Growler 2025 Begins tomorrow (July 29th) at Springdale! We are Ready!
As we approach another year of the Growler here are a few points of order to remind/inform everyone of…buckle up for this one and get comfortable for this one. Trying to get all info in ONE place!!
- What a tremendous turn out Saturday!! Weather was HOT but and we knocked out a ton of stuff (including a good portion of our Tuesday set up items). We were done by Noon and a few lingered until 1pm. Thanks so much to all who signed up and came out to help!
- Player Bags are no more! REMINDER you can pick up your Bands and T-shirt today between 6 and 8pm at SARC or on Tuesday at the “Player Check in” location. Any sponsor items donated (aka Towel, magnets, etc) will be available to snag as well. Only Parents, Kids, or Spouses can pick up more their own bag (for their household). Captains can not pick up individual bags for their teammates.
If you get your bag, you still need to “Check In” at the GFL Player Pavilion Tuesday (on the deck) to get your Jersey Mike’s Sub and Pepsi/Gatorade. - Volunteers are still needed (12 spots remain open :) Please sign up to assist if you can.
NOTE: ONE new job is monitoring the path between the Food Lion parking lot and SARC to make sure people parked in the correct area. This role was specifically requested by the Management group of the parking lot to ensure they don’t have to tow. It’s the easiest job at the Growler… and I put 2 people there so you can talk to someone and/or have a person who can grab drinks or food for the other (if required). Please fill those spots “if you were ever my friend… if you ever had even the slightest feeling for me”. - Team Volunteer Schedule here: https://growlervolleyball.com/player-info/volunteer
Reminder Each Team has 1 Night clean up responsibility during the 4 weeks of the Growler at the different Event locations. Captains were given those assignments at the meeting last night. I will email to add Captains today. You can trade with other teams, but make sure you are playing at the same place that week and make sure Cristine is aware if a trade happens. We removed the Team “day after” responsibility last year and moved that to Individual volunteer slots. We will do that again. - Jacobs Construction Player Pavilion and Parking spot Auction closed last night for Week 1 and the winners are:
Parking Spot 1: Ashley Clingman
Parking Spot 2: Dex Vanderbilt
Player Pavilion: Rob Rauth / Big Dig Energy
Take a look for Week 2-4 opportunities here: https://app.charityauctionstoday.com/auctions/2025-growler-44241 - Registration is Done. If not registered, you are not playing this year. Sorry.
- St Baldrick’s site up to 177 Participant pages (182 last year).
- Fundraising up from 70K to 77K based on this point last year.
- Game Schedule is located on the website and linked here: https://growlervolleyball.com/volleyball-events/growler/
Please be ready 30 minutes prior to your first game. The scheduled start times for all games are somewhat flexible (given variable length of preceding games)… so please be ready to play when your time comes (which might not be the time on the schedule itself). Consider sneakers for Grass games… some prefer it.
Everyone will play 3 games! - Weather is GONNA BE HOT! Hydrate Now.
Should there be rain we will do everything we can to finish out the night. It’s too hard to reorganize this thing, so again we will do EVERYTHING we can to get games… which could include delays that extend beyond the current schedule. Please be aware of that. Also, we will take player safety into account as we are able… but also understand this has long been the Growler Rain Policy:
“We’re Growler- Get Grungy, Gritty, Soggy, Sopping, Soakn’… Have fun like you when you were a kid and play through it. However, if it’s lightning, then seek shelter or the safety of your car until the weather cell has passed. Play will be suspended until it’s safe to play. Unless the courts are flooded or the lightening it set in for the night, we will complete the nights schedule that night.” - Food will be provided by Ruckus, Salt N Lime, City BBQ, and Sharkey’s. Also Jersey Mike’s will be providing Subs at the GFL Player Pavilion and also grab a Pepsi product while there (Gatorade, Aquafina etc) . Of course we’ll once again be blessed with a later evening visit from Wicked Links (8:30pm) to help satisfy the late evening food needs. Please take second to Thank our sponsors when you can!
Beer will be available from Long Beverage (including Oscar Blues), as well as White Claw seltzer at various locations. Box wine is also available from Total Wine Inc. - DJ Brent will be providing the Music again this year on Nights 1 and 4. Thanks to DblR for assisting with the mics and required sound!!
- Growler Gear (T-shirts and hats) are available for sale (prices vary): https://growlervolleyball.com/player-info/growler-gear/
- Admission
- $10 – Entrance & Water (Red)
- $15 – Entrance & Food/Water (Yellow)
- $20 – Entrance, Food/Water & Beer/Wine (Green)
- ID Required – No Coolers Allowed
- Bands are required for Food, Beverages, and Water
- We accept Cash, Credit Cards, Venmo, and PayPal
- Please help keep your general area clean… we have a multitude of trash cans (provided by our partner GFL) so locating the trash should not be an issue. Team Clean Up assignments have been communicated to Captains for Tuesday.
- We encourage you to CARPOOL or Uber to Springdale. Please get with your team members and neighbors to share a ride. There should be attendants at the Food Lion Parking lot helping direct you where you can park over there (they are provided by the Leasing company that manages that entire shopping center) as well as signage provided by Springdale Printing!… please adhere to what they say (they have actual authority) and we CAN’T really operate at our current size without that assisted space to park. Be nice and Thank them for their assistance. In general they should be sending you to the designated areas below.
Most of all HAVE FUN!!
Thanks AGAIN to all! Can’t wait for Tuesday!