November 15, 2013
Fredonia Baseball Takes Part in Habitat for Humanity
Fredonia State Baseball
One of our goals as a coaching staff this year was to get more involved in giving back to the community. So to fulfill that goal we reached out to Habitat for Humanity to see if we could help out.
Habitat for Humanity's focus is to build and repair houses all over the world using volunteer labor and donations. Their partner families purchase these houses through no-profit, no-interest mortgage loans or innovative financing methods.
To learn more about the organization and how to volunteer or donate visit http://www.habitat.org/
Our first weekend of working with the organization was rained out.
But today myself, Matt Casilio, Kenny Johnston, Tommy Morris, Anthony Schiro, Joe Korszun, Dan Cecilia, Liam "Trot" Kelly, Tyler Shaw, and Dan Lumadue piled in the van and took off to their Silver Creek location to get to work.
A good mix of returning players, transfers, and freshman.
When we arrived on location we learned that the family moving into the house was a mother and her three children (she was also there working).
After the initial introduction to what and who we were helping we jumped right in and got to work.
Our main focus was getting the foundation level, digging paths for a drainage system, putting up insulation, and hauling gravel. In order to accomplish all of this in the time we had it was necessary to split up into small teams.
The organization provided the guys with a lunch a few hours into the day consisting of chili, muffins, cookies, chips, and apples.
During the break each player had a chance to introduce themselves to the fellow volunteers and program coordinators. T-mo even found a fellow Long Islander on staff.
After lunch we finished up what we started, all hands on deck.
The guys worked their tails off and I think I speak for all of us when I say that we accomplished a lot, helped a good cause, and were able to bond more with each other.
It was a lot of work but a great experience and I learned a lot about some of the new guys on the team and more about the returners.
I'm looking forward to bringing a fresh set of guys to help out again next weekend.
Habitat for Humanity
One of our goals as a coaching staff this year was to get more involved in giving back to the community. So to fulfill that goal we reached out to Habitat for Humanity to see if we could help out.
Habitat for Humanity's focus is to build and repair houses all over the world using volunteer labor and donations. Their partner families purchase these houses through no-profit, no-interest mortgage loans or innovative financing methods.
To learn more about the organization and how to volunteer or donate visit http://www.habitat.org/
Our first weekend of working with the organization was rained out.
But today myself, Matt Casilio, Kenny Johnston, Tommy Morris, Anthony Schiro, Joe Korszun, Dan Cecilia, Liam "Trot" Kelly, Tyler Shaw, and Dan Lumadue piled in the van and took off to their Silver Creek location to get to work.
A good mix of returning players, transfers, and freshman.
When we arrived on location we learned that the family moving into the house was a mother and her three children (she was also there working).
After the initial introduction to what and who we were helping we jumped right in and got to work.
Our main focus was getting the foundation level, digging paths for a drainage system, putting up insulation, and hauling gravel. In order to accomplish all of this in the time we had it was necessary to split up into small teams.
The organization provided the guys with a lunch a few hours into the day consisting of chili, muffins, cookies, chips, and apples.
During the break each player had a chance to introduce themselves to the fellow volunteers and program coordinators. T-mo even found a fellow Long Islander on staff.
After lunch we finished up what we started, all hands on deck.
The guys worked their tails off and I think I speak for all of us when I say that we accomplished a lot, helped a good cause, and were able to bond more with each other.
It was a lot of work but a great experience and I learned a lot about some of the new guys on the team and more about the returners.
I'm looking forward to bringing a fresh set of guys to help out again next weekend.
