United Water & Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation Host End-of-Year Celebration for the Jersey City Badges for Baseball Program
October 04 2013 - 9:43AM
Business Wire
Kids and mentors celebrate “Badges for
Baseball” with a night of baseball at Jersey City Fields
The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation (CRSF) and United Water hosted an
end-of-year celebration for the Badges for Baseball Program in
Jersey City, NJ. Two baseball teams from the Jersey City Reviving
Baseball in the Inner City Program (RBI) played a friendly game at
Jersey City Fields. The players received support and instruction
from guest managers, including former Major League ball players Bob
Tufts, Glenn Borgmann, Jack Cullen, John Doherty and Oreste
Marrero. The night kicked off with Ryan Struthers, director of
recreation, Jersey City and Rolando Lavarro, Jr., council
president, Jersey City’s City Council throwing out the inaugural
first pitch and included a barbeque with food donated by United
Water.
It was a great night in Jersey City to
celebrate the children of Jersey City's RBI program. Pictured from
left to right, upper row: Rich Henning, senior vice president,
United Water communications; Joe Napolitano Jr, program director,
Jersey City RBI; Ryan Struthers, director of recreation, Jersey
City; Joe Napolitano Sr, Jersey City recreation program director;
Dan Becht, executive director, Jersey City Municipal Utilities
Authority; Nadine Leslie, president, United Water; Rolando Lavarro,
Jr., council president, Jersey City's City Council. Lower row:
Kevin O'Connor, director, external affairs, United Water; children
from Jersey City RBI program.
“Our partnership with the Jersey City Municipal Utilities
Authority means more than just providing high quality water service
to Jersey City residents and businesses,” said Nadine Leslie,
president of United Water. “It is vitally important for us to help
improve the quality of life for people living in Jersey City as
well, and our partnership with the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation
accomplishes that by providing the city’s youth life-long lessons
through its Badges for Baseball program.”
The end-of-year event celebrated the 2013 Badges for Baseball
program in Jersey City. The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation created
Badges for Baseball in conjunction with the U.S. Department of
Justice. The program reshapes the relationship between law
enforcement and kids living in underserved communities across the
country. It’s a simple concept: pair cops and kids together to play
and learn. This program reaches over 400 youth from Jersey City and
connects them with mentors from the law enforcement community. The
partnership teaches youth valuable life lessons, including
teamwork, leadership, and the value of preserving the environment,
particularly water.
“We are very excited about having United Water and Cal Ripken,
Sr. Foundation bring this program to the kids in the city,” said
Dan Becht, executive director of the Jersey City Municipal
Utilities Authority. “It is a great example of how our unique
partnership is providing benefits to the residents of our great
city.”
Thanks to the continuing support of United Water, the Cal
Ripken, Sr. Foundation has provided Jersey City RBI with the
resources needed to implement Badges for Baseball. This includes
cash awards, baseball/softball and Quickball equipment, a character
education curriculum and opportunities to send deserving youth to
overnight summer camp at the Ripken Experience Complex in Aberdeen,
MD.
“The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation is grateful for the law
enforcement agencies and United Water, who help bring the Badges
for Baseball program to deserving youth in Jersey City,” said Steve
Salem, President of the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation. “United Water’s
commitment to youth outreach and community involvement is second to
none. Thanks to their support we have positively impacted over 400
local youth.”
The United Water Foundation and the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation
began their partnership in 2009. The program started in
Massachusetts and has since spread around the country, reaching
youth in Holyoke and Springfield, MA; Poughkeepsie, NY; Jersey
City, NJ; Harrisburg, PA and Pontiac, MI. Each individual program
has impacted up to 100 youth in their respective communities. The
two partners are working to build and expand upon the success of
the program with the ultimate goal of reaching more youth and
helping lead them on a path to success.
About the Cal Ripken, Sr.
Foundation
The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation uses baseball- and
softball-themed programs to help build character and teach critical
life lessons to underserved youth residing in America’s most
distressed communities. Founded in 2001 by members of the Ripken
family in memory of their patriarch Cal, Sr., the Foundation works
to create programs that positively impact at-risk youth through
active community partnerships with America’s most successful youth
service organizations. The Ripken Foundation uses the baseball and
softball field to help teach life’s critical lessons such as
perseverance, loyalty, nutrition, hard work and leadership to young
people residing in disadvantaged communities. In 2012, the
Foundation impacted more than 154,000 youth in 47 states around the
country through Badges for Baseball.
About United Water Jersey
City
United Water Jersey City provides water service to approximately
250,000 residents in Jersey City and supplies wholesale water to
Hoboken, Montville and Parsippany. The company operates the Jersey
City water system through a contract agreement with the Jersey City
Municipal Utilities Authority. United Water is one of the nation’s
leading environmental companies, providing water and wastewater
services to approximately 5.5 million people in the United States.
In addition to owning and operating 16 water and wastewater
utilities, United Water operates 90 municipal and industrial water
and wastewater systems through innovative public-private
partnerships and contract agreements. Founded in 1869, United Water
is a subsidiary of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT. www.unitedwater.com
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For the Cal Ripken, Sr.
FoundationMaroon PRKaty Ford, 443-864-4246Katy@MaroonPR.comorMarlene Alvarez,
443-864-4246Marlene@MaroonPR.comorFor
United WaterSonja Clark,
201-767-2873Sonja.Clark@UnitedWater.com
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