If your kids have old batting helmets, mitts or gloves they've either outgrown or don't use, there is a local way to turn your unwanted items into a good deed for kids interested in youth baseball.
A collection is being held locally here in Peters Township to benefit youngsters in under-served communities across the globe through the nonprofit Pitch In For Baseball.
Organizers have put out a call for help—and the following items are in demand:
- Fielding gloves
- Bats (any type)
- Catcher's mittsProtective gear
- Batting helmets
- Baseballs and softballs
- Soft-cover balls for T-ball
- Rubber baseball cleats
- Youth uniform pants (sets of 12 or more, if not white/gray)
- Youth uniform shirts and hats (sets of 12 or more)
- Umpire protective gear
- Team equipment bags
- Sets of basesBatting T-shirts
- Pitching machines
- Peterswood Park baseball fields (there is a marked container near pavilion)
- Peterswood Park softball complex (on observation deck)
- Reese Park baseball field
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