Dale Inskeep, left, and David Ford perform “Come on Down” with the Dale Inskeep Band during a fundraiser for the Lighthouse School on Saturday at the Broadway Theater in Coos Bay. World Photo by Alex Powers

Dale Inskeep believes music can offer more than enjoyment.

It can be the draw at fundraising events for community organizations, he said.

Inskeep, the leader of a local band for more than three years, became a coach for the Babe Ruth/Cal Ripken Coos Bay Coast League for the first time this year. His son, Zack, 10, is on the team.

The last four weeks, the Dale Inskeep Band, which plays at the High Tide Café in Charleston every Thursday, has contributed its tip jar earnings — about $200 — toward the league. The café also donated $500 to the team.

On Saturday, the band, which plays original surf-style country music, will perform at a league benefit concert at Roger’s Zoo in North Bend.

“We want people there,” Inskeep said. “We’ll have a baseball bucket by the door and we’ll pass it around a couple times.”

Coos Bay Coast League President Andy Post said the band’s support means a lot.

“We’re reaching out to the whole community to get the kids out playing, especially when times are tough right now and some kids can’t afford to play,” Post said.

The Barview Area Charleston Area Park Association field off Libby Lane is where the team practices and where the league’s minor home games will be played. This is the first year an official team has practiced there.

BACAPA President Dave Richards said a lot of sweat has gone into the field since he began working on the project in 1992, and he appreciates Inskeep’s help.

“It doesn’t seem like a lot, but there’s so many little things we need,” Richards said. “He’s been a huge boost to us.”

Baseball is not the only sport that benefits from music.

The Salmon River Band of Lincoln City will play at a benefit for the Sunset Bay Skate Club at Walt’s Pourhouse on Saturday night.

“It’s about having fun and doing something positive,” said Ryan Hansen, the band’s lead vocalist.

Another local roller derby club, the Coos County Roller Girls Rockin’ Roulettes will hold a fundraiser concert, too. It will feature The Goddamn Gallows, a psychobilly/country/thrash band from Michigan, with Mosquito Bandito.

Rockin’ Roulettes concert organizer Sarah Tucker, aka Dirty Pirate Hook-her, said the 2-year-old band has held several fundraising parties.

“But never an all ages show like this, so this will be pretty cool,” Tucker said.

At another recent fundraiser, a Eugene band, FunkyJahPunky, played at a benefit for the Coquille High School Project Graduation fund Wednesday.

Last weekend, the Dale Inskeep Band played at a benefit for the Lighthouse School at the Broadway Theater in Coos Bay. The band performs at events including Octoberfish, an annual benefit for families of fishermen, Smart Reading events and the annual oyster feed for the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology in Charleston.

“It’s been really neat to do that,” Inskeep said. It’s giving back to the community and at the same time to be able to share original music with others is always a joy.”