Baseball Gives Back
Pinar del Rio Cuba Goodwill Baseball Mission, a handmade Field of Dreams"- a ball park of immense beauty
BASEBALLS NEEDED FOR CUBA MISSION TRIP - on April 18, 2013
Founder David Fantin is heading to Cuba (approved by the US government) and is hand-carrying equipment donations to children in Havana, Cienfuegos and Mantanzas. He has virtually everything but needs BASEBALLS.
A dozen new baseballs cost about $40. You can hit the donate button below and buy some needed baseballs! Any donation amount is appreciated..
Monetary donations are tax deductible!
Hit the Donate Button...thanks!
WIFFLE BALL BEING PLAYED IN TORO, UGANDA FOR THE FIRST TIME! DONATED BY GLOBAL SPORTS FOUNDATION. DELIVERED TO SMILE AFRICA BY FRIEND AND MISSIONARY MARTHA AURIEMMA
"...On the seventh day,
God rested...and played baseball..."
Welcome to Baseball Gives Back of Global Sports Foundation, an IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt, non-profit public charity. Through a love and passion for baseball, our mission is twofold:
1. We provide gently used and new baseball equipment for underprivileged children and adults in the U.S and the world. The pictures throughout this website are some of the recipients of those generous donations.
2. We also do special events such as charity baseball games as the Midniight Madness Baseball Marathon to raise funds for an individual who is suffering from an illness, such as ALS or cancer. The net proceeds go to the family to help with medical bills or mounting living expenses, due to their ailment.
4th ANNUAL MARATHON GAME COMING THIS SPRING! CLICK HERE FOR LAST YEAR'S EVENT
This year's charity marathon game will be held at the all new Sugar Land Skeeters Minor League Ball Park!
Amateur players and former pro players of all ages go the distance, a total of twelve non-stop hours of continuous play in just one game for a great cause.
Grand Slam Sponsor:
Liberty Real Estate Advisors
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Founder David Fantin selected Hometown Hero by the Houston Astros for charitble work- throws out the first pitch (for a strike) at Minute Maid Park. 2011 Midnight Madness Marathon recipient Ariel Leal, age 9, afflicted with brain cancer joins Dave on the field.
Click image to watch Hometown Hero TV interview with founder David Fantin on KPRC Channel 2 Houston.
Proud Partners (click logos):
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This website is dedicated to all those who suffer or have suffered from MD, MS, cancer and ALS...especially in memory of Bobby Vincent, our first Midnight Madness recipient who passed away from ALS, and my fellow Orioles Fantasy Campers, Jim Coan (cancer) and Drew Miller (ALS).
Ray Lammie with his wife Barbara Dave with Michael Goldsmith @ Doubleday Field Cooperstown 2009
The creation of this website was inspired through the untimely loss of friends Ray Lammie and Michael Goldsmith. Ray created the Eli Barken Charity Events before he passed away from a multi-bout fight with cancer. Michael, who passed away from ALS, brought much needed attention to ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), by convincing Major League Baseball to have an ALS Awareness Day and Charity created on July 4, 2009, the 70th Anniversary of Gehrig's moving speech at Yankee Stadium.
Ray and Michael were humanitarians, avid baseball players and fans; they are sorely missed...