SUPPOPRT Our Troops: Baseball Gloves Needed For Marines in Afghanistan

There is still plenty of time to donate new or good-condition, adult-size baseball gloves (left and right-handed) to a group of our Marines serving in Afghanistan.

Karen Grochowski made the initial community-wide request a couple of weeks ago on FranklinNOW, noting that “so much of a military deployment is "hurry up....and wait,” adding waiting is the toughest part for Marines.

Through June 15th we are collecting new or good-condition, adult-size baseball gloves to fulfill a request by a group of Marines in Afghanistan. It really helps them pass the time. So much of a military deployment is "hurry up....and wait" and the waiting is the toughest part for many Marines. The request simply states “Baseballs gloves (one or two left handed ones as well as many right handed ones.)” We hope fill a box with gloves for these Marines at our big packing event on May 23rd, but will continue the collection through June 15th.

Baseball glove donations will continue to be accepted through June 15 in the “Support Our Troops” barrel in the Franklin Public Library lobby.

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