Sport Japan Project #8541

Restart Youth Baseball in Japan

by Pitch In For Baseball & Softball

Project Report | Jan 17, 2012
Japanese youth baseball makes a comeback

By David Rhode | Executive Director

With the generous financial assistance of the Major League Baseball Players Trust, Pitch In For Baseball has successfully helped the tsunami-affected school and Little League programs in Japan. The donation of new equipment consisting of bats, baseballs, gloves, catcher's gear, batting tees, helmets, and equipment bags was delivered to children in November.

There to help distribute the equipment was current Milwaukee Brewers pitcher and Ishinomaki native, Takashi Saito. "I am honored to represent my fellow Major Leaguers in presenting the equipment to the youth of Ishinomaki," stated Takashi.

"I am truly grateful for the support the players have pledged to my native land, and on behalf of all players I can say we look forward to doing more in the future to help recovery efforts and to ensure that people around the world don't forget that so much more needs to be done before life returns to normal."

Back to all project reports

About Project Reports

Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.

If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.