Which of the following is TRUE?
Select one:
a. Michael and David will continue support other baseball teams.
b. The school set up the “Home Runs for Harlem project”.
c. They gave all they collected money to people in community.
d. Michael and David were in baseball team of the Harlem school.
Two years ago, high school students Michael Pinsky and David Connor read an article in a newspaper about a school in Harlem, a neighborhood in New York City. The school had a baseball team, but no money to buy balls, team uniforms, or other equipment.
Michael and David had an idea. They decided to help the team get money for the equipment they needed. So the two boys started a project to raise money for the baseball team. They called the project “Home Runs for Harlem.” They placed boxes in stores to collect money for the team and sold bracelets with the words “Home Runs for Harlem” on them. Their plan was to give all the money they collected to the school to support the team.
Michael and David’s project was a great success. They raised over $9,000. The team bought the equipment they needed: gloved, baseballs, and bats. The school also used some of the money to pay a baseball coach.
After the school in Harlem received the money, Michael and David spoke to the students at the school, and David explained why this was a dream come true. “It’s not just about me,” he says. “It’s for other people. It’s for the community.”
“I just hope they have a fun time playing baseball, and if they can have the equipment, then that just helps out,” says David. David and Michael now plan to raise money for other baseball teams in Harlem.
For their passionate and inspiring efforts to support school baseball programs, the two teenagers were New Yorkers of the Week on one of New York’s news stations.