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News » Local police can mentor kids, teach baseball
Mar. 11, 2010
A number of officers from local law enforcement agencies will use the game of baseball to reach out to young kids.
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen was at the Boys and Girls Club in Appleton yesterday to announce that the Badges for Baseball program is coming to the area.
He says police volunteer to mentor middle-school age children, to teach them life lessons, along with the fundamentals of the sport.
Neenah police chief Kevin Wilkinson says his department will participate.
The attorney general says the partnership gives officers a chance to work with kids and disprove the perception that when police are around, something bad is happening.
Van Hollen presented $100,000 to the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, which developed the mentoring program.
The Appleton, Grand Chute and Outagamie County departments are also taking part, as well as the Appleton fire department. |
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