STAFF REPORTS
The Buda-based Lewis Sign Builders has donated a new sign, valued at about $6,000, to the Hays Youth Sports Complex on FM 2770. The company designed and constructed the billboard-style sign, installing it on June 3.
The non-profit youth sports associations, run entirely by volunteer parents, are funded through registration fees.
“Our first priority is the children, and sometimes that means letting some improvements fall by the wayside so that we can focus on the programs themselves,” said Sandy Solis, HYSA Public Relations Commissioner. “We rely on our sponsors, and we are immeasurably grateful to John Lewis and Lewis Signs, Inc.”
Lewis Signs President John Lewis has long personal ties to the sports complex.
“I have coached at HYSA for five years and actually played baseball and soccer there as a child. I know that the complex needed the sign, but the organizations needed to spend their money on other things,” Lewis said.
The side of the sign includes an inspirational message for young athletes leaving the fields, “You’re not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.”
