Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie - Catholic Education

Where else can you go and stand in the shadow of a national landmark (Coney Island Amusement Park), look out into the ocean, watch a baseball game, and celebrate the importance Catholic Education all at the same time?  Add to this grand spectacle, the regional pitching debut of hot prospect, Msgr. John J. Bracken (who threw out the game’s first pitch).  Of course, the answer to that question on July 23 was Going to Bat for Catholic Education.

Across a landscape of yellow tee shirts the Brooklyn Cyclones prevailed in a 2 – 0 pitcher’s duel while lightening cascaded across the western skies.  The tee shirts promoted the importance of Catholic Education for the children in the Diocese of Brooklyn.  Those who bought raffle tickets, and their children, had a chance, this one night, to wear their feelings on their sleeves (and their back and front as well).

This past school year alone, Futures in Education Foundation joined with the Diocese of Brooklyn, the Alive in Hope Foundation, the Children’s Scholarship Fund, and other generous partners to award over $6 million to more than 6,000 students.  Our children who receive these scholarships belong to families with an average household income of less than $24,000.  July 23 was a chance for everyone to come together in celebration of this vitally important mission while focusing of the need to continue generating support for the children both for this year and the years to come.

Tremendous thanks go out to the Brooklyn Cyclones for sponsoring this annual event and to Msgr. Bracken for his leadership – both on and off the field.