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The Aboriginal Headstart Program at the Friendship Centre will benefit after the first annual Northern Educators Slo-Pitch charity tournament held at Centoba Park over the weekend. Through team entry fees, a social, 50/50 tickets and bad swings (batters who struck out had to ring a bell and donate money into a piggy bank that looked like a $20 bill), the tournament raised $500. "We've decided to go with the Friendship Centre's Headstart Program," said Laura-Lee Brown, who organized the event with the help of Laurel Walker. "They don't quite know yet, but we've been talking about it the last couple of days." Brown said the games were great and believes that everyone had lots of fun. At the request of the organizers, everyone got dressed up. "We asked them to select a team name and get dressed so we were pretty impressed with McIsaac and their Mad Cows," Brown said . The McIsaac Mad Cows not only won the best dressed contest, but also most sportsmanship. Brown and Walker head up the social committee at Creighton Community School and wanted to do something community oriented that would get all the teachers in the area together. "Celebrate the profession a bit and at the same time donate some money to charity," Brown said. Jason Straile, a physical education teacher at Creighton Community School, also felt the tournament went well. "It was lots of fun, lots of teachers playing and a great charity event for everybody,"Straile said. Straile said that the charity selected is important. "It's for kids, and that's what we're all about as teachers and educators is about the kids. The more money we can give to them, the better." In the end, a bunch of mixed nuts were too much for the Ruth Betts Royals to handle in the championship game of the Northern Educators Slo-Pitch charity tournament. The Creighton Mix Nuts battled sun and some rain to win 20-12 on Saturday afternoon as they finished a top the five-team tourney.
