Surgance, Inc. To Join 51s For Glove Program on Friday, July 3rd Game
Volunteers working in Surgance's Glove program have been collecting new and used baseball gloves and repairing and delivering them to hundreds of young athletes around the world. While distributing new and refurbished gloves, the Surgance team also repairs the gloves of those underprivileged youth who many times stand in line for hours for those repairs.
The 2009 goal for the Surgance team is to collect and distribute 10,000 donated gloves to underprivileged youth in the Dominican Republic, Canada, the Middle East and the United States. According to Surgance, Inc., President, Brian Audia, "Through the incredible support of organizations such as the Las Vegas 51s, we are confident that the Surgance Glove program will realize the goal of impacting the lives of 10,000 youth around the world."
Baseball fans at the July 3rd game will have an opportunity to donate new and used gloves as well as financial contributions to this program. "We are delighted to team up with Surgance in this fund-raising event" states Las Vegas 51s President and General Manager, Don Logan,"especially at what is traditionally our highest attended game of the year."
The Surgance Glove program is designed to provide encouragement to young athletes worldwide who dream of catching a line drive and having a better life through athletic achievement.
About Surgance, Inc.
Surgance is a nonprofit organization that transforms communities by aligning Government, Nonprofit and Corporate resources. Remarkable results are the outcome when uncommon partnerships are formed to address common ground social issues. Surgance has proven that this unique form of social innovation is gaining as a viable solution to transforming communities. Since it's formation in 2006, Surgance and it's partners have conducted more than 400 community transformation projects including those focused on community building repair and refurbishment, elementary education, refugee assistance, athletics for underprivileged children, children under state care, nutrition and a host of other social issues in communities around the world. The Surgance principals have nearly 100 years of cumulative experience in leading community transformation initiatives in over 50 nations and 25 North American urban centers. For more information, please visit the web site at www.surgance.com or call 702.309.7874.
About the Las Vegas 51s The Las Vegas 51s professional baseball team is a proud member of the Pacific Coast League (PCL). The 51s are in their 27th season in the Silver State, and their first season as the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. The Las Vegas 51s have the proud distinction of being the longest enduring franchise in the history of professional sports in Southern Nevada. For more information, please visit the website at lv51.com or call 702.386.7200.