning events and new events at the ballpark Participation in community events outside the ballpark
Relationships built with local organizations Local organizations the Slammers are involved with Groups we work with in planning summer events Corporate business partners
The economic contributions to Joliet/Will County Wages paid to employees Payments to government Purchase of outside goods and service Donations Fundraising groups
The Slammers stadium has become a multi-use venue with a full calendar of events each year. From baseball at all levels, to concerts, 5K walks/ runs, beer festivals, family movie nights and more– there is always something going
on that appeals to all demographics. In 2016, we hosted the following events: 48 Slammers home games University of Saint Francis Fighting Saints games Three youth baseball skills camps Illinois High School State baseball finals Class 3A/4A (recently won bid to host through 2021) Slammers 15U baseball tournament Easter candy run Family movie nights Hopstring Fest-Craft beer and music fest Halloween trick-or-treating at the stadium Family Fun Fest Chicago Bandits vs Slammers softball game Guns N Hoses charity softball game Multi– chamber networking events
Andre Dawson night at the Slammers—NEW Hyundai Car Care event in conjunction with JJC,
D’Arcy, and Hyundai Motors Aurora– NEW Miracle League games Annual College Fair SWILA All Star & Championship Games Will County Watch Party for Cubs playoff run Holiday Party and open house to fans Home Depot Softball Game Mount Zion Baptist Church Service– NEW Red Carpet Corridor Open House– NEW Stand up for Blue Night—NEW Great American Railroad Journeys (a BBC travel
documentary series featured the Slammers)- NEW
Hosted a premier for the new Fox series Pitch– NEW
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The Slammers have woven themselves into the social fabric of Joliet and all of Will County by reaching fans far beyond the confines of the ballpark! The organization is committed to providing a positive influence through community efforts and charitable work on and off the field. Community Initiatives Include: Spikes Super Students Reading program: education incentive program in 150+ area schools, libraries, daycares etc Slammers Kids Club: 1,000+ members receive Slammers perks for joining Fundraising with the Slammers: The Slammers helped raise X in 2016 working with area non profits Chamber involvement: The Slammers are active in 10+ area chambers through parades, expos, & networking events Community nights: Help raise funds for organizations in your community, and recognize individuals and business
Former Cub Andre Dawson visits the Slammers
Slammers Holiday Open House & toy drive for the Boys and Girls Club of Joliet
Mt. Zion Worship at the Cross
Chicago Bandits vs. Slammers
Slammers youth skills camps
The Slammers have woven themselves into the social fabric of Joliet and all of Will County by reaching fans far beyond the confines of the ballpark. The organization is committed to providing a positive influence through community efforts. In 2016, the Slammers participated in the following community events:
MLK Jr. Day of Service Andrews High School Career Day Opening Day Ceremonies Spanish Community Center Expo at Washington Jr. High Disability Mentoring Program Trivia Contest-Joliet Kiwanis Lagag Family Home Run Derby Salvation Army Bell Ringing Joliet Chamber expo Kids Fair-Troy Middle School Walsh School Assembly Sator Sanchez School Assembly Career Day-Jonas Saulk Elementary Career Fair-Brooks Middle School Senior Citizen Expo-Joliet Junior College Grundy County Family Fest Keith Elementary Expo Plainfield Parade Manhattan Irish Parade
Mokena Chamber Expo Cunningham Grade School Assembly Braceville Grade School Assembly Custer Park Grade School Assembly Indian Trails Middle School Career Day Grundy County Career Fair Oak Forest High School Career Fair Tinley Park High School Career Day Morning Star Mission Thanksgiving Meal Distribution Joliet Library Star Wars Days Downtown Joliet Farmers Markets Race Fan Rally Nitro Night
Chicagoland Go Green Event
Silver Cross Hospital Carnival Day
YMCA player visits
Joliet Easter Parade Joliet Lights Parade ...and more!
