Community
Each season, the Orioles and OriolesREACH invite more than 10,000 children from disadvantaged areas in the region to experience the magic of Orioles Baseball. By partnering with various local non-profit and youth groups, OriolesREACH is able to provide children with free game tickets, concessions vouchers, Orioles t-shirts, caps and transportation to and from the game. So far in 2009, several Orioles players have taken part in the program, including Jeremy Guthrie, Gregg Zaun, Adam Jones, Melvin Mora, Dennis Sarfate, and Danys Baez. More than 50,000 children have participated since the program's inception.
The Players Trust's annual Buses for Baseball visited Oriole Park on Wednesday, July 29, hosting children with cancer. Children from the Cool Kids Campaign met Orioles players prior to the game and one child was selected to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the game. Buses for Baseball provides children from charitable organizations with round-trip transportation to big league ballparks, where they receive free tickets, food, beverages and souvenirs. The program has allowed more than 1,500 children to attend games at big league ballparks this season.
The Junior Orioles Dugout Club presented by Chick-fil-A continues to offer an affordable way for kids and their families to enjoy Orioles Baseball and receive exclusive rewards. The club serves as a "mini plan for mini fans" ages 6-14, in which kids receive tickets to 10 specially selected games, a hat, membership card, collectible lunch box and more for just $17.
Family members and friends can also purchase tickets to Dugout Club games for just $6. And once again this season, OriolesREACH partnered with Chick-fil-A to donate up to $5 for every kit sold to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Since the program's inception in 2005, the OriolesREACH High Five Fundraising Program has helped thousands of area non-profit groups, civic organizations, school and youth groups, and more raise more than $700,000.
The program is very easy to execute; groups can sell either Orioles tickets or Orioles ticket voucher books in a variety of price ranges and seat locations to their loyal friends and supporters and earn up to $5 for every ticket sold. Special "Super Fundraiser Dates" even allow the organizations to earn more.
To help Orioles fans and families maximize their "fun budgets" in these uncertain economic times, the Orioles introduced the Birdland Stimulus Package: a collection of new and returning cost savings ideas that make Orioles Baseball even more affordable.
For every Thursday home game in 2009, kids 10 and under receive a free Upper Reserve seat when accompanied by an adult, with up to two free kids tickets per adult.
What better place to celebrate your birthday than Oriole Park? And what better way to celebrate than with a free ticket! In 2009, all Orioles fans around the world could receive a free ticket to any non-prime home game in their birth month by simply signing up at orioles.com/birthdays. Even fans with birthdays in the off-season are eligible to receive a free ticket. To date, more than 45,000 fans have signed up to celebrate at Oriole Park.
Every Tuesday, fans can enjoy the savings of Ollie's Bargain Night presented by Ollie's Bargain Outlet, when all Upper Reserve seats are reduced to just $8.
Every Thursday, with Bleachers and Boog's, fans can purchase a Eutaw Street Bleacher seat and a famous Boog's BBQ sandwich for just $15.
Every Friday at Oriole Park is Student Night presented by AT&T, when students of any age can purchase a Left Field Upper Reserve seat for just $6 with a valid school I.D.
