2026 Share the Glove Baseball Equipment Grant

The St. Cloud Rox are excited to announce the organization is once again doing a Share the Glove Youth Baseball Equipment Grant Program in conjunction with the Northwoods League Foundation. The Share the Glove program provides youth baseball and softball equipment annually in every Northwoods League market. This spring a youth baseball team in Central Minnesota will be receiving baseball equipment as part of the 2026 “Share the Glove” Youth Equipment Grant Program!

The grant is a standardized set of Rawlings equipment, sized for youth ages 9-12. There will be twelve (12) baseball grants, and twelve (12) softball grants awarded throughout the Northwoods League affiliates. St. Cloud has been chosen to award one of the baseball grants for the 2026 season.

  • Organization qualifies as a 501(c)(3) organization, school or school-based program, or community-based organization as defined under US IRC section 501(c)(3);
  • Organization is not an individual, for-profit business, political, or religious organization;
  • Organization provides opportunities for kids ages 9-12 to play softball within a community that is served by a Northwoods League affiliate.

  • (1) Set of Catcher’s Gear (helmet, chest protector, shin guards, mitt)
  • (6) Batting helmets
  • (9) Fielding gloves
  • (1) Bucket of practice balls
  • (3) Bats (1 – 27″, 1 – 28″, 1 – 29″)

The Rox organization will be accepting grant applications from organizations within the Central Minnesota community. Baseball equipment grant recipients will be notified in mid-May, ahead of the Rox Home Opener scheduled for May 29th. The application deadline is April 15th.

Share the Glove 2026

Section 1: Submitting Organization Information

Director(Required)
Contact Person and title (if not Director)
Mailing Address(Required)
Physical Address (If different from mailing address)

Section 2. Statement of Purpose

Section 3. Signature

By signing below, I certify that the information provided in this application is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. I understand this information will be used to make a determination in the awarding of grants and if determined to be false or misleading, may disqualify my organization from consideration. If my organization is awarded the grant, information provided as part of this application (organization name, year founded, # of participants, statement of purpose) may be used for promotional purposes.(Required)