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Time to Play Ball! Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade’s Baseball Registration
Now Taking Place for January-April 2012 Season at Kendall Club
Newly-Renovated Baseball Fields, Made Possible by a Grant from The UPS Foundation,
to Debut on Jan. 1, 2012, Just in Time for New Season
WHO/WHAT:
It will soon be time for many Miami area children ages 5-14 to “play ball,” thanks to the baseball
program at Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade’s Kendall Club. The Club is now taking registrations for
its January-April 2012 baseball season.
Participants will be playing on the Kendall Club’s newly-renovated baseball fields, which will debut on
Jan. 1, 2012. The UPS Foundation provided a $25,000 grant to Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade for
the renovation of the fields.
The program’s age divisions are:
Ages 5-6:
T-Ball
Ages 7-8
Coach Pitch (child has to turn 9 after May 1, 2012)
Ages 9-10:
Kid Pitch (child has to turn 11 after May 1, 2012)
Ages 11-12: Kid Pitch (child has to turn 13 after May 1, 2012)
Ages 13-14: Kid Pitch (child has to turn 15 after May 1, 2012)
Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade’s sports programs are designed to provide a safe and healthy
environment so that children can learn team skills, increase self-esteem, build character, become
positive role models, and increase motivation as well as specific skills related to the sport. Sports
programs are available during the afternoon to the early hours of the night, Monday through Saturday.
This is the time of day when children, especially teens, are more likely to engage in harmful activities.
Coaches are volunteers who help the children learn proper techniques for the sport.
WHEN:
Registration is now open.
WHERE:
Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade, Kendall Club
9475 N. Kendall Dr.
Miami, FL 33176
COST:
$140 per child for the season.
HOW:
Call the Kendall Club at (305) 279-3013 or visit www.bgcmia.org for more information.
ABOUT BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MIAMI-DADE
Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade has been serving youth in the community since 1940. What once
was a single building and site for boys has grown to five Clubs serving 10,000 boys and girls year
round, providing programs in the areas of character and leadership development, educational
enhancement, career preparation, health and life skills, cultural arts and sports, fitness and recreation.
Club staffing, initiatives, and programs are designed to inspire and enable young people and provide
them with the resources to succeed and share in the American Dream. For more information, please
visit www.bgcmia.org.
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