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MKL Day of service
YMCA visit
Silver Cross Hospital visit
Volunteering Morning Star Mission
Community Expo
The Slammers work with hundreds of fans and families, businesses, schools, local organizations and more every year. Our job is to maintain great relationships in the community by providing value to our fans. In return, it is with the continued support of the community that allows us to look back on successful seasons. Organizations we are active in: Joliet Noon Lions Joliet Old Timers Baseball Community Service Council Pitch & Hit Club Will Buy Local Joliet Rotary club City Center Partnership
Chambers we are active in: Grundy County Tinley Park Joliet Lemont Homer Glen Mokena New Lenox Plainfield Bolingbrook Orland Park
Our own community initiatives: Slammers Kids Club (1,000+ members) Community nights at Slammers games USF Spikes Reading program (140+ schools)
Groups we host at the ballpark:
12u Whiteford Bulldogs 22nd Century Media Trade 22nd Century Media Trade A O Marshall School Aaron's Abundant Life Fellowship Access Sports Media Aeropres Plant-Morris Agreliant Amazon American Heritage Girls American legion Post 52 Americas Styrenics LLC Anagnos Door Company Anna McDonald Elementary Aroma Park Little League Aspire Gymnastics Associated Ophthalmologists Associated Orthodontists ATI Physical Therapy Aunt Nancy's Baker & Taylor Bandits PAC 12U Girls Softball BDA Dance Bickus Plumbing Blue Ribbon Products BNSF Railway Bolingbrook American Cancer Soc.
Bolingbrook Angels
Boy Scout Group 382
Boy Scouts of Am. Rainbow Council Morris
Bradley Central School Student Council
Braidwood Athletic Association
BRW Blast
Cabinet Works Inc.
Caton Commercial Real Estate
Central City YMCA
Century 21
Channahon Baseball by Troutman Excavating
Channahon Park District
Channahon United Methodist Church
Channahon/Minooka Rotary Club
Chic. Southland Assoc. of Health Underwriters
Chic.Southland Assoc. of Health Underwriters
Chicago Street Pub
Christian Motorcyclists Association
CITGO
Clubland of Joliet
Coacl City High School Color Guard
Coal City Community Unit #1
Coal City Cub Scouts
Coal City Methodist Church
Community Services Foundation
Compassionate Friends
Construction By Camco Inc
Cornerstone Services
Country Financial
CPAAR
cub scout pack 237
Cub Scouts Pack 13
cubs 12u fastpitch
Delco financial
Dirksen Junior High School
Discovery Childcare
Don / Jo An Christmas Event
Dr. Julian Rogus Elementary
Dupage Township Senior Center
Dustin White
Dwight Rebels Softball
Easter Seals Joliet Region
Edge 8u Baseball
Elite Dance Academy
Elwood Athletic Boosters
Elwood Baseball/Softball Assoc.
Elwood Community Church
Elwood Energy
Equipment Service Professionals
Exel Supply
Exelon Projects Department
Ferrara Candy Company
First Christian Church
First Midwest Financial Network
Forest Park School
Fox River Academy of Music & Art
Frankfort Baseball
Frankfort Fire Protection Dist
Frankfort Girls Softball
Freedom Run
Friends for Scouting
Gardner Community Night/GSW HS
Girl Scout Troop 70839
Godley Park District Day Camp
Goldstar Academy of Dance
Gompers Junior High School
Grahamville Rescue and Sanctuary
Green River Lines
Gustafson Family
Hands of Hope
Happy 8th Birthday Preston Cooper
Harding Grade School
Harrah's Casino
Hartman Recreation Center
Heartland Cardiovascular Ctr
Heartland Service Dogs
Heritage Corridor Convention
Herman Family
Groups we host at the ballpark:
Hickory Farms
Hickory Hills Kiwanis
Home Depot Warehouse
Home Depot/ D48 Merchandising
Homer Glen Chamber of Commerce
Homer Lady Heat 12U
Homer Township Fire Protection
Hopstring Fest
Hufford Jr High School-District 86
Ignite Cheerleaders
IKO Midwest
Illinois Hawks 11u
Illinois spina-bifida association
Illinois Valley Industries Inc
International Transload Logistics
Irine King Elementary School
Issac Singleton-District 86
John F Kennedy Middle School
John Kramer
Joliet American Legion Band
Joliet Community Hospice
Joliet Dirt Devils Softball
Joliet Fire Department
Joliet FOP
Joliet Housing Authority
Joliet Junior College
