Bases Loaded Academy launches foundation as way to give back
Bases Loaded Academy (Source: KTRE Sports)
By Caleb Beames | December 30, 2020 at 5:47 PM CST - Updated December 31 at 12:46 AM
LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - The Bases Loaded baseball and Softball Academy in Hudson has launched a non-profit foundation that will look to help low income families and high school seniors.
The Foundation will be tied to the Academy that is one of the top training facilities in Angelina County. Gilbert Gonzalez hopes that they will be able to help with paying for a sport that can get expensive quickly.
“With league dues, uniforms, a glove, a bat, a helmet, baseballs and a bag to carry it all, you are looking at a first-time kid playing [paying] $300- $400,” Gonzalez said. That is a lot for parents, especially a single mom or single dad that doesn’t make very much in these times.”