Working Towards Reaching A Dream

My name is Leyla and my 12 year old son is Keanu. I am a single mother to a great young man with a dream / goal, to someday become a professional MLB player. He has participated in our local Little League for the past 7 years, a summer league for 3 years, and a winter league for 5 years. He’s pretty much played year round and loves every minute of it. This year he has been given the opportunity to try-out for a travel league named GATORZ, which will allow him to experience a totally different level of playing. The skills gained will benefit his future playing. He will also get much more exposure participating at these tournaments, which he will not get from playing on the local league. However, as a single parent on a limited budget, it will be very difficult for me to handle the cost of this travel team and the winter training / conditioning 5 month program (4 months at this point), not to mention the gas we will consume traveling to the facility for training and the tournaments.We were notified that he made it on the 13U team. If all goes well, he can try-out for yearly. When all costs are added together, it will run between $1,950 & $2,300, depending on how many of the winter sessions we are able to sign up for. The training/conditioning sessions start at $110 per month for 8 sessions.

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. If we are fortunate enough to raise enough, he will participate in any extra training offered. I will also use anything extra to help with gas and other cost involve with the traveling to the tournaments.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and for donation! Remember any amount will help!