On Saturday April 27, the Danbury CT Lions and Southbury CT Knights Buddy Ball baseball teams will travel to Hyde Park, NY for the first "Annual Franklin D. Roosevelt Buddy Ball Tournament" which will take place behind the FDR library at approximately 11:30am. The rain date for the event is Sunday April 28 at 11:30am.
The teams are made up of players from: Danbury, Newtown, Southbury, Bethel, Brookfield, New Milford & Ridgefield Connecticut and the program is growing fast!
Nearly 25 players will take part in this baseball game and all are hoping for some good old-fashioned baseball weather!
The players will make the 1 hour trek by bus and by car.
If you would like to join in the festivities or come out to support Buddy Ball go to this link for the FDR Home site to obtain directions etc - http://www.nps.gov/hofr/planyourvisit/index.htm
This "Annual Franklin Roosevelt Buddy Ball Tournament" coincides with the 75th anniversary of the March of Dimes which was created by President Roosevelt himself in 1938. For a quick history of the March of Dimes check out this link - http://fdrlibrary.wordpress.com/tag/march-of-dimes/
Buddy Ball plays in the Spring and Fall every year - for more information about this great program contact Rick Flannery at cmadbase@yahoo.com.
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