Joliet Kiwanis
Joliet Montessori School
Joliet Moose Lodge 300
Joliet Public Library - Black Road Branch
Joliet School District
Joliet Ski Club
Joliet Township 204
Joliet West High School Band
Judson Memorial Baptist Church
Just Fix It!! Inc
Kankakee Valley YMCA
Keigher Academy of Irish Dance
Kid Country Day Care
Kiddie Academy
Kindercare - Naperville
King Middle School
La Danse Academie
La Petite Academy
Lagunitas
LCSRA
Lemont Chamber of Commerce
Lewis University Admissions
Lily Cache Special Recreation
Lincolnway High School
Lincolnway Special Rec. Association
Lincolnway Special Rec. Association
Lincolnway Swimmers Association
Living Waters Childrens Center
Lockport Boys Baseball
Lockport Rotary
Lockport Township Park District
Lockport Vipers
Lutheran West
Lynne Thigpen
Magnuson Group Inc
Mako Metals
Manteno PTO
Manteno United Methodist
Marshall Klein Foundation
Matteson Elementary
Meadow View Elementary School
Merchants & Manufacturers Bank
Minooka River Cats
Mk Orthopaedics Surg & Rehab
Mokena Chamber of Commerce
Monee Chamber of Commerce
Monticello Thunder
Morning Star Mission
Morris Community YMCA
Morton High School
Mt. Zion Men's Choir
Murph's Minions Relay for Life
Mutual of Omaha
NAMI
Naperville Park District Atlanta Braves
NECA
Neighborhood Gathering
New Lenox Kiwanis
New Lenox Power 12 U
New Lenox PTO
New Lenox Rotary
Oak Park park district
Old Renwick Trail Home Owner's Association
On Broadway Dancers
Operation Christmas Child
Orland Park Chamber
Oswego Outlaws Softball
Ottawa Central Elementary School
Ottawa Recreation Department
Ottawa YMCA Summer Day Camp
PAC Bronco Champion Giants
Pack 476
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Parkview Christian Church
PAWS Animal Shelter
Peace Chapel Assembly of God
Peotone High School Baseball
Plainfield Athletic Bronco Division
Plainfield Athletic Club 12U Softball
Plainfield Drive Baseball 12U
Plainfield East HS Dance Team
Plainfield HS Cheerleaders
Plainfield Jr. Cats
Plainfield Navy Twisters 11U
Plainfield South High School Band
Plainfield South HS Cheerleaders
Groups we host at the ballpark:
Plainfield Twisters
PPG
Providence Catholic Men's Club
Reed Custer Intermediate School
Relay for Life Walgreens
Resurrection Lutheran Church
Rev. Michels Knights of Columbus
River Valley SRA
Rockdale
Rogy's Learning Place
Romeoville Cub Scouts
Romeoville Fire Auxillary
Romeoville Revolution Softball
Romeoville Rotary Club
Romeoville Storm
Romeoville Tumbleweeds
Romeoville Yankees
Romeoville Youth Football, Cheer
Rotary Club of Bolingbrook
Rotary Club of Joliet-Club #78
Rotary Club of Lemont-Homer Glen
Rotary Suite
Sandra Cisneros School
Sauk Elementary School Show Choir
Seating Concepts Inc.
Seneca Village Park Board
Senior Star
Shelby Scholars DayCare
Shepherd Middle School
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
Shorewood Glen
Shorewood Grade School Choir
Silver Cross Hospital
Small Town Theatre
South Suburban Chihuahua
South Suburban Water Works Assoc.
Southwest synergy Dance
Spartan Dugout Club
Spencer Crossing Elementary
St Mary Immaculate Parish
St Paul Lutheran Church
St. Dennis Church Choir
St. Joes Pony Baseball
St. John's Good Timers
St. Joseph's Academy
St. Louis Cardinals Romeoville Park Dist.
St. Mary's Knights of Columbus 6993
St. Pauls Drama Club
Stagehands Local 124
Step By Step Childcare
Stepan
SWILA Baseball
Taylor Street Realty
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
The Estate Planning Council of Greater Joliet
The Learning Experience Lemont
The New Lenox Power 12U
The Salvation Army
Thrivent Financial
Thrivent Kankakee
Thrivent New Lenox
Timber Ridge Middle School
Tinley Park Bulldogs 11u
Tinley Park Bulldogs 11u
Tinley Park High School Poms
Tower Choral Group
Trinity Services
Triple R Childcare
Triple R Childcare-New Lenox
Troy Jr. High Band
Trubich Reunion
U7 Frankfort Boys Baseball Rangers
United Gymnastics Academy
United Methodist Church New Lenox
United Methodist Cross Roads of Faith
University of St. Francis
University of St. Francis Alpha Phi
Victory Baptist Church
Victory Baseball
Warehouse Services Inc.
