Category: Major League Baseball

Clayton Kershaw makes great contributions to the global community via his Kershaw’s Challenge Foundation

Posted on by chris42 in Major League Baseball, Sports And Tech Education
Clayton Kershaw’s Jersey. Source: Nike website

Clayton Kershaw is the ace of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitching staff. He’s a great pitcher and he’s also a great humanitarian. Clayton Kershaw’s community service organization is called Kershaw’s Challenge and it’s a Christ-centered organization that gives kids a better life by not only giving them food and shelter, but also guiding them in the successful path. They help at-risk kids in Los Angeles, Dallas, Zambia and the Dominican Republic. You can read more about Clayton Kershaw’s amazing community service program on his organization’s official website: https://www.kershawschallenge.com/

Derek Jeter is a Hall Of Fame person on and off the baseball field

Posted on by chris42 in Major League Baseball, Sports And Tech Education

Derek Jeter was selected to be in the Baseball Hall Of Fame last week with well over 90% of the votes. He was one of the best leaders and players in not only Yankees history, but also MLB history. He’s also one of the best people off of the baseball field. Derek and his dad founded a non-profit organization named the Turn2Foundation, which helps kids stay focused on school and sports so that they can stay away from drug and alcohol abuse.

Derek Jeter was selected to the Baseball Hall Of Fame. Souce: Derek Jeter’s Turn 2 Foundation’s twitter page.

The Turn2Foundation has given back over $29 million to fund its programs and other companies that do amazing work in the community too. You can read more about Derek Jeter’s Turn2Foundation on his website: https://www.mlb.com/turn-2-foundation

Curtis Granderson helps millions of people in his community via the Grand Kids foundation

Posted on by chris42 in Major League Baseball

Curtis Granderson is a MLB player who is a world-class citizen in addition to being a great baseball player. He’s the founder of the Grand Kids foundation, which has helped raise over 35 million meals for kids and has introduced over 2 million kids to the fun sport of baseball.

Here’s a twitter post about Curtis Granderson volunteering to help kids learn more about baseball. Source: Curtis Granderson’s Twitter page.

Also he’s won the 2016 Roberto Clemente award for being such as a positive role model who represents baseball in a very admirable way. He has created a state-of-the-art baseball field at the University Of Illinois at Chicago. It’s a field that’s played on by nearly 10,000 kids every year. Here’s an article on Major League Baseball’s website that talks more about Granderson winning the Roberto Clemente award: https://www.mlb.com/news/curtis-granderson-wins-roberto-clemente-award-c207427120