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MLB: ROYALS: Baseball equipment drive set for April 28

Royals Charities & Baseball Tomorrow Fund team up to collect donations

/noticias.info/ KANSAS CITY -- Royals Charities and the Baseball Tomorrow Fund will team up for a Baseball Equipment Drive on Friday, April 28 prior to the Royals 7:10 p.m. game against the Oakland Athletics.

Royals Charities volunteers will be collecting items from 5-7:30 p.m. at Gates A and B of Kauffman Stadium. New and gently used baseball and softball equipment that is collected will be donated to the East YMCA Little League Baseball Program. In addition, the YMCA program will receive a $5,000 donation from the Baseball Tomorrow Fund.

All types of equipment are requested, including new and used gloves, baseballs, bases, batting tees, bats, helmets, shoes and uniforms.

Fans donating equipment will receive a Baseball Tomorrow Fund magnet while supplies last and will be entered into a drawing for a game-worn jersey autographed by a Royals player. The jersey will be awarded that evening during the game.

YMCA is a 501(c)(3) organization that offers services to all individuals with no regard to race, gender or income level. The East YMCA Little League Baseball Program has divisions in Tee Ball, Little League Minor, Little League Major and Junior League that will serve more than 500 kids ages 5-14 in 2006. The program focuses on inner city youth at the 31st and Cleveland area in Kansas City, Mo., as well as minority and low income children in Raytown and Independence, Mo.

The Baseball Tomorrow Fund is designed to promote and enhance the growth of baseball throughout the world by funding programs, field improvements and equipment purchases to encourage and maintain youth participation in baseball and softball. Since its inception in 1999, the Baseball Tomorrow Fund has awarded grants totaling more than $9 million and benefiting more than 100,000 youth. notas_de_prensa_archivo