Baseball Used Gear Request

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Closet clean-out request: We would love your used baseball gear.

My son, who is a sophomore at Georgetown Day School, is preparing to make his fourth trip to the Dominican Republic to help athletes at the Baseball Island Foundation. This foundation provides free baseball training, food, and English language training for promising athletes. A number of players have earned college scholarships in the US, and are headed to the pros. The best part, though, is that those who may not get that opportunity are given the education to give them other options for work in their country.
Lawson and three other students will spend their spring break helping out at the Baseball Island Foundation, as well as leading a clinic for younger kids in the community. They will be donating used gear and have a goal of a baseball for every kid--because they've seen kids playing with sticks and soda bottles.

Happy to pick up gear you have--or share more about what they're doing if you'd like to help. Feel free to comment below or send a direct message to [e-mail]. Deadline: March 19. Thanks--

There are communities in need here in the United States, you know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile everyone crapping on this kid is sitting at home doing absolutely nothing to help players in the Dominican.

MLB provides plenty of help to promising players in the DR.

It’s weird this kid wants to focus there instead of, say, urban America where the game has languished for years.

[Anonymous]

OP, I'm sorry you're getting heat.
A friend recently cross-posted in a few neighborhood FB groups looking for specific sports equipment to send overseas and had a great response. Just a thought if you haven't already tried that avenue. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

I have a ton of gear you can send!

It's cataloged on my website: http://amazon.com