On the first weekend of October, Berea College (KY) celebrated its Annual Oldtimer's Baseball Game. Surgance Glove Program Director Dave Audia (Berea Grad - 1969, 3rd Baseman -64-68) and Surgance volunteer Bob North were in attendance.
Between games of the doubleheader, Berea Coach Ryan Hess announced that the team had been working to help the Surgance Glove Program by collecting baseball gloves and taking donations. The players then brought 35 really good used gloves out to donate and Coach Hess handed over the $200 collected to help with purchasing other gloves. What a great surprise this was. Coach Hess had heard about the program, researched it, then put his team into action to help. This action was a great boost with the gloves and money, but more than that, was such a boost for the spirit of what we want our program to be, one of people helping people in need.
Once again, when we bring Uncommon partners to Common ground issues, we will get very Remarkable Results.
By the way, as Dave continued his string of consecutive starts at 3rd to 4 years and 3 games over a 45 year span, he went 0 for 1 in the game, reaching base on a throwing error and scoring a run with assistance from a pinch runner.
