The following is an excerpt from our partner’s press release.
Yawkey Foundation and Good Sports teamed up to provide new baseball and softball equipment to Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester. To celebrate this partnership, Yawkey Foundation and Good Sports hosted an equipment Play Celebration experience for the baseball and softball participants at Boys & Girls Clubs where they got 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, 941 pieces of equipment were donated, totaling $18,507 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.