Sorry this will be long but TLDR is message me if you may be interested in donating to a struggling HS baseball program. I honestly wanted to refrain from posting anything on here but am getting a bit desperate and I know there’s a number of you that may have the means to make a difference as I’ve seen over the last decade plus. I have had a schoolfundr account going for the past 45 days that ends on the 31st of this month that has gotten a whopping single donation of $100. I’ve sent emails to business leaders, I’ve canvassed areas and posted on social media to no avail. Which unfortunately isn’t a surprise because none of our sports or booster club get much community support financially. I am a coach of a 3A HS baseball program here in Maryland we are a Title I school with 75% of our almost 1500 students come from low income families. This is my second year with the program getting hired two weeks before the season last year. We haven’t had a season above .500 since 2008. There seems to have been no real investment in the program for a long while. We have the worst facilities not only in our area but that I’ve had as a coach. Our cages are unusable and we have very little training tools. Everything we do have is owned by the coaching staff. However we have 14 Juniors currently that have talent and an influx of Freshmen that have a ton of talent, as well as a number of kids coming in the next few years that will help this program compete. Im currently paying out of my pocket for our team to hit indoors twice a week until the end of February. If I don’t get funding I’ll be paying out of pocket to rent a hack attack pitching machine for the season. This off season with the help of a few guys and our personal funds we have been able to repair our mound, and batters boxes. We have thrown done hundreds of pounds of seed, laid new sod in certain areas and reshaped the half moons with new sod at first and third base. We got used turf and put in a halo behind the plate and we have so much more we are trying to accomplished for a group of student athletes that truly deserve it. Our fundraising account currently has absolutely nothing in it and we rely on that to purchase hats for our players as well as any other apparel or training tools. I’ll post some pictures shortly but if you are interested in possibly making a donation please send me a message and I can link you the site. Due to some county politics stuff and other reasons I’d prefer to not post too much on here to avoid any possible issues.
I could do sponsorship on practice shirts or travel pullovers but I’m not sure I could get away with putting TMB on there lol I’d definitely be able to post some behind the scenes stuff with the guys and keep everyone involved with how things are going with instagram or Tik tok videos and such.
H/T hats off to you man. I look back to my childhood and the amount of time my parents spent at our park from the time I was 6 to like 14 was insane. Dad and his best friend maintained the fields, coached our team in football and baseball, all that. Mom ran the concession stand every night. Dad was park president and mom was head of the ladies auxiliary, whatever that was. I have no idea how they did it on top of both working full time. I know they know I appreciated it but this reminds me I really need to sit them down and thank for all of that.
Huge huge thanks to all who have taken a moment to donate. I wish words could do justice on how much it means. Ball State should honestly just be crowned National Champs if you ask me, real highway robbery that they were left out of the CFP.
Donating now. But quick thought as well: Have you posted this on the Maryland On3, 247, etc boards? You might have some success there as well - even if they aren’t locals some will still feel a sense of community for a Maryland HS.
This board truly never ceases to amaze. Once again a huge huge huge thank you to everyone who has donated. This is honestly a major blessing for us right now.
Bump for the final fundraiser before our season. https://app.launchfundraising.com/launchathonFundraiserHome/student/661198?fscSlug=XA8A98975