Home Run Derby Night
A ticketed home run derby with target-based hitter sponsorships, concessions, and an optional raffle. A natural, crowd-pleasing event right on your own field.
Why it works
A derby turns batting practice into a show. Supporters fund each hitter's published home-run target upfront, families buy admission and concessions, and the event uses a field you already have.
How to run it
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Create a Ticketed Event for the derby and set admission.
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Start an Activity-Based campaign and give each hitter a realistic home-run target. Supporters choose a per-homer amount or flat gift and pay the target-based total upfront.
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Set rounds and a simple bracket (JV vs varsity, plus a coaches' round for fun).
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Add concessions and a prize-basket raffle.
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Recruit volunteers to shag balls, keep score, and run the gate.
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Promote to families, alumni, and the community, then on derby night crown a champ, post the actual results, and thank everyone.
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Publish the event page, print the QR poster from the Share tab for the entrance table, and drop the link in every place your families already talk: group chats, newsletters, socials.
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Load your contact list and let the built-in email + text sequence do the reminding (Write with AI drafts the messages), most gifts arrive on the second or third touch.
Responsibilities
Who does what, and when, so nothing slips.
- Create the ticketing and target-based hitter sponsorship, then set the rounds and bracket.
- Add concessions and a raffle, and run the night.
- Personalize your page, add contacts so the automated sequence can run, and swing for the fences.
- Shag balls, keep score, and run the gate and concessions.
Example messages
Sample outreach for this play, to spark your own.
Going yard for your team! Come to our Home Run Derby on {date}, admission at the gate, pledge per homer for your favorite hitter, and grab some food: {link}
I'm hitting in the your team Home Run Derby! Pledge a few dollars per home run (or a flat gift) and come watch the bombs fly: {link}
The your team Home Run Derby is {date}! Watch our hitters launch them, pledge per homer, and support the team: {link}
These are just examples. You'll write and send your own messages when you set up your campaign.
Boost it. Plays that pair well
Sport-Specific A-Thon
Supporters sponsor a published activity target tied to the sport (laps, hits, serves, pins), and athletes perform during a team event. Contributions are paid upfront from the target, so there is no post-event collection chase.
Prize Basket Raffle
Families and businesses donate themed baskets; supporters buy entries online. A proven add-on that boosts any event by a few hundred dollars.