{"id":10435,"date":"2020-02-20T17:03:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T23:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/green-bay-booyah\/?p=10435"},"modified":"2020-02-20T17:03:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T23:03:50","slug":"northwoods-league-foundation-to-award-22-youth-equipment-grants-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/green-bay-rockers\/2020\/02\/20\/northwoods-league-foundation-to-award-22-youth-equipment-grants-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwoods League Foundation to Award 22 Youth Equipment Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"347\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-10436 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/green-bay-booyah\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Share-the-Glove-Softball-Web.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/green-bay-booyah\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Share-the-Glove-Softball-Web.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27602%27%20height%3D%27347%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20602%20347%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27602%27%20height%3D%27347%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/green-bay-rockers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Share-the-Glove-Softball-Web-120x69.png 120w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/green-bay-rockers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Share-the-Glove-Softball-Web-151x87.png 151w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/green-bay-rockers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Share-the-Glove-Softball-Web-250x144.png 250w, https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/green-bay-rockers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/02\/Share-the-Glove-Softball-Web.png 602w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Through its Share the Glove initiative, the Northwoods League Foundation has awarded $100,000 in baseball and softball equipment to youth organizations across its 22 affiliate markets<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ashwaubenon, Wis \u00a0\u2013 The Northwoods League Foundation will be awarding more than $50,000 in youth baseball and softball equipment through 22\u00a0<em>Share the Glove<\/em>\u00a0grants to be awarded this Spring. Each grant, with an approximate retail value of $2000, will include one set of catcher\u2019s gear (plus mitt), ten fielding gloves, eight batting helmets, six bats and one bucket of practice balls.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven baseball grants and eleven softball grants will be awarded across the Northwoods League footprint to eligible youth organizations. Northwoods League affiliate teams will be coordinating the application process within their respective communities throughout the Spring, with the baseball and softball grants being allocated as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Softball Grants:<\/strong>\u00a0Battle Creek, MI; Fond du Lac, WI; <strong>Green Bay, WI<\/strong>; Kalamazoo, MI; Kenosha, WI; Lakeshore, WI; Madison, WI; Rockford, IL; Traverse City, MI; Wausau, WI; Wisconsin Rapids, WI.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Baseball Grants:<\/strong>\u00a0Bismarck, ND; Duluth, MN; Eau Claire, WI; Kokomo, IN; La Crosse, WI; Mankato, MN; Rochester, MN; St. Cloud, MN; Thunder Bay, ONT; Waterloo, IA; Willmar, MN.<\/p>\n<p>From the applications collected, the Northwoods League Foundation will select one (1) recipient in each community.\u00a0 Organizations must meet the applicable criteria, which includes compliance with IRS 501(c)(3) guidelines. To apply go to <a href=\"http:\/\/booyahbaseball.com\">booyahbaseball.com<\/a> and click the Community tab then<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/green-bay-booyah\/share-the-glove-2019\/\">Share The Glove<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Northwoods League Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that serves as a vehicle to transform a shared passion for baseball into positive change and support for communities. The Mission of the Northwoods League Foundation is to utilize the game of baseball to enrich the quality of life for children and families with an enduring and caring focus on Northwoods League communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully, all of us can fondly reflect about a time in our childhood playing ball and how fun it was, never fully realizing at the time how much it also positively shaped our character,\u201d said Northwoods League Foundation Secretary Gary Hoover.\u00a0\u201cThe Northwoods League Foundation\u2019s\u00a0<em>Share the Glove<\/em>\u00a0initiative directly speaks to making those same memories for children in the communities where the Northwoods League plays.\u00a0 It is a joy to make these grants possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Booyah will begin their 2<sup>nd<\/sup> season of play at Capital Credit Union Park on May 28<sup>th<\/sup>as they host the Kokomo Jackrabbits. All-inclusive 5 Game Memberships, revamped season ticket packages and group tickets are on sale now. Single game tickets go on sale on Friday, April 17<sup>th<\/sup>. Book your group outing today by calling 920-497-7225 or e-mailing info@booyahbaseball.com.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p><em>The Green Bay Booyah are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its\u2019 26<sup>th<\/sup> season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, over 230 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS), as well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and MLB All-Stars Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (MIA). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. All league games are viewable live via the <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/portal.stretchinternet.com\/nwl\/\"><em>Northwoods League portal<\/em><\/a><em>. For more information, visit <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booyahbaseball.com\"><em>www.booyahbaseball.com<\/em><\/a><em> or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Booyah as your favorite team.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through its Share the Glove initiative, the Northwoods League Foundation has awarded $100,000 in baseball and softball equipment to youth  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":10436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,27,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-permanentslider","category-team-news","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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