Catch ‘Em All Foundation and the Grand Traverse Bay YMCA are pleased to announce another youth baseball camp taught by professional baseball players to be held Saturday, February 27, 2010 at the Y Main Facility. This camp will be for 5 to 15 years and older wanting to improve their baseball skills.
This youth camp will be taught by Doug Mirabelli and Mike Epping to benefit the Catch ‘Em All Foundation.
The camp will be taught in groups by age through the day including:
• 5 – 7 year olds from 8:00 am – 9:00 am
• 8 – 10 year olds from 9:00 am – 10:00 am
• 11 – 12 year olds from 10:00 am – 11:00 am and 11:00 am – Noon
• 13 – 14 year olds from Noon – 1:00 pm
• 15 years and older from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Cost of each session will be $25.00 and will be received at the time of the camp. Please make checks payable to “Catch ‘Em All Foundation”. Call the YMCA at 933-9622 to reserve a spot. The Y Main Facility is located at 3000 Racquet Club Drive, just south of Airport Drive, in Traverse City.
In an eleven-year career, Doug Mirabelli is a .231 hitter with 58 home runs and 206 RBIs in 566 games. While with the Boston Red Sox, he was well-known as a personal catcher for knuckleballer Tim Wakefield. Mirabelli was a part of the Red Sox’ World Series Championship teams in 2004 and 2007.
Mike Eppling was a 2006 draft pick of the San Diego Padres, an outfielder, and is a .252 hitter with 26 home runs and 139 RBIs in 316 games. Most recently he has played for our own Traverse City Beach Bums.
The Catch `Em All Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded by Doug and Kristin Mirabelli that dedicated to improving the lives of children all over the Grand Traverse area. The Catch `Em All Foundation believes that children are our most precious assets. Therefore, they must have access to all resources to help them to succeed in life. Many of our area's children find themselves sometimes lacking these resources, especially in this time of federal and state cutbacks. The Catch `Em All Foundation is dedicated to help close the funding gap to ensure that the children and families receive the necessary financial help that they need.
The Grand Traverse Bay YMCA is pleased to co-sponsor this camp as it fosters programs that promote its values of honesty, respect, caring, and responsibility.
