Blake to Represent the
State of Florida
State of Florida
| ParentsConnections.com Follows Little League Player to the White House |
| Little League International selected Blake to represent the State of Florida in the first Tee Ball on the South Lawn "All Star" Game at the White House! The Game will be played on Wednesday, July 16, 2008. ParentsConnections.com will provide exclusive daily journal entries and pictures so everyone can follow along with Blake on his journey to the White House! |
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Blake, Congratulations on your many accomplishments. I have read Your Interviews and accomplishments and they are dynamic! I am sure that you had fun. You have worked hard to earn Your Place in History and “The Money Family in Nevada are so very proud of YOU” and we look forward to hearing of Many Great Accomplishments for and about YOU BLAKE. Get Mom, Dad and the rest of the family to come visit Nevada and we will continue to celebrate. THANK YOU for sharing with us. When and I am sure you will play for a Major League Team just remember This Fan Will Be In The Stands Cheering You On. I am asking you to keep me posted on the happenings and fun things you are doing. Blake, I must sign off for now and go to work. LOVE TO ALL, UNCLE JEFF and AUNT DIANE _________________________________ _________________________________ Congratulations Blake! You probably don't remember me, but I work in your mom's office at Michael Saunders. She use to bring you along when she came to the office and I remember you as a baby too! Now that I have made your face red- congratulations on your trip to the White House. What an honour for you and your family! You are so awesome! I am sure this is a trip of a lifetime and your will always remember it as long as you live. Hugs, Your mom's friend, Doris _________________________________ _________________________________ Great Job Blake. Awesome hit and a great throw. We are so proud of you and love you very much. Love PaPa and MiMi _________________________________ _________________________________ Blake, Way to Go!! You were AWESOME!!. It was so cool seeing you smack the ball all the way up by the camera. We watched you live on the internet and it was amazing. We are so proud of you. Have fun in D.C. and we'll see you soon. Love, Aunt Jana, Uncle Zach, Taylor & Corbin Hey Residents of North Port and Sarasota- Blake represented us well and we should all be proud of him and give him the recognition he deserves. _________________________________ _________________________________ Hi Blake, Have fun at the White House. From, Tai Herman _________________________________ _________________________________ Nice looking Power-L you got there, Blake...Great job! Have fun and show the Pres. what North Port baseball is all about! Go Gators! Go Rays! _________________________________ _________________________________ We moved to North Port last September from VA- about 12 miles from Wash.D.C. We were happy to see someone from North Port going to the White House for Tee Ball. We also really like parades & went to the North Port 4th of July parade. It was a great idea for you to be in the parade! You should be in the 50th anniversary parade,too. You probably know how fortunate you are to live in North Port. We love it here, most folks are so nice. We will definitely be following you to the White House and have also told our family & friends to do so. You will be a "hit" on the news,you are so cute! Sincerely, Your Neighbors in North Port Eddie & Christine Davitt _________________________________ _________________________________ Dear Blake, Good Job Me and My Mom Linda and Emma Nichols are very proud of you! from anchor Emma Nichols fourth (Fifth grade now) grade Mrs.Cannons Class P.S. Keep up the good work! _________________________________ _________________________________ Congratulations Blake! You have done a great job. I can't wait to read your book! Mrs. Gambill _________________________________ _________________________________ Dear Blake: I'll be writing about you for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, and my wife and I will be over to see and talk to you at your house (for dinner) tomorrow night. I'm looking forward to it, and congratulations for the honor you have received. BILL HERALD _________________________________ _________________________________ HI, Blake. We are very proud of you. Enjoy and do a great job. Love, Poppy and Sharon _________________________________ _________________________________ Incredible Blake! Todd C. Schwiderski _________________________________ _________________________________ Blake Congratulations!!!! I am so proud of you. Going to the White House is such an exciting honor. I can't wait to hear all about your trip. Thanks for sharing your adventure! Have a wonderful time. :) Mrs. Mancheno _________________________________ _________________________________ Blake We are Honored to be your Neighbors! Good luck in Washington, The City of North Port can be proud to have you as a resident. Keep up the great work. God Bless You!! Love The Garofalos Dawn, David Sr. and David Jr _________________________________ _________________________________ Hey Blake, Congrats!! I am so proud of you. Good Luck and Have Fun!! Mrs. Braun:) _________________________________ _________________________________ We are so proud of you and your accomplishments. You’re an excellent player and a great kid. Say hi to the President for us. Play your best but most of all have fun. Love you, Aunt Jana, Uncle Zach, Taylor & Corbin _________________________________ _________________________________ We are so proud of your accomplishment. Enjoy this opportunity of a lifetime. The Rightmire family _________________________________ _________________________________ Congratulations Blake......what a wonderful experience and honor for