Ukraine Baseball - Little League
UKRAINE BASEBALL
We need your help!
UKRAINE BASEBALL is in need of equipment for Ukrainian boys and girls to be able to play the great sports of Baseball and Softball. Equipment, such as official balls, aluminum bats, gloves, shoes, cups, helmets, caps, catcher's protective equipment, and uniforms, is sorely needed for our youngsters to learn the fundamentals of these sports, practice what they learn, and to play in leagues and tournaments.
Most families can't afford what is necessary for a child to play ball. A family's income is between US$50 and US$70 per month. Hardly enough to pay the rent and buy food. The only way they can get the needed equipment is through donations from concerned people.
There are no Sporting Goods stores in Ukraine like there are in America or other countries where Baseball in popular. That's where you come in. Whether you are a corporate sponsor, sporting goods manufacturer, or concerned individual, you can help with your donation or by collecting good, used equipment for the young people to use.
To make your contributions, ship them to:
Basil P. Tarasko,
Head Coach, National Teams of Ukraine
36-46 212th Street
Bayside, NY 11361 USA
is a member of the YSK. Mr. Tarasko is the District Administrator of the Little Leagues in Ukraine. Mr. Tarasko is also the coach of the National Baseball teams of Ukraine.
New drop-off
locations for equipment donations.
Contact the following persons for info about where their drop-off
locations is:
Pennsylvania
Central -
Northeast -
Others willing to volunteer for drop-off locations, contact .
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| This young man is showing you the type of shoes he and his team mates must play in as opposed to the spikes American kids have. Some even share the same pair of sneakers! |
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| 1997 Little Leaguers in Kiev. How do you like those uniforms? |
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| Mr. Vitaly Lizohubenko (left), is a Government official in charge of developing Baseball and Softball in Ukraine, and Coach Basil Tarasko (center) are elated with a shipment of equipment. |
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What is it? When the Little League players were told they needed to wear a cup for safety reasons, this is what one of them brought. |
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| Preparing the land for the first Little League Field in Ukraine. Pobutonik (Kyiv) 1991 |
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| The pitcher's mound is "finished"(???) . . . |
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| . . . the field is
finished, the backstop and fence are up . . . |
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. . . there's some kids . . . |
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. . . lets play ball !!!!! |
If you can't help with equipment: visit our Gift Shop and see how you can make a donation.
Or Support: the Rivne Regional Charitable Fund. Go Excel Global, Inc. will make a donation in your name, you will receive a Little League Pin.© 2003 Go Excel Global, Inc. and Gene Maslar All rights reserved.