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Sixteen boys, aged 10-15, from the Tsawwassen Amateur Baseball Association (TABA) in Tsawwassen, southern British Columbia, Canada, along with their families, have been invited to partake in a life-changing journey this August.
The experience will be life-changing not only for them, but for the children residing in the small Nicaraguan village of Jiquilillo (a small village just outside of Chinandega) which they plan to visit.
Through their shared passion of baseball, the children will come together to complete and celebrate the final stages of a project called The Field of Hope. This baseball field has been built for the locals who share an intense passion for baseball equal to that of the TABA boys. It is this shared love of the game, which will create a level playing field for the boys as they come together and play ball, where status and skin colour matter not.
Baseball is the number one sport in this impoverished country. It is that fact which initially inspired Tammi Laroque of Surrey, BC, Canada back in 2013, to propose the construction of the Field of Hope in Jiquilillo, and to organize donations of baseball gear like jerseys, mitts and bats for the children.
A grand opening ceremony is planned for the field upon its completion in August, bringing the Canadian boys and Nicaraguan villagers together in baseball games and celebration, with TABA as the official sponsors of the field opening.
During the group visit, the Canadian boys and their families will also participate in preparing and serving lunch to residents of a nearby town that borders a garbage dump in which they scavenge for anything re-usable. “We hope to make a substantial difference with our efforts there,” says John Forbes, TABA vice president, “and to help bring baseball to life for the children in a meaningful way.”
These volunteer efforts all originate with Don Montgomery (Monty), a Canadian man who started a surf camp and accommodation in Jiqulillo. Monty’s Surf Camp has been a welcome presence in the village, as he and other socially-minded visitors over the years have organized and donated resources and funding to build a village school, medical clinic as well as bring container shipments of donated baseball gear, school uniforms, shoes and other provisions.
With almost 40 individuals planning to travel there as a part of this humanitarian project, TABA is asking individuals and corporations to donate what they can in our effort to raise $50,000. Of those donations, TABA will be giving 10% of the funds raised toward purchasing much-needed items for the villagers.
You can find more information about the organizing efforts of Don Montgomery of Monty’s Surf Camp and how the boys will contribute during their stay in Nicaragua at www.montysbeachlodge.com/volunteer.
You can also find out more about how the Field of Hope has come to life at https://fieldofhopeblog.wordpress.com/
You can find out more information about the Tsawwassen Amateur Baseball Association at www.tsawwassenbaseball.caor by emailing John Forbes, TABA vice president at vp2@tsawwassenbaseball.ca
For more information about the TABA Baseball without Borders fundraising efforts, please contact:
Corrine Mitran, Fundraising Coordinator
cmitran@eastlink.ca or by cell: 778.242.8442
Thank you so very much for your support of Baseball without Borders. The children of TABA and the children of Jiquilillo will be incredibly grateful for how your donation is about to help change their lives….
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