APIL TBall

APIL (Ascension Parish Inclusive League) Tball season begin Aprl 10th and what a great start. Lots of new participants plus returning participants from last year. The field has been improved and by next week we should have a fence around it and dugouts.

We have been blessed with awesome volunteers. Ascension Catholic Softball team has been a huge help to the program. A couple of track students from St. Amant High School also joined us last week. One of the children's grandparent's also helped out running home plate .

It is so great to see the program growing and everyone enjoying themselves - children and adults. Here are a few pictures from out last couple of games.

APIL's field is at St. Amant Park on Stringer Bridge Road in St. Amant. Games are on Saturday Mornings at 10AM. Come join us. Only a few more games left.

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Company Overview:
APIL is a non-competitive inclusive recreation league for children with or without disabilities (ages 4-13) to participate together in recreational activities and games.
Mission:
To have children with or without disabilities be able to participate together in non-competitive recreational activities.

APIL Tball and Awards

Saturday was APIL (Ascension Parish Inclusive League)'s last tball game of the fall season. After the game all the participants received a gold medal.

Looking forward to basketball season in a few weeks.

APIL TBall - 1st Game

APIL (Ascension Parish Inclusive League); a non competitive sports league for children with and without disabilities had the first tball game today. It was a beautiful day and everyone had a great time.

Special tshirts were ordered for the participants and hats were also provided.

Many of the "regulars" were there as well as some new players.

Lots of encouragement and praise is given during the game.

We were able to participate with the other baseball teams in a kickoff of the season. A color guard was on hand with the flags.

All of the teams were called onto the field and the players announced by name.

When the APIL players were announced, the other teams and spectators gave an exceptional applause.

Once the National Anthem was played, all of the teams on the field greeted the APIL kids. It was so awesome to watch and the kids loved it.

Here is a group picture of our team.

Update: Betsey (program director and my daughter) was asked to throw the first pitch. I was busy talking to someone about the program and missed getting the picture. My niece sent me a copy. Thanks Karesa.

APIL - Last Tball Game for the Season

We had the last APIL League tball game for the season this past Saturday. Even though tball is over, there will be other events throught the year. The next one is in two weeks on May 17th.



The kids have so much fun. The smiles on their faces tell the story. Here are some pictures from Saturday.

After the game, trophies were given out to each child that participated. One of the children said it was an honor to get a trophy. One of the mom's said that her son would probably sleep with it and she would have to figure out how to get it from him to take a bath.

After we gave out the trophies, we had hot dogs, chips and juice for everyone. The food was donated by Harvest Grocery in Dutchtown. Tommy Martinez, Parish President, and his son, Brad, stopped for a visit.

APIL Event With Special Guest

Today we had our second tball game for Ascension Parish Inclusive League. It rained during the night so the fields were too wet to play on. But that didn't stop the game. We found a semi dry spot behind the building, drew a field and got ready to play.

Our special guest was Glen Dorsey, defensive tackle for LSU and 2007 Defensive Player of the year . Glen's hometown is Gonzales and he says he enjoys helping out the kids in the community. He was given the task to start the plays by saying "Play Ball".

He was great with the kids, congratulating and offering "hi 5's" for a great job.

He was also gracious and patient while everyone took pictures. After the game was over he signed balls, tshirts, posters, jerseys, APIL bags and anything else we could come up with. He stayed till everyone got their items signed and pictures taken.

A couple of other special guests were Donaldsonville High School football players recently signed to local colleges. This one is Quniton Foster who will be playing at Southeastern. They ran along the bases with the kids and helped cheer them on.

Champlain Babin from Donaldsonville High pictured below will be playing for McNeese.

Being a celebrity and a role model for children brings along with it responsibility. To see these young men offer their time and service to the community was awesome. We wish them all the best in their future and hope others will follow their example.

OK, I admit it. We got a little caught up in the picture taking. Here is one of me and two of my children with Glen Dorsey.

My son was impressed with Glen Dorsey's 30" rims and he allowed us to take a picture with his hummer and my son.