Wayne Hummer Investments
WCSJ/WJDK Radio
West Towns Chorus
Westside Children's Therapy
Westside Family Dentistry
Whiteford Baseball
Will Buy Locally Alliance
Will County Farm Bureau
Will County Mothers of Twins
Wilmington Middle School
Wings Dance
Wojtulewicz
Woodridge Park District
World Kia Joliet
Yokohama Tire
“ “The exposure of having our name and signage at the ballpark has been a smart investment for us and is also a nice way of supporting the community which we serve. When we inquire about how
a new customer has heard of our firm, we are surprised that so many heard of us from our sign at the ballpark” - Larry Jungles
Vice President Brown and Brown Insurance
The Slammers aim to be a value-added partner to help our sponsors grow their businesses in Joliet and beyond. Each season, we work with 75—100 different corporate partners at various levels of investment with the team. The choice for area businesses to invest with us, and to see the value in what we can provide, is a true testament of the Slammers appeal.
Corporate business partners:
160 Driving Academy 22nd Century Media Aaron's Access Sports Media Alfresco Booth Andy's Frozen Custard Associated Orthodontist ATI Physical Therapy Barvian Realty Beaver Creek Golf Carts Big Frog Naperville Blue Ribbon Products BNSF Brown Forman
Brown and Brown Insurance Chicago Computers Chicago Dough Company Chicago Street Pub Chicken and Spice Cinemark City Center Partnership CJ Wilson Mazda Clean Car Connexion
Country Thunder
Curdtown Cowballs
Daily Journal
DeVry
Dippin Dots
D'Orazio
Double D Pig Roasts
Drop Zone
Edward Jones
Firehouse Subs First Midwest bank
Foodie 5K
Gatto's Restaurant
Gordon Food Service
Greater Joliet Area YMCA
Green River Lines
Hampton Farms
Harrah's Casino
Holy Cross College
Hollywood Casino
IL Corn
IL Fire Chiefs Association
Johnsonville
Joliet Junior College jump zone
Precision Repair Raging Waves
Ragusa's Promo Advertising Red Wing Shoes Sam Adams Same Day Tees
Silver Cross Hospital
Spooky Beverages Sport's Authority Sports Clips
Streamline Investigations SWILA Baseball Taylor Street Realty Times Weekly Lagunitas
Lakeshore Beverage
Lumina Pyrotechnics
Magic, Music, More
Mancuso Cheese
Meijer
Merchants & Manufacturers Bank
Merchant Solutions
MK Orthopaedics
Milano Bakery
Mulligan's Pub
NECA/IBEW
Noodles and Company
Oak Lawn Children's Museum
Odyssey Fun World
Pace Bus
Pepsi
Peter Rubi
Play it Again Sports
“ We have partnered with the Joliet Slammers for several years now and have appreciated the value of our sponsorships of the Slammers each year. The Slammers team has been easy to work with and always willing to explore ways to maximize our exposure with the public, and Slammers fans specifically” - William Vanderbilt Vice President Vanderbilt’s Firehouses, Inc.
Corporate business partners: College of DuPage NEXLAB Comcast Xfinity Country Financial Mark Hunt
Tucker's Doggie Delights
Trader Magazine
University of Saint Francis
Voyager Media
WCSJ/WJDK Radio
Window Works
Windy City Lake Shake
West Flooring
Just Fix It
Knockerball Chicago
KSKJ Life
Liberty Mutual
Live Nation
West Bend Mutual Insurance
World Kia
Zip Fitness
- Over 13,000 fundraising tickets sold - Over $60,000 raised through fundraising tickets - $5,000 given to Silver Cross Foundation - Over $14,000 in ticket donations
The Slammers donated tickets and other Slammers gear to over 300 non profits in 2016.
