NewsWhore
06-17-2008, 05:20 PM
Through baseball, children from a small Dominican village are learning about love, northern California-style. Through Cleats for Kids, the people of Humboldt County, California have been sending hundreds of pounds of baseball and softball equipment as well as medical supplies to El Limon, Samana on the Dominican Republic's northeast shore. The program was formed by KVIQ-TV manager Dave Silverbrand, who has teamed with Rodney Brunlinger, Voice of the Humboldt Crabs, America's oldest semi-pro baseball team.
Following their visit to the village last December, the program has grown to a year round project. It has been endorsed by David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox, who played Little League in Santo Domingo. Looking for a way to help Dominicans, Silverbrand found Onfalia Morillo, veteran sportscaster and godmother to 600 Little Leaguers in the community where she owns property. "She is a saint in my eyes," said Silverbrand. "You can talk volume all you want, but there is nothing like giving a glove to a Dominican child, watching him smile and then go out and play ball."
You can learn more about their project through www.cleats4kids.net (http://www.cleats4kids.net)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#15)
Following their visit to the village last December, the program has grown to a year round project. It has been endorsed by David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox, who played Little League in Santo Domingo. Looking for a way to help Dominicans, Silverbrand found Onfalia Morillo, veteran sportscaster and godmother to 600 Little Leaguers in the community where she owns property. "She is a saint in my eyes," said Silverbrand. "You can talk volume all you want, but there is nothing like giving a glove to a Dominican child, watching him smile and then go out and play ball."
You can learn more about their project through www.cleats4kids.net (http://www.cleats4kids.net)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#15)