“When I was a young kid, Cal Ripken, Jr. was my hero,†said Sgt. Rob Jones. With Orioles-themed socks peeking out above his dress shoes, clearly Jones’ childhood loyalties have…
At the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, our flagship program, Badges for Baseball, pairs youth with local law enforcement officers who teach important life lessons like respect and teamwork. We believe…
Together, the Ripken Foundation and the League of Dreams help make athletics and afterschool programming available to special needs children. In 2019, the Ripken Foundation completed 22 Adaptive Clinics impacting…
At our Ripken Foundation Youth Development Parks, we host clinics where our kids enjoy learning baseball basics, playing with teammates, and learning from law enforcement mentors. At the Ripken Foundation,…
One tour. 10 cities. Hundreds of volunteers. This wraps up the 2019 Team8Tour! Together with our corporate partners at UnitedHealthcare through their Do Good.Live Well. Initiative and the Team8 Tour,…
At the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, we honor the legacy of Cal Ripken, Sr. with youth development programs and parks across the country. But did you know that our kids…
Last week, the Ripken Foundation proudly launched our first ever Badges on the Blue Line program. In this partnership with the Dallas Stars, 60 kids from St. Philips School &…
Last week, we visited Robert Coleman Elementary School located in the heart of West Baltimore to create our 58th mobile STEM learning center. During this visit, we trained enthusiastic teachers…
The nice thing about being a program coordinator at the Ripken Foundation is that I get to travel around the country working with the kids we are helping to live…
In partnership with Group1001, last week the Ripken Foundation hosted a one-day clinic at North Salinas High School in Salinas, California. Hartnell College Track & Field and former U.S. Olympians…