{"id":23884,"date":"2021-03-15T08:51:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T13:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=23884"},"modified":"2021-03-15T08:51:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T13:51:29","slug":"wichita-pickleball-patches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=23884","title":{"rendered":"Wichita Pickleball Patches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/50812690006\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50812690006_9a9d519718.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you know Gregg Smith has been the primary fundraiser for <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=20886\" >the &#8220;Light Up Edgemoor&#8221; effort<\/a>. He has been selling t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, and even hosted benefit tournaments with the sole purpose of raising money for lights at the park. This year he came up with the idea of selling &#8220;Wichita Pickleball&#8221; patches for $5 each. They are fabulous patches and well-made. The only complaint I&#8217;ve received is they are sew-on rather than iron-on.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve sold a few of these for Gregg to help with the fundraising effort. I paid $50 for 10 patches and Gregg gave me one for free &#8212; to keep or giveaway to a junior pickleball player or someone else deserving. I decided to keep my free one and put it on my Vulcan tour bag so I can promote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/ictpickleball\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wichita Pickleball<\/a> everywhere I go. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/50904762426\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50904762426_397f139462_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t figure out how to iron it on so I decided to sew it on myself. Not bad for someone with limited sewing skills, right? It really wasn&#8217;t that hard so I don&#8217;t know what people are complaining about. I think it was just an easy excuse to not buy one. However, I did get a roll of iron-on patch adhesive so I could give some free to those who have purchased patches but don&#8217;t want to sew them on. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/51016094958\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51016094958_3e1ce888e3_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Brian used the iron-on patch adhesive to jazz up his new travel backpack but the corners were loose so he had me sew the corners down for him. Maybe the iron-on method is not the best way to go? LOL.<\/p>\n<p>Gregg is also selling a sticker version of this same design for those who would rather not sew or iron anything. He&#8217;s always coming up with with these fundraising ideas. I often get asked how much money is needed and how much money has been raised so far and I really have no idea. I just help support the cause by buying whatever it is that they&#8217;re selling or even helping sell things sometimes. Gregg has all of the details. After at least three years of solid fundraising, I have to believe we are getting close. I hope this is the year that we finally get lights!<\/p>\n<p>You can help us speed up the fundraising effort by sending a donation to the &#8220;Light Up Edgemoor&#8221; effort directly to the city of Wichita. Here&#8217;s the check needs to be made out to and the mailing address for which to send it. Please remember to write &#8220;Light Up Edgemoor&#8221; in the check&#8217;s memo field so they know that your donation is specifically for this purpose.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><BIG><strong>The Wichita Parks Foundation<\/strong><br \/>\nPO BOX 3439<br \/>\nWichita, KS 67201<\/BIG><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who has bought something, made a donation, helped sell things, supported the tournaments by playing or volunteering, or contributed in some way. You&#8217;re making a difference and helping us get closer to our goal. Next time I see Gregg, I will be sure to ask for an update. <\/p>\n<p>Until then, let&#8217;s keep playing. See you on the courts! GNG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you know Gregg Smith has been the primary fundraiser for the &#8220;Light Up Edgemoor&#8221; effort. He has been selling t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, and even hosted benefit tournaments with the sole purpose of raising money for lights at the park. This year he came up with the idea of selling &#8220;Wichita Pickleball&#8221; patches for $5 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2385],"tags":[3213,3137,3289],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23884"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23896,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23884\/revisions\/23896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}