Badges For Baseball Watervliet

The Youth Development Company/PAL has partnered with The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, who provides program, resources, training, and support to community-based organizations across the country that directly impact the lives of at risk youth. Badges for Baseball pairs police officers and kids together to play and learn. Using baseball and other team sports as the hook, law enforcement officers become the coaches and mentors. Once youth are engaged and the lines of communication
opened, the Badges for Baseball Coaches Manual provides law enforcement mentors with a vehicle to begin meaningful conversations with kids who need it the most. Every day, law enforcement officers see what happens when people make poor choices. Every day, kids struggle to make right ones. Through discussions about choices today and the consequences to which they lead tomorrow, combined with activities demonstrating these lessons, youth learn to make productive decisions for their