Donations were made to the following groups:
Sgt. Donald D. Griffith I A Foundation St Joseph School Homewood Flossmor Fine Arts St. Benedict School Chicago Bread LLC- Make a Wish Covenant Classical School N I U Public Interest Law Society St Mary's School Palos Baseball Organization Northlawn Jr. High School St. Joan of Arc School Merrionette Pack 12U Express Baseball St Jude School Joliet West Band Boosters Homer Athletic Club Homer Heat 9U Cardinal Joseph Bernardine Catholic Easter Seals SRRC Southwest Chicago Christian School Julia's Legacy of Hope Crises Center of South Suburia Lambs Fold Center for Woman & Children K of C New Lenox Council Greater Joliet Area YMCA
McHenry Pigtail Softball Oaklawn Baseball 12U Oaklawn Lightning Humphrey Middle School Helping Hands Fly High Foundation NFP
Aquinas Catholic Academy
Child Network Minooka H.S. Band Boosters St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Coal City Polar Coalers Dwight Economic Alliance Cub Scout Pack 3337 Guardian Angel Community Services RMSBO 12U Renegades Valley View Educational Enrichment Foun. Minooka Baseball & Softball Association Morris H.S. Baseball Boosters PAWS Chicago Troy Baseball Center Cass District 66 PTO Lockport Police Dept. Benevolent Fund
Kiwanis Club of Tinley Park New Lenox School District 122 Foun. Troy Band Boosters Ardmore Elementary School PTA Center for Disability Service St. Baldricks Foundation Fire Station Cooperation Central Athletic Boosters Club Minoka High School Band Glenwood Academy United Gymnastics Academy Edison Elementary School ADV & SAS
Minooka Intermediate School Done With Drugs Foundation Plainfield Jr. Womens Club Brooks Middle School Lemont HS Band Parents Association Oswego Cobras Baseball Club Nettle Creek Elementary School St Thomas of Villanova Catholic Church Kids & Company Preschool Woodridge Athletic Association Kendall County Rebels Will County 4-H Youth Foundation Our Savior Luthern Preschool St. Tarcissus School Our Lady of Loretto Chicago Comets Baseball NEP Junior Achievement Chicago Resource for Community Living Knights of Colombus 4400 Shorewood Church of God Plainfield Central Elementary PTA Dwight D. Eisenhower High School Will County Elite Baseball Elim Christian Services Troy Hoffer Elementary Muscular Dystrophy Association St. Lawrence High School Autism Speaks 1st United Methodist Church
Union Ridge School Joliet Montessori School Jefferson Elementay School PTO Westin Hotel and Resorts Crossroads of Faith United Methodist Hoky Scholars Judson church Grundy County Farm Bureau Foundation Holy Family Assoc. Noonan Academy Pontiac FFA Pontiac Township High School Pattie A. Powlowski Benefit Fund Dwight High School FFA Alumni Relay for Life Grande Park Elementary PTA Dalzell Grade School PTO Citizens Police Academy Alumni Marquette Major Baptist Academy Will County Humane Society Alleluia Lutheran Church Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce Joliet Catholic Academy Channahon Music Boosters Minooka Baseball Softball Association ASA of Will County Robert C. Hill Elementary School MS Run the US Inc. Congress Park PTO St. Bede Academy Baseball Team Good Shepherd Center
Donations were made to the following groups:
Lambsfold Center for Women & Children Kids Benefit Inc. Eagle Point Elementary PTO Judson Church Wounded Warrior Action Post 1977 Wilmington School District 209U Foun. Dupage County Historical Museum Shorewood Glenn Bunco Club Lakewood Falls School PTA Shorewood Area Chamber of Commerce Orland Hills T-Ball Baseball-Softball Marquette Academy Will Grundy Medical Clinic
NIU Athletic Training Student Association GFWC Illinois Foundation of Womens Clubs Naperville St. Baldricks Lady Knights of Itasca Girls Softball Alvernia Manor Senior Living Illinois Valley Community College Foun. Serena Grade School PTO Woodland High School S. Suburban Council Alcoh. Drug Abuse Friends of Rickover Naval Academy Wilmington 10U Travel Baseball 2018 Bridges to a New Day Team Make a Difference
Shorewood-Troy Friends of Library William J. Butler School PTO Knights of Columbus Council #6090 Corner Stone Services Inc.
Friends of New Lenox Library Summit Hill Education Foundation Joiet Township High School Foundation Meadow View Elementary Lincolnway West Band Boosters Troy Choir Boosters Manhattan Irish Fest Westmore Elem PTA Homer Athletic Club Holy Family K of C Council #15732 Special Olympics of Illinois Francis Field Youth Foundation Plainfield North Band Boosters St George School Pleasant Lane Elementary School PTA Catholic Charties Diocese of Joliet St.Joseph School American Cancer Society Cub Scout Pack #42 St. Jude Catholic School Joliet Childrens Museum OakLawn Friends of Plainfield Park District Channahon Pony Baseball St. Florian School Trinity Services Inc.
