Walkertown Girls Softball Association raises money to support growth

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Walkertown Girls Softball Association has been empowering young athletes in the Triad for more than 50 years.

This week, the group is serving up food at the Carolina Classic Fair in Winston-Salem to raise money for the league and its future.

The nonprofit has more than a dozen teams each season, with nearly 200 girls from across the region playing each year. But president Leslie White says renting fields for practices and games gets expensive.

“We hope to one day be able to field maybe three fields, find enough land to build three fields and also build our own training facility,” White said.

The association has been running a booth at the Carolina Classic Fair for more than 25 years. The fundraiser is their largest of the year and helps keep registration fees low for families.

“Some of the money that we raise helps offset that so that we don’t have to raise our prices on our parents,” White said.

Beyond serving food — like Brunswick stew, burgers and lemonade — the booth features jerseys, team photos and a vision board showing plans for the group’s future facility.

“They need to be a part of something good,” White said. “Our mission is to empower girls to feel confident about themselves.”

The Walkertown Girls Softball Association will be at the Carolina Classic Fair on Friday, Oct. 3, through Sunday, Oct. 12.