The St. Louis Battlehawks today announced a series of activations in their COMMUNITY HUSTLE initiative to support the immediate and long-term recovery efforts of St. Louis from the recent tornado damage.
Working in conjunction with their premier community partner, United Way of Greater St. Louis, the Battlehawks are providing five ways to provide assistance for those in need:
JOIN THE PRE-GAME RELIEF EFFORT
June 8 Tailgate, 1:30-4:30 PM CT
United Way of Greater St. Louis’ nonprofit partner, St. Louis Food Bank, will be on site at the official St. Louis Battlehawks tailgate in Baer Plaza this Sunday with their truck to collect items for those impacted by the tornados. Fans are encouraged to bring items such as canned goods, cereal, granola bars, storage containers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, body soap, shampoo, diapers, can openers, cleaning products and supplies.
XFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
ST. LOUIS BATTLEHAWS vs D.C. DEFENDERS
BUY A JUNE 8TH TICKET TO GIVE $10 TO TORNADO RELIEF FUND
Visit http://theufl.com/battlehawkstornadorelief to purchase tickets to watch the Battlehawks in the XFL Conference Championship game and $10 of every ticket sold will be donated to the United Way of Greater St. Louis Severe Storm/Tornado Relief Fund.
ROUND UP AT THE REGISTER
Buy new Battlehawks apparel and official merchandise at the UFL Shop outside of Section 153 and round up at the register. This includes pieces from The Lou collection, the new, limited edition Battlehawks and Nelly collaboration available only at the UFL Shop on game day.
50/50 RAFFLE
A portion of the Battlehawks 50/50 Raffle* on June 8th will benefit the United Way of Greater St. Louis Severe Storm/Tornado Relief Fund. *Must be 18+ years of age and physically located in Missouri to enter. Official rules and raffle license available. Proceeds also benefit RAC.
ST. LOUIS BATTLEHAWKS BOX
Lee’s Famous Recipe has not only extended their St. Louis Battlehawks Box promotion through the end of the postseason, they are also graciously donating $1 from every Box sold to benefit the Battlehawks disaster relief initiative with United Way of Greater St. Louis. Visit any of their 15 area locations to enjoy four of their FAMOUS hand-breaded chicken strips, an order of potato wedges, and two dipping sauces.
The St. Louis Battlehawks have also joined with the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues, and St. Louis CITY SC, and Anheuser-Busch to provide a unique experience to be auctioned during a special broadcast of the Cardinals game on Friday, June 6 on Fan Duel Sports and KMOV and Matrix Midwest.
1 Comment
by Gary Winter
This is a great idea for the UFL to get involved in the communities they represent. With the teams not actually living here, this is a great way and much appreciated way to make your presence known in the community. St. Louis was down this season in attendance by right at 14% and things like this could make a difference in the future.
Another way would be to start the season earlier, closer to the end of the NFL season. This would catch people in February while their football interest is fresh and keep fans from finding other interests first.
I have several friends who had season tickets last year only to drop them this year because, by the time the season gets into full swing, they’re already chasing their kids to baseball tournaments every weekend. Many of these folks still attended some Battlehawk’s games but not as many as they might’ve had they started earlier prior to their kids baseball season. I realize they weren’t the whole 14% but there were several of them who had Season Tickets for their whole family that didn’t renew. Like I said, most still attended some games and are still fans but once April hits, youth baseball is pretty big around these parts and the odds of a conflict happening for the next 10 weekends with the football schedule beginning late is great enough that many decided they would simply go to B’hawks games when they could fit it between their kids ballgames.
Just something to consider when deciding on when the UFL schedule should begin.
Again though, thanks to the UFL for stepping up to help the tornado victims. Something they couldn’t get from their own federal government!