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From: "Babe Ruth Headquarters" <
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Subj: We Need Your Help
Date: Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:42 pm
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To:
viki@dalbofamily.com
TO:
Babe Ruth League Membership FROM:
Steven M. Tellefsen, President/CEO
DATE:
September 12, 2011
RE: We Need Your Help As we have said many times, when you are part of Babe Ruth League, Inc., youre considered family. The program goes well beyond the field of play. As many of you are aware, Hurricane Irene recently ravaged the east coast with high winds, power outages and extensive flooding. Many, many Babe Ruth league programs experienced devastating loss from this horrific storm.
Imagine the impact of losing your fields and your equipment to a natural disaster. How would your communitys youth fill the time they would have spent on the field? These leagues need assistance to get back on their feet and restore the simple pleasure of baseball and softball in their communities.
Our partner, Pitch In For Baseball (PIFB) is currently working with many of our leagues via sizeable donations of helmets, bats, uniforms and other equipment. PIFB is a nonprofit youth baseball and softball charity that collects and delivers new and gently used baseball and softball equipment to communities in need, both nationally and internationally.
PIFB is doing a great job, but they need your assistance.. Therefore, I am reaching out to our entire membership to step up to the plate and support Pitch In For Baseball.
How can you help? The gloves, bats and other baseball equipment that's sitting in your closet or garage right now can open a whole world of opportunities for the youth affected by Hurricane Irene. Pitch in your used equipment or donate money to give the gift of baseball to a deserving child.
PIFB is accepting donations of new or gently-used:
Fielding gloves
Youth bats
Catcher's mitts and protective gear
Batting helmets
Baseballs and softballs
Soft cover balls for Tee Ball
Rubber baseball cleats
Youth uniform pants (sets of 12, or more, if not white or gray)
Youth uniform shirts and hats (sets of 12, or more)
Umpire protective gear
Team equipment bags
Sets of bases
Batting tees
Pitching machines
If you can, please make a donation, or if your community could benefit, please contact PIFB.
Shipping Info
Pitch In For Baseball
1541 Gehman Road
Harleysville, PA 19438
Office Telephone: 267-263-4069
Fax: (267) 263-4086
Financial donations help PIFB store and ship baseball and softball equipment as well as purchase new equipment.
Donations of the following amounts provide the kids with these specific benefits:
$15 purchase a new glove for 1 child
$30 purchase a new catchers mitt
$60 purchase a new set of catchers gear
$80 purchase new baseballs for a teams season
$180 purchase new gloves for 1 team
$275 shipping costs for 1 league
Online donations are securely processed by ActiveGiving.com, the leader in online charitable donation management. Simply click to PITCH IN ONLINE. You can also make donations by check. Please make checks payable to: Pitch In For Baseball and send to:
Pitch In For Baseball
Donations
1541 Gehman Road
Harleysville, PA 19438
We encourage you to visit
www.pitchinforbaseball.org to learn more about their charitable efforts. We also encourage you to contact PIFBs Executive Director, David Rhode, if you have any questions on any aspect of the program. David can be reached at 267-263-4069 or at
drhode@pitchinforbaseball.org.
We at home plate believe that the Babe Ruth volunteers can make miracles happen. Personal disasters serve to remind us that we have hands for helping and that indeed the Babe Ruth program is filled with helping hands. Remember, it is the caring actions of the Babe Ruth family helping others that make our program strong. Any assistance you can provide at this time is greatly appreciated.
SMT/tc
P.O. Box 5000
Trenton, NJ 08638
United States
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