NYPL Aberdeen IronBirds

Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation Holds Camp in Aberdeen

Published on July 9, 2003 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Aberdeen IronBirds News Release


Aberdeen, MD – The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation today announced it is conducting an overnight baseball camp, July 9 through July 13, at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, MD.

46 boys, ages 10-14, will take part in the camp. The boys were selected by Boys and Girls Clubs in Harford County, Cecil County, Southern Maryland and Wilmington, DE.

In addition to the camp, the campers will be treated to the Aberdeen IronBirds game on Thursday, July 10 and will be recognized during a pre-game ceremony.

The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit institution created in 2001 in memory of a man regarded by many as the pre-eminent baseball teacher of all-time. Cal Ripken, Sr., who succumbed to lung cancer in 1999, spent 37 years as a player, coach, and manager in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

The mission of the foundation is to use baseball as a tool for helping young people, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, develop positive character traits such as leadership, teamwork and good sportsmanship, as well as a healthy lifestyle. With seed money from MBNA America, the Baltimore Orioles and several other corporations, as well as a grant from the federal government, the foundation has begun to develop facilities, on-field activities and off-field educational programs to fulfill this mission.

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