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The Cache Democrats and Republicans are hosting a fundraiser in the hopes of showing community members everyone can work together.

With divisiveness rolling across the country in politics, the parties top local officials are hoping to foster an environment of community togetherness as they take to the softball field for a Blue & Red Game while fundraising for the Cache Community Food Pantry.

There is enough ugliness and nastiness in politics in the world, and everyone talks about wanting to lower the blood pressure and diminish the rhetoric, so we figured wed start in our valley, GOP Chairman Casey Snider said.

Shortly after Snider was elected as the chairman of the Cache GOP, he reached out to Danny Beus who also had just been elected as the chairman of the Cache Democrats and suggested they get together for lunch.

Beus said that during the course of the meeting the two decided it would be pretty cool to host an event that helped the community.

Hopefully this shows the community that we have more in common than we do that separates us, Beus said. This will be a good way to show people that we are your neighbors and are normal people at least pretty normal. We can work together and come up with ideas that help everyone.

Admitting there are many, many differences between the two groups, Snider said neither he or Beus are happy with the current state of politics in the country, and both hope the game can stir people up to support one another.

Although a head-to-head game between the two parties would be interesting, Beus and Snider have decided to each bring 10 representatives that will then be split into two teams with five members from each party.

The game will be played at the Ridgeline High School softball field in Millville and will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. While there is no cost to watch the game, the parties will collect donations of food items or money for the pantry.

Along with the pantry donations, the Riverhawks softball team will sell concessions throughout the event as a fundraiser.

People can pay whatever admission fee they want or provide a food donation. At the same time, people can buy a hot dog to help the softball team raise money, Snider said.

Matt Whitaker, pantry director, said it is not uncommon for community groups to select the pantry for fundraisers because the organization is more than one group versus another.

This is a recurring theme Ive seen over the years. The food pantry represents something the community can come together on. To see the Democrats and Republicans come together on this is heartwarming, Whitaker said.

Whitaker said the pantry is currently serving nearly 170 families every week from its South Main location, but it also provides food to senior centers and CAPSA.

Currently, the pantry is in need of cereal and baking items, but they will accept any help or donations that come from the softball game, Whitaker said.

It wont be political; there will just be two teams, Snider said. To win, the Republicans and Democrats will have to play together. That is sort of the whole thing we are trying to derive from this event. For America to be good and have our communities strong, we have to get along.

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