Kellen catching
Last night Jake and I along with my mom and dad, went to the Taylorsville alumni game. They have the game up at the new Kearns field. For the last several years they have been doing this game along with a camp for little kids, a home run derby, and a golf tournament to raise money for the Paul Buck and Marshall Gates foundation. John Buck comes and brings some of his buddies from the KC Royals to help out with the camp, be in the home run derby, and be in the golf tournament. My brother plays in the game and is also in charge of the camp and plays in the golf tournament. Kevin Gates and John Buck are the founders of the foundation in honor of Paul and Marshall. All of the money that they raise goes to two summer league baseball teams, called the Marshall's and the Buck's. My brother coaches both of these teams and takes them all over the country to play in tournaments. The kids are hand picked by my brother from high school teams all over Utah and Las Vegas. The majority of the kids get college scholarships to great schools. They also give some of the money to less fortunate kids in the area who can not afford things such as; baseball equipment and uniforms. It is amazing how much money they raise for the foundation every year!
5 comments:
Awe baseball...remember the days of baberuth? Anyway so cool that Kellen gets to be such a good influence to all those boys!
How cool is that? I had no idea your brother was associated with something like this, that is so awesome! Good for him in reaching out to these boys.
That is amazing! I didn't know the T-ville alumni games were for such an amazing thing! I'm so glad John and Kellen are able to do something so AMAZING to honor Paul. That is awesome!
That is so great that Kellen has is going on in honor of Paul, and also help these kids get into good schools! I miss the old T'Ville baseball days.
It was great to talk to you at the game! It was a blast and not as cold as in years past, thank goodness. I hope everything's going well for you. :)
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