you! Enjoy!! Best wishes from Taylor & Corbin's GG in California _________________________________ _________________________________ Just want to say have fun and good luck Blake from the Frame's _________________________________ _________________________________ That is awesome!! _________________________________ _________________________________ Congratulations, Blake! What an exciting honor. Have a great time, and give President Bush a big North Port "Hello" from all of the Little League Families. The DeBruler Family Have a great time. We will check in on your trip... Jenness _________________________________ _________________________________ congrats ! _________________________________ _________________________________ Congratulations…………………………. Have fun!!!! Joe _________________________________ _________________________________ JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE "BLAKE" ON BEING SELECTED FOR THE "SOUTH LAWN ALL-STAR GAME". WAY TO GO, BLAKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE HUGHSTON'S _________________________________ ________________________________ |
| BLAKE'S JOURNAL |
6/29 Today NBC 2 from Ft. Myers came and did my very first TV interview! I had so much FUN! I loved the camera filming me while I was hitting I also liked being asked questions in front of the camera...it was really cool! I don't get the channel so my Grandma watched it. She said it was very exciting to see and filmed it so I can watch it tomorrow. She said it was very exciting to see me on television and a great story! I can't wait to see it! She said they even used my story as the news teaser before the news began! Today was so cool! |
| 6/25 Today my parents and I had our first interview with the North Port Sun. Tomorrow we will meet with the reporter at the field and have a photo shoot. I am very excited! |
Photographer Kharli Rose 6/26 Photographer Kharli Rose Today I experienced my first photo shoot. I LOVED it!!! These are pictures of me with a photographer from the North Port Sun at the North Port High baseball field. The North Port Sun is expected to print the story either this Saturday or Monday. I will keep you posted with a print date. |
6/28 I was so excited today! I went in to the store and my picture was on the front page of the newspaper! I could not believe there was a whole rack of me! I also got an invitation from Mr. David Garofalo to participate in the 4th of July Parade! I am also so excited everyone is visiting my page! Thank you so much for your support! I hope everyone enjoys this amazing adventure with me! |
Today's Top Story - North Port Sun Newspaper __________________________________ Saturday, June 28m 2008 Blake Money, 6, will be the first representative of Florida in the Tee Ball on the South Lawn All-Star Game at the White House In July. Money, 6, was the batboy for North Port High School's varsity baseball team... |
| 7/1 Today WINK from Ft. Myers came to interview me. We did the interview at the baseball field at the high school. I had so much fun and it was a lot of fun to include my buddies from the high school team. I think some of them might even be on TV too! I am not sure when the story will be on...I will keep everyone posted with a day and time! |
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| 7/4 Today was AMAZING!!!! A few of my buddies, my sister and one of my brothers and I were in the Parade! I got to ride on a very old fire truck! We all got to blow the horn...it sounded really loud! I want to thank my friends for walking in the parade. It really meant a lot to me to have you there with me today to share this special event! |
| I also want to than Mr. Garofalo for inviting me to be in the Parade! I was also very excited to meet Mr. Bill Furst. He is running for County Appraiser and has known my mom for a really long time! We finished the day with a great pool party and awesome fireworks! Below is a really cool picture my mom took tonight! Today was so exciting and really Fun!!! I really hope everyone enjoyed today just as much as I did! |
| 7/7 Today was the first day of baseball camp and my interview with News 40! I really enjoyed this interview because she filmed me sliding, hitting, catching and just being me on the field! My mom talked with a publisher today and it looks like our book idea is a go! I am so excited. You can learn more about the book by clicking on the link to the left! |
| 7/10 Tonight Mr. Herald joined us for dinner with his wife Mrs. Herald. We had a lot of fun eating and doing my interview for the Herald Tribune. The story should be in the paper either this Saturday or Sunday, I will keep you posted! |
| 7/13 Today was SO EXCITING!!!! My article was in the Herald Tribune AND...My Dad coached our Senior Little League team to the District 16 Championship!!! Way to Go DAD!!! Way to go GUYS!!!! You all are AWESOME!!! I hope you guys give it your ALL next weekend so we can advance again!!!! Living Life AUGE Style!!!!! (All U Got Everyday!) |
| The trip was long - lucky for my parents we slept a lot! |
| The first thing we did was get together with my Moms best friend from Jr. High. She was a Navy F-18 Hornet Pilot and now she is Navy Intelligence. It was so amazing to meet her! |
| 7/16 Today is the BIG DAY!!!!!!! I started the day with a few swings |
| The President of Little League started the day off. We enjoyed a great lunch and listened to several speakers. |
I then got my uniform. I am number 9!
| 7/14 - 7/16 THE TRIP AND PRE-GAME |
| Today was AMAZING!!!! I hit center with a one hop over the fence to give me a ground rule double! I showed President Bush my secret handshake and met Ryne Sandberg. Kenny Chesney performed the National Anthem and Take Me Out to the Ball Game! My sister met First Lady Laura Bush and President Bush! There is so much more to tell. I will follow up with more tomorrow! I had sooo much fun today!!!!! |