Carlos Martinez's Tsunami Waves bowling fundrasier was a shining success - A Hunt and Peck

Carlos Martinez is always willing to go the extra mile when it comes to raising money for the children of St. Louis and the Dominican Republic. At his charity bowling fundraiser Thursday night, Carlos shined shoes in exchange for donations to his foundation Tsunami Waves.

#ThrowbackThursday taking it back to his shoe shining days #usssss #StLouisCardinals #tsunamiwaves #makingwaves pic.twitter.com/ThdbcysRrn

— Tsunami Waves (@tsunami_waves) June 17, 2016

A few of us at Viva el Birdos were fortunate enough to be in attendance at the fundraiser. I hope to have a full article with pictures up later!

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