The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release.
Yawkey Foundation and Good Sports are teaming up to provide new baseball and softball equipment to the Boys & Girls Club of Metro South Camp Riverside. To celebrate this partnership, Yawkey Foundation and Good Sports will host an equipment Play Celebration experience for the baseball and softball participants at the Boys & Girls Club where they will get to see the new equipment on display.
This equipment, provided in partnership with Good Sports, a national nonprofit that drives equitable access in youth sports and physical activity for kids, includes bats, helmets, catchers gear, gloves, bases, bags, and practice equipment for youth baseball and softball players. In total, 365 pieces of equipment are being donated, totaling $17,783 in value. This donation will introduce youth to the fundamentals of baseball and softball and relieve the financial burden on the participants’ families, by providing the equipment needed for quality programming.