PLYMOUTH - The Plymouth River Eels hosted a used sports equipment drive last month at the Colony Place Enchanted Village. The drive garnered an enormous response from the community, including contributions of everything from golf clubs to footballs. The donations will benefit the Plymouth Boys and Girls Club. 

Wally the Green Monster posed for photos and signed autographs at the event, and River Eels CEO Tom O’Brien read Jerry Remy’s Wally the Green Monster and his Journey Through Red Sox Nation to a group of more than 50 children.  

Many took advantage of the opportunity to sign up for the Plymouth River Eels season ticket waiting list and the monthly e-mail newsletter.

From left, Holly Booth, Krystale Cote, Becky Ferrell, Lindsey Piper, Tom O’Brien, Dan Cosgrove, Micayla Rothberg, Mike Rothberg, Matthew Rothberg pose with a pile of sports equipment donated for the Boys and Girls Club.

“As our project moves toward bringing the River Eels professional baseball team to Plymouth, our company wants to be in a position to give back to the community,” Mike Rothberg, chief operating officer of Bay Colony Baseball and Athletics LLC, said. “Having grown up with the Boys and Girls Club of Plymouth, we knew that this would be a great way to do that.”                

“The event had a great turnout in support of both the toy drive for the Girls and Boys Club and the Plymouth River Eels,” Erik Christensen, Bay Colony’s chief marketing officer, said after the event.               

 Christensen, who has marketed concerts and special events on the South Shore for over 20 years, said the excitement surrounding this project surpasses any other he’s worked on.

“This project has a huge excitement factor,” he said. “We have had an overwhelming response from all over the country, from business partners to kids wanting to play for the Plymouth River Eels.”

Micayla and Matt Rothberg pose with Wally.

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