Badges for Baseball

Attorney General Roy Cooper has teamed up with the Cal Ripkin, Sr. Foundation to bring Badges for Baseball to North Carolina. Badges for Baseball pairs law enforcement professionals with North Carolina youth as mentors and coaches.

Badges for Baseball gives young people a positive way to spend their time after school when they’re most likely to get in trouble. The program uses baseball and softball to engage kids with positive role models. Kids learn the basics of baseball and softball while also learning character development.

In North Carolina, Badges for Baseball will serve more than 1,500 youth in 17 communities across the state this year. Currently, 44 law enforcement officers and 145 other adult mentors are participating in the program through Boys and Girls Clubs and Police Athletic Leagues.

Badges for Baseball is made possible in North Carolina through grants from both the North Carolina Department of Justice and the Cal Ripkin, Sr. Foundation.

For more information about the national Badges for Baseball program, visit www.ripkenfoundation.org

North Carolina law enforcement officers who are interested in serving as mentors through the program can contact SBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mike DeSilva at (919)716-6400.