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Each grant, with a retail value in excess of $2000, will include one sets of catcher\u2019s gear (plus mitt), ten fielding gloves, eight batting helmets, eight bats and one bucket of practice balls.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 23 grants are available 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>Baseball Grants:<\/strong>\u00a0Battle Creek, MI; Fond du Lac, WI; Green Bay, WI; Kalamazoo, MI; Kenosha, WI; Lakeshore, WI; Madison, WI; Rockford, IL; Traverse City, MI; Wausau, WI; Wisconsin Rapids, WI.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Softball Grants:<\/strong>\u00a0Bismarck, ND; Duluth, MN; Eau Claire, WI; Kokomo, IN; La Crosse, WI; Mankato, MN; Minot, ND; Rochester, MN; St. Cloud, MN; Thunder Bay, ONT; Waterloo, IA; Willmar, MN.<\/p>\n<p>From the 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 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>\u201cThis program was originally launched in honor of the Northwoods League 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0season,\u201d recalls Northwoods League Deputy Commissioner Tina Coil.\u00a0 \u201cAs we head into our 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0season this Summer,\u00a0<em>Share the Glove<\/em>\u00a0has become a fundamental program of the Northwoods League Foundation, helping to grow the games of baseball and softball throughout our member communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To fill out an application for the grant click <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wisconsin-rapids-rafters\/community\/share-the-glove\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entering its sixth year of the Share the Glove initiative, the Northwoods League Foundation has awarded more than $220,000 in  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":15556,"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":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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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