{"id":20807,"date":"2026-02-10T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/green-bay-rockers\/?p=20807"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:28:11","slug":"northwoods-league-foundation-to-award-26-equipment-grants-to-youth-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/green-bay-rockers\/2026\/02\/10\/northwoods-league-foundation-to-award-26-equipment-grants-to-youth-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwoods League Foundation to Award 26 Equipment Grants to Youth Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1655.68px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:left;\"><p><b><u><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Northwoods League Foundation to Award 26 Equipment Grants to Youth Organizations<\/span><\/u><\/b><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><i>This is the ninth year the Northwoods League Foundation is partnering with Rawlings and its member teams to distribute baseball and softball equipment to youth organizations.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Rochester, Minn. \u2013 The Northwoods League Foundation will be awarding youth baseball and softball equipment grants in 26 communities through its\u00a0<i>Share the Glove<\/i>\u00a0initiative this Spring. Each grant includes one set of catcher\u2019s gear (plus mitt), nine fielding gloves, six batting helmets, three bats and one bucket of practice balls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Share the Glove program is about showing up for our communities and empowering young athletes,\u201d said Tina Coil, Deputy Commissioner of the Northwoods League. \u201cWhen kids have the tools to play, we\u2019re not just supporting youth sports\u2014we\u2019re helping build the next generation of players, fans, and community leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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><b>Softball Grants:<\/b>\u00a0Battle Creek, MI (will have baseball grant also); Fond du Lac, WI; Grand Forks, ND; Green Bay, WI; Kalamazoo, MI; Kenosha, WI; Lakeshore, WI; Madison, WI; Rockford, IL; Royal Oak, MI; Traverse City, MI; Wausau, WI; Wisconsin Rapids, WI.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Baseball Grants:<\/b>\u00a0Bismarck, ND; Dickinson, ND; Duluth, MN; Eau Claire, WI; La Crosse, WI; Mankato, MN; Minot, ND; Richmond, IN; Rochester, MN; St. Cloud, MN; Thunder Bay, ONT; Waterloo, IA; Willmar, MN.<\/p>\n<p>From applications collected locally, the Northwoods League Foundation will select one (1) recipient in each community. Organizations must meet the applicable criteria.<\/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 and softball into positive change and support for communities. The Mission of the Northwoods League Foundation is to utilize the games of baseball and softball to enrich the quality of life for children and families with an enduring and caring focus on Northwoods League communities.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, please visit\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/share-the-glove\/?utm_source=News%20Release&amp;utm_medium=email-social&amp;utm_campaign=Share%20the%20Glove%20Announcement\" href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/share-the-glove\/?utm_source=News%20Release&amp;utm_medium=email-social&amp;utm_campaign=Share%20the%20Glove%20Announcement\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\" data-ogsc=\"\">northwoodsleague.com\/share-the-glove,<\/a>\u00a0or contact your local Northwoods League team.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":20808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-permanentslider","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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