BFB Donates Baseball Equipment to Belize City Schools

This morning, five primary schools in Belize City received a donation of baseball equipment. The schools include Saint Luke Methodist, Unity Presbyterian, Saint John Vianney, Saint Ignatius, and Saint Martin’s de Porres. The Baseball Federation of Belize provided the gear to help develop the sport at the primary level, as baseball is making a comeback across the country.

 

Carlyon Flores, President, Baseball Federation of Belize

“Belize has now become a member of the Babe Ruth Baseball family.  We are part of their charter, we have fostered very significant and meaningful relationships with the great Gary Matthews Sr., whom I had the privilege to call twice. He gave me access to his number so I could call him directly into his home which I have done and we spoke extensively.  He wants to come to Belize.  It’s something that we’re gonna work on.  Mr. Greg Burrowes who is the regional director of Babe Ruth Baseball, Caribbean Region, he is a very good friend of mine as well.  I give him many thanks because it is because of him that we have become a member of the Babe Ruth team.  Mr. Greg Burrowes also expressed his interest in coming to Belize and help with the development of baseball, him and his team.”

 

Lucien Dawson, Marketing Strategist, Baseball Federation of Belize

“Today is a day that baseball is moving forward.  Today is a day that we begin to plant a seed that we will be able too see something.  Just to give some context, sports has the potential to increase our economy.  One of the things that I have been researching is that sports doesn’t just affect sports.  Once we get this right, it affects also industries such as the food industry, such as the hospitality industry, such as the building industry as well, because the more attractions we bring to Belize, we need more stadiums, we need more staffing for those stadiums.  And one of the long-term goals of the Baseball Federation of Belize is that we have acquired ten acres of land in Biscayne Village.  That was the land available to us, but we want to thank the Ministry of Natural Resources for that aid for us, and one of that is for us to build a professional grade baseball system in Belize.”