Thanks to the success of our fundraising events, the Get Up and Play Foundation has already begun to help local youth get out there and play ball.

 

We have helped families faced with financial hardships with the ability for their softball and baseball players to train, travel, and play with their teams.  A tragic fire to a player's residence and a parent's job loss made playing an impossibility until Get Up and Play stepped to the plate.

 

 Thank you to the families and businesses in the area that supported our inaugural events!

 

At a time when television and computer games
dominate young people's spare time and with child
and teenage obesity rates in the U.S. reaching all time
highs, today's children need more opportunities to
participate in sports and engage in healthy life style activities.
 

The youth of our country are tomorrow's leaders
and their participation in sports and healthy activities
at an early age will shape their adult lives and promote the next generation of healthy athletic children.

 

Get Up And Play was created to give children
of all ages the opportunity to participate in sports teams and a variety of training workshops which include mental/life skills, nutrition and overall physical health.

Get Up and Play is about giving children the belief that

they can do anything with hard work and passion. 

It is about instilling in young people the importance of healthy eating and how physical fitness and nutrition is the cornerstone to being a successful person.