DONATE YOUR USED BASEBALL EQUIPMENT
We are asking all Tournament and Camp participants to please consider bringing an item or two of used baseball equipment or uniforms to donate during your stay at the Dan Duquette Sports Academy. We are serving as a central drop off point in the Northeast. All donated items will be shipped to the Roberto’s Kids organization for distribution at the end of our 2011 season.
FAQ’s About the Program:
1. What type of equipment are you looking for? This is a simple one - if it has to do with baseball, we'll take it - caps, uniforms shirts and pants, socks. cleats, balls, bats, gloves, batting helmets, catchers equipment, batting gloves, bat bags, bases, pitching rubbers, etc.
2. You accept new and gently worn equipment. What does gently worn mean? Another simple one - if someone would put the item on their child and send them onto the field, we're happy to accept it. The 2 most common things that we run into trouble with are pants and batting helmets. If a pair of pants has a small hole in the knee or both knees, we're glad to take it. If the pants have big holes, they should be thrown out. If a batting helmet, is functional, but has a missing strap or something like that, we are glad to take it. If it has a crack or isn't functional, we ask that the donor throw it away, as we don't want a child in a third world country who has never worn a helmet before to have a false sense of security regarding a helmet they think will protect their head, when in reality it won't.
3. Do you accept donations in all sizes? Yes, from youth all the way up to adult sizes.
4. Do you accept items that have advertising on them (ie
uniform shirts with a sponsor's name on the back)? Yes, as a matter of fact, the children we donate to wear
shirts like this with extra pride. They are wearing a shirt with something on
it in english, so their friends know it came from the US or Canada.
About Roberto’s Kids:
- Roberto's Kids is an international non profit organization named after the great Roberto Clemente.
- Their mission is
social responsibility through baseball. They collect new and gently worn
equipment from the US and Canada, which is distributed to disadvantaged
youth in Latin American countries, the US and around the World each year.
- They started in 1999 with one donation, and last year shipped 40 tons of equipment to thousands of children in Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and the US.
- They have the endorsement of MiLB, and
also work with Little League, Babe Ruth, Cal Ripken and MLB.
- They also have the blessing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and the Roberto Clemente family, who work closely with them.
Contact Info for Roberto's Kids:
Stephen
Pindar, Founder
cell 607 437 8779
email steve.pindar@robertos-kids.org
