This summer I helped arrange a baseball camp for special needs kids. Many ESD student athletes were eager to help, and the camp was a blast for all of the campers as well as the volunteers. Each ESD student was partnered with a camper and worked with them on throwing, running the bases, hitting and catching. Over the week, they became best friends! I organized the camp during the school year, and at times it got a little stressful to keep up with all of the details, but the reward was more than I could have asked for. Seeing the campers smiling and making friends with the volunteers was an amazing experience. We capped off the week with a World Series game in which the kids all got to play the field and bat. The camp was a tremendous success, giving everyone a fun way to reach out to the community, and giving the kids a chance to play a sport they might otherwise have missed out on.
Baseball Buddy Volunteer, Class of 2010
