In our Stories section, you can find powerful anecdotes from kids and leagues that have collected gear to donate to PIFBS as well as from kids and leagues that have received gear from PIFBS.
Pitch In For Baseball & Softball needs your help to fill up our warehouse and help more kids get on the field. As a thank you for your support, anyone who donates to PIFBS throughout the month of September will be entered to win a special prize pack, including a Wilson A2000 Glove of the […]
At W.B. Saul High School, baseball is what gave Kyrell the discipline necessary to be successful in school. Many students at the Philadelphia high school could not afford the cleats, gloves, or bats necessary to be able to play. At W.B. Saul, 100% of the students are eligible for free and reduced lunch. Kyrell began […]
Steven Buller always knew that team sports were important, but his first season coaching baseball at Universal Audenried Charter High School was an eye-opening experience. “It’s easy to forget that not every kid gets a chance to play youth sports, to attend summer camps, to be that winning pitcher when every one of your teammates, […]
Xavier had high hopes of joining the baseball team at the beginning of his 7th grade year, but the program’s launch was in jeopardy. Located in Philadelphia, baseball at Middle Years Alternative for the Arts and Humanities was underfunded and had been placed on a wait list for approval to be able to field a […]
Jalen was interested in joining the baseball team at Freire Charter School, but didn’t have any of the equipment he needed to play. A basketball player all his life, Jalen shared his interest in baseball with his teacher Samuel Forman, who is also the school’s baseball coach. That same day, Freire Charter School had received […]
Sports everywhere serve as recreation and physical activity. A chance to bond, and commiserate. In Belize, they mean so much more. “Sports create open windows and open worlds,” said Shane Williams, President of the Belize City Softball Association. “I have seen the power that sports have to change communities.” In 2019, Pitch In For Baseball […]
Daniel had been playing baseball all of his life. Hailing from a low-income neighborhood in the Bronx, getting the right gear and equipment was often a challenge. As one of the catchers on the Roosevelt Educational Campus baseball team, Daniel was in desperate need of a new bag for his gear, and the catchers equipment […]
As a sophomore, Hugo was on the original baseball team created by athletic director Dion Evans. With little participation in the baseball program at Madison Park Academy, Hugo knew he needed to recruit new players to ensure that baseball would continue during his junior year. He began campaigning on campus, rallying students who had previously […]
Heading into the 2019 season, Louis E. Dieruff High School softball found itself extremely low on participants. Located in Allentown, PA, the student poverty rate at the school is 90%. Many kids do not have their own equipment at all. Others show up with cleats and gloves that are too small, or not built for […]
For one seventh grader at Isaac Middle School, baseball is the thread that connects him to his father in Mexico. The student* was found eligible as one with a Specific Learning Disability when he was in fourth grade. He required additional reading and math instruction in a resource classroom to support his educational progress. Before […]