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As many of you know, Carol
and I are helping out with a new venture here in Peterborough.
Peterborough
Challenger Baseball, our local chapter, was launched by a local man, Bernie
Daynes, and the program is being convened by Anita Flynn.
Several of our Kawartha Komets board members, volunteers and players are
involved and we’re enjoying this experience very much.
Bernie submitted a proposal
to the GoEasy Community Project after Canadians were encouraged to
submit a project for a chance to win up to $50,000 and transform their
community! Here’s what Bernie Daynes
and Peterborough Challenger Baseball are proposing to do should we get
the most votes. This information is taken from the GoEasy Community
Program web site:
Project Description
Peterborough Challenger Baseball provides a formalized
opportunity for special needs children and youth to participate in the game of
baseball. Special Needs children and youth of all abilities are assisted and
supported by a host of volunteers as they play. The players belong to a league,
play on a team, in uniforms and on a real marked baseball diamond. Players with
mobility challenges are aided by buddies who help them at bat, running or rolling
the bases, and while playing in the field. Parents, family and friends gather
on the sidelines cheering and encouraging all of the players. Our project is to
create a dedicated baseball diamond for the league, where the facilities are
designed and suited for all levels of ability, where the surfaces are soft and
safe allowing wheelchairs and walkers to be pushed without difficulty.
How would $50,000 benefit the project
The $50,000.00 prize would be used to help fund the
building of an all access baseball diamond, with rubberized base paths, and
home plate area. The all access base paths and home plate area would allow
participants in the Peterborough Challenger Baseball League the opportunity to
safely run, have their wheelchairs operated or pushed, and players using
walkers or crutches have the chance to walk on a surface that is supportive and
safe to do so. This surface will be unaffected by weather, or landscaping
degradation due to drought, rain of frost heaving during the winter.
About the Community
Peterborough is a vibrant and caring community located
in the Kawartha Lake region of Ontario. The Challenger Baseball program was
welcomed and supported by the community this year without reservation. Our
baseball league has created friendships, smiles, tears of joy and memories to
last a lifetime for the players, the parents and our proud supporters. Each
week during our first season more and more members of the community come out to
cheer on our players. The local special needs community has been more than
excited to finally see their children playing an organized sport, where fun
comes first and competition means the score is measured in smiles.
Peterborough Challenger
Baseball was one of the top 10
finalists and now have reached the top 3. Now it's your turn to
get involved!Please click on
this link and then vote for the middle project of the three which is entitled… All
access baseball for our wonderful players. Voting is very easy and can be done often. If we
should win this contest, the proposed baseball diamond would be used not only
for Peterborough Challenger Baseball but for other local groups that would
benefit from this type of baseball diamond.
Thank you for your
co-operation and support. Together we can make this happen.
For the good of the kids,
David Fisher
Kawartha Komets
Director of Promotions,
Communications and Media Relations
