Moms and Baseball

039: The Expense of Youth Baseball & How One Teen Is Making a Difference

May 28, 2021 Diana Stephens & Stephanie Malley Episode 39
Moms and Baseball
039: The Expense of Youth Baseball & How One Teen Is Making a Difference
Show Notes

How expensive is it to play travel baseball?

How many times have you been asked this and then taken a deep sigh before explaining? In this episode we discuss how the increasing costs of sports are pushing lower income, or single income, kids out of sports. The typical American family spends about $700 per year on their child's sports activities, but some parents shell out as much as $35,000  annually to pay for lessons, camps, school sports fees, equipment, travel and more, according to Project Play. These costs are forcing talented kids, who can not afford it, to quit sports.

Do your kids have to earn any money to help offset sports' fees, or do they participate in fundraising efforts? Diana and Stephanie also offer a couple ideas to help get your kids involved to instill responsibility and take some ownership of their own travel ball expenses.

Diana and Stephanie also interview a 13-year-old youth baseball player, who is trying to level the playing field for kids that cannot afford to play baseball. Karter, and his mom Patsy from Utah, created a charity organization called Wish Upon a Moon Shotto cover players' baseball expenses, including fees and equipment.

In 2020, Karter was able to sponsor a local baseball player by providing all the game day essentials. Karter's goal is to grow his charity to be able to sponsor kids all over the United States. He is still looking to sponsor kids in 2021 by sending them to a baseball camp or for fall baseball!!

If you would like to donate to Karter's organization you can email wishuponamoonshot@gmail.com or visit his Facebook/Instagram page @wishuponamoonshot.

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Youth sports in the U.S.: Middle-class and poor kids are ditching youth sports - CBS News

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