Sunrise Center North Therapuetic Riding Romeoville HS Athletic Booster Club Mendota Area Senior Services Inc. Hopeful Tails Animal Rescue Dwight Rebel Travel Softball
Association of Horizon Lewis Univ. Vet. of America Assoc. Arianna's Wings Catholic Charties of Joliet Coal City Chaos 2017 Ill. Probation & Court Services Assoc Pontiac Christian School Tri-City Wolverines Youth Football Nami Will-Grundy Turning Pointe Autism Foundation Kankakee Co. Against Sexual Assault TNT for St. Jude Mokena Community Park District Tinley Park High School Joliet Area Community Hospice Operation Support our Troops America Homer Athletic Club Lincoln Way West Music Boosters Kids Fit Foundation Saint Bede Academy Joliet Area Historical Museum Homegrown Clovers 4-H Club Grass Root Homeschoolers Christian Youth Center of Morris Ardryanals Charities
DuPage County Chiefs Police Assoc. Mokena Chamber of Commerce VFW #7452 Auxiliary DeLaSalle Institute New Lenox Rebels Lakeland College Athletics
LaSalle Co. Farm Bureau Foundation Center for Performing Arts Bremen High School Alumni Assoc.
Embers Elementary School American Cancer Society Suburban Access Tinley Park Lioness Crete Monee Education Foundation Limestown Middle School River Valley Youth Baseball League NIU Athletics Presence St. Joseph Medical Center Tender Loving Care Animal Shelter PCHS Band Boosters Mosaic Lutheran Church Christopher Dillon Education Fund Rockdale Schools University of St. Francis Avon 39 2016 Breast Cancer Phil's Friends March of Dimes The Jack Pribaz Foundation Cota for Jase Snevely New Lenox Park District
Chicago Family Directions Spanish Community Center Mammo Strong Inc. Ron Schaper Memorial Golf Outing Phantom Ranch Bible Camp Tinley Park Park District Little City Foundation
Donations were made to the following groups:
Hazel Crest Fire Department American Cancer Society Relay for Life Kiwanis Club of Shorewood
Lockport Township HS District 205 Foun. Channahon Three Rivers Festival Mothers Against Drunk Driving Lemont Public Library Gigi's Playhouse St Lawrence High School DuPage Habitate for Humanity Girl Scouts Troop 70669 Joliet Central High School Pat Clark Memorial Foundation American Cancer Society Fundraiser Colbie Riblet's CDH/CDLS Journey Benefit Tinley Park Public Library Deerfield Park Fountation
Orland Park Law Enforcement OPLEO Coal City Library Manhattan Elwood Public Library Cass 63 Foun. for Educational Excellence Jons Last Ride Plainfield South Cougar Boosters Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Boy Scouts of America Lincoln Correctional Center Folds of Honor SIU Womens Golf Team Mokena Intermediate School John Simpson Memorial Golf Outing Joliet Township High School Foundation
One Love Global Wellness Foundation Troy Township Firefighters Association Midlothian Public Library Nickkotcharty for TBI Stepping Stones Inc. Friends of Lockport High School Romeoville Chamber Troy Township Firefighters Association March of Dimes AM 560 The Answer Individual Advocacy Group
Will-Grundy Center for Indep. Living Heart Haven Outreach Shady Oaks Cerebral Palsy Camp Mazon Volunteer Fire Department St. Turibius Parish Community Service Foundation Center for Disability Services Chicago Southland Chamber Illinois Police Association Tee Up For Youth Lincolnway Special Recreation Assoc. Fox Valley Park District
Channahon 12U Team Stand Up for Spencer Braidwood Police Department Grundy Three Rivers Habitat for Humanity USO of Illinois
Mt Moriah Baptist Church
Bob Jahn Memorial Scholarship Fund
Joliet Area Community Hospice
Offering creative promotions, terrific play on field, unique menu items, affordable pricing and the Slammers commitment to the communities they serve, its hard to stay out of the limelight! Here’s a look at some of our top stories from 2016:
THREE Slammers earned post-season awards for Manager of the Year, Trainer of the Year, and Pitcher of the Year
Slammers sent six players to the Frontier League All-Star game in Florence, KY,
including Slammers Manager Jeff Isom who coached the East Division Team The Slammers signed four players in 2016 to MLB contracts Slammers earned the title of East Division Champs.
Slammers were featured on ABC 7 Chicago for the Cubs viewing parties Slammers were featured on ESPN’s top plays during the IHSA tournament. Featured on Great American Railroad Journeys—a BBC travel documentary
The true testament to the Slammers’ hard work each season is feedback provided by fans. Here is what our fans are saying: