To the editor:
Re: “Little Mountain invited to World Series,” Aug. 8.
I am honoured to have been able to travel with the Little Mountain Baseball Challenger team to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA as a volunteer buddy. We traveled together and played a game against the Clinton Valley Challenger team from Detroit. On the field we were thrilled to have Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar as our first base coach as well as all the umpires from the World Series. It was very exciting for all of us to be both on the field and in the stands at this international event broadcast around the world.
Volunteering for Challenger baseball has been a very rewarding experience for me. As a buddy I’ve worked on the field with young players with cognitive and physical limitations and we’ve all gained so much from our experiences playing baseball together.
On behalf of our team, I would like to thank everyone involved in Challenger Baseball (especially our coordinator Kris Gustavson) for making this experience possible for the players, their families, coaches and the buddies. We would also like thank everyone who has donated to our campaign to help cover our travel costs to Williamsport. Without you, this experience of a lifetime would not have been possible.
We’re very close to reaching our fundraising goal of $43,000. You can still donate by going to our crowdsourcing site at fundaid.ca. Thank you for all of your support!
Jalem Gosal,
Vancouver
