U.S. Embassy Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Ms. Neda Brown formally present 200 scholastic books to Mr. Castino Sands, Freedom Farm Baseball League Commissioner and Mr. Kenny Mondesir, Assistant Director of Sponsorship. The books will be used to assist with the league’s educational development program.
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Nassau, Bahamas - On July 15, U.S.
Embassy Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Ms. Neda Brown met with officials
of the Freedom Farm Baseball League to discuss the Embassy’s support of
the league’s efforts to raise awareness about
literacy and education among young Bahamian baseball players. During
the meeting, Ms. Brown formally presented 200 scholastic books to Mr.
Castino Sands, League Commissioner and Mr. Kenny Mondesir, Assistant
Director of Sponsorship to assist with the league’s
educational development program.
The Freedom Farm
league will distribute the donated books to outstanding baseball players
in recognition of their performance throughout the season. Some of the
books will also be distributed during Freedom
Farm’s “Literacy Day” event scheduled for the upcoming baseball season
where children from the wider community will be invited to participate.
Freedom Farm is a
non-profit baseball league with a membership of approximately 650
children and young adults. The league focuses not only on developing
baseball skills, but also on building character, teaching
unity through teamwork, and encouraging the pursuit of higher
education. The motto of the league is: "Higher Learning through the
Sport of Baseball.”
With this latest
donation from the U.S. Embassy, the Freedom Farm Baseball League has now
received approximately 600 books from its partners, with a goal of
collecting 2,000 books by January 2015.