Fan Fest & Food Pantry

The DBAP field will soon be off limits as fall/winter turf renovation begins. Saturday's Fan Fest was an end-of-season opportunity for Bulls fans to take BP or play catch on our lawn. 

About 700 people turned out on a beautiful fall afternoon. The price of admission was three cans of food, and we delivered a van load of canned goods to the Durham Rescue Mission on Wednesday.

Tampa Bay Rays infielder Elliot Johnson - a part-time Bull City resident - was in town. He signed autographs in the home clubhouse.

Neil Offen of the Herald-Sun was at the ballpark, and I grabbed these fan shots from Instagram...

Durham Rescue Mission & the DBAP

The Bulls hosted the Durham Rescue Mission last Friday evening for what has become an annual event. Their Big League Experience is batting practice for corporate types. The team from BB&T won for the fourth consecutive year. I'm not so sure these bankers are really baseball amateurs. (Ringers!?!)

$4,800 was raised for DRM's Operation Daily Bread. That's funding for day-to-day operations at the men's and women's facilities.

I'm a big fan of the Rev. Ernie and Gail Mills, their very effective ministry, and their vision for the Mission's expansion. A $4.5 million capital campaign is underway. The Mills are Durham's power couple - all about the power of faith and service.

The Durham Rescue Mission - averaging 200 residents daily - provides men, women and children with food, clothing, shelter, counseling and help with education and employment. It served 233,000 meals last year, offered 75,000 safe overnight stays, 11,000 hours of counseling and 86,000 hours of vocational training. The services are valued at close to $8,000,000 annually.

Spend some time on the Mission's website...learn more...click here.