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Diamond Dreams Scholarship Nominations

One of the top rea­sons that kids do not play base­ball or soft­ball is due to financial ineligibility. Across the country, 3.5 million kids will lose access to sports in the next decade. Friends of Base­ball is revers­ing this trend in Ore­gon and SW Wash­ing­ton by pro­vid­ing a safety net to boys and girls who want to play ball through our Diamond Dreams scholarship program.

For the 2020 sea­son, we are part­ner­ing with leagues again to help make the dia­mond dreams of chil­dren in our com­mu­nity possible. Our 2015 pilot program cre­ated a rip­ple effect in our community that we could not deny and this year, the Friends of Base­ball board will be award­ing schol­ar­ships through­out our ser­vice area in Ore­gon and SW Wash­ing­ton.

Our pro­gram this year will pro­vide play­ers within Ore­gon and SW Wash­ing­ton with schol­ar­ship fund­ing through their leagues and/or the needed base­ball or soft­ball gear to ensure par­tic­i­pa­tion this season!

This is how it works. We are ask­ing league coaches and admin­is­tra­tors to act as the nom­i­nat­ing party for indi­vid­u­als to be con­sid­ered for this pro­gram (in order to main­tain the integrity of the schol­ar­ship dis­tri­b­u­tion). Please fill out the below form for up to 5 play­ers you want to nom­i­nate. If you have more than 5 play­ers to nom­i­nate, please email us at info@friendsofbaseball.org t o dis­cuss oppor­tu­ni­ties for us to sup­port your request.

Fam­i­lies: If you have ques­tions about your eli­gi­bil­ity for the Dia­mond Dreams schol­ar­ship pro­gram, please con­tact your League Admins directly. Friends of Base­ball can­not accept indi­vid­ual schol­ar­ship requests from play­ers and/or their fam­i­lies. Each league will deter­mine play­ers and fam­i­lies to nom­i­nate based on great­est need.

SUN School partner Nomination Form Deadline: February 7, 2020 (earlier deadline allows us to time connect players to area recreational league)
League Schol­ar­ship Nom­i­na­tion Dead­line: March 9, 2020
Schol­ar­ships will be awarded by our Diamond Dreams committee with a final deadline of March 22, 2020 to com­mu­ni­cate all schol­ar­ships.

Scholarship Nominee 1

Friends of Base­ball part­ners with leagues to keep kids on the field of play. Please select the option that best matches the needs of each nom­i­nee and what you are request­ing Friends of Base­ball to cover.

Pro­vide $ amount or list of items player needs based on your answer above.

Friends of Base­ball uses free and reduced price lunch par­tic­i­pant sta­tis­tics to deter­mine where need is great­est. If you have this infor­ma­tion, please include in the narrative.

Scholarship Nominee 2

Friends of Base­ball part­ners with leagues to keep kids on the field of play. Please select the option that best matches the needs of each nom­i­nee and what you are request­ing Friends of Base­ball to cover.

Pro­vide $ amount or list of items player needs based on your answer above.

Friends of Base­ball uses free and reduced price lunch par­tic­i­pant sta­tis­tics to deter­mine where need is great­est. If you have this infor­ma­tion, please include in the narrative.

Scholarship Nominee 3

Friends of Base­ball part­ners with leagues to keep kids on the field of play. Please select the option that best matches the needs of each nom­i­nee and what you are request­ing Friends of Base­ball to cover.

Pro­vide $ amount or list of items player needs based on your answer above.

Scholarship Nominee 4

Friends of Base­ball part­ners with leagues to keep kids on the field of play. Please select the option that best matches the needs of each nom­i­nee and what you are request­ing Friends of Base­ball to cover.

Pro­vide $ amount or list of items player needs based on your answer above.

Scholarship Nominee 5

Friends of Base­ball part­ners with leagues to keep kids on the field of play. Please select the option that best matches the needs of each nom­i­nee and what you are request­ing Friends of Base­ball to cover.

Pro­vide $ amount or list of items player needs based on your answer above.

Once we have received your nom­i­na­tions, we will review and you will be informed of our deci­sion after our Diamond Dreams committee meets.

Friends of Base­ball requires all leagues par­tic­i­pat­ing in the Dia­mond Dreams schol­ar­ship pro­gram to pro­vide FOB with an email or writ­ten report (and receipts, if applic­a­ble) along with any pho­tos avail­able to doc­u­ment the use of schol­ar­ship funds.

Please sub­mit this infor­ma­tion to: 100 SW Market Street, Suite 200 Portland, OR 97201

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