Was asked a while ago to particpate in Challenger Baseball witn my friend the Wilds. Nathan is 17 and is such a special kid. Each tuesday they go out to Loyalist and play baseball with other special needs kids. I learned a lot and appreciated the smiles on the kids faces. So encouraging to see kids who struggle in life and struggle so much to communicate in normal situations, to see them swing at the ball and run and the joy that is in their face was pretty special.
I was invited as a guest "buddy" for the night. Nate and his regular buddy Erin would go up and swing and run to first and then their guest celebrity buddy would come up to bat. First two pitches i swung and missed... started to worry a fair bit... but was relieved to find out that everyone gets on base and there are no outs.
Was fun night and so great to see these volunteers who run Challenger Baseball really making a difference in peoples lives
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