Baseball Fans Give Back
Devoted fans start a social initiative to encourage fans to boycott baseball for one day, give back, and then return to the game they love.
New Haven, CT, March 27, 2009 --(PR.com)-- A group of baseball fans have started “Baseball Fans Give Back” as a social initiative to respond to the steroids scandal that has plagued big league baseball for the past few years. They are encouraging people to stay away from big league baseball for one day, and asking them to take a portion of the money or time they were going to spend on the game that day and give it back to their community instead. This group of devout fans is determined to see a positive outcome in an otherwise negative situation.
"Baseball Fans Give Back" is asking people to boycott the game on April 17th, the date that Roberto Clemente made his big league debut in 1954. Specifically the group has petitioned fans to take any of the following four actions:
1. Refuse to go to one of the 15 big league baseball games on April 17th.
2. Refuse to watch the television broadcasts of one of the 15 big league baseball games on April 17th.
3. Pledge to spend three hours giving back to your community by volunteering on April 17th, the average length of a big league baseball game.
4. Pledge to donate $13 to a charity or other non-profit organization, half of the average cost of a big league baseball ticket.
Fans can sign-up on the group’s web site, http://www.baseballfansgiveback.com. The group is not a charity, so they provide recommend charities they would like people to consider when deciding where their donation will go. They have also collaborated with VolunteerMatch.org to connect people with rewarding volunteer opportunities in their area.
Lucas Swineford, Founder of Baseball Fans Give Back, said, “We want to inspire people who, like us, are frustrated. For one day, we can come together as baseball fans to make a positive impact on our communities. Then we can all go back to watching the game we love the very next day.”
On April 17th, Baseball Fans Give Back will host a “Baseball Day” event with Domus, a Stamford, CT-based, organization that works with at-risk and under-privileged youth. This day will have both physical and learning components. Baseball clinics providing children the opportunity to play the game will be followed by discussions on the lessons the kids can learn from playing baseball as well as this steroid scandal.
“The Baseball Fans Give Back initiative emphasizes many of the core values Domus instills in our kids,” said Garland Walton, Domus Chief of Staff. “You try and teach kids to do the right things: to speak up when they see something wrong, to play by the rules, and to be good citizens in the community. The Baseball Fans Give Back initiative exemplifies each of these qualities.”
For more information: http://www.baseballfansgiveback.com
Contact: contact@baseballfansgiveback.com
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"Baseball Fans Give Back" is asking people to boycott the game on April 17th, the date that Roberto Clemente made his big league debut in 1954. Specifically the group has petitioned fans to take any of the following four actions:
1. Refuse to go to one of the 15 big league baseball games on April 17th.
2. Refuse to watch the television broadcasts of one of the 15 big league baseball games on April 17th.
3. Pledge to spend three hours giving back to your community by volunteering on April 17th, the average length of a big league baseball game.
4. Pledge to donate $13 to a charity or other non-profit organization, half of the average cost of a big league baseball ticket.
Fans can sign-up on the group’s web site, http://www.baseballfansgiveback.com. The group is not a charity, so they provide recommend charities they would like people to consider when deciding where their donation will go. They have also collaborated with VolunteerMatch.org to connect people with rewarding volunteer opportunities in their area.
Lucas Swineford, Founder of Baseball Fans Give Back, said, “We want to inspire people who, like us, are frustrated. For one day, we can come together as baseball fans to make a positive impact on our communities. Then we can all go back to watching the game we love the very next day.”
On April 17th, Baseball Fans Give Back will host a “Baseball Day” event with Domus, a Stamford, CT-based, organization that works with at-risk and under-privileged youth. This day will have both physical and learning components. Baseball clinics providing children the opportunity to play the game will be followed by discussions on the lessons the kids can learn from playing baseball as well as this steroid scandal.
“The Baseball Fans Give Back initiative emphasizes many of the core values Domus instills in our kids,” said Garland Walton, Domus Chief of Staff. “You try and teach kids to do the right things: to speak up when they see something wrong, to play by the rules, and to be good citizens in the community. The Baseball Fans Give Back initiative exemplifies each of these qualities.”
For more information: http://www.baseballfansgiveback.com
Contact: contact@baseballfansgiveback.com
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Baseball Fans Give Back
Keith Last
516-318-8635
www.baseballfansgiveback.com
Keith Last
516-318-8635
www.baseballfansgiveback.com
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