Pirates Charities fulfill Mars teacher’s request for baseball equipment
ADAMS TWP — The question was simple enough.
The answer? Not so much.
“My students asked me if baseball could be part of the class, if we could teach them the game,” said Sara Coon, Mars Area Primary Center and Centennial School physical education teacher. “I had to tell them we didn’t have the equipment to do that right now.
“I decided to reach out to (Pittsburgh) Pirates Charities, just to see if something could be done. I sent them an email ... That’s how all this happened.”
“All this” included Pirates Charities sending over 25 baseball gloves, eight bats, 50 baseballs, three batting tees and two heavy equipment bags to the Mars Primary Center and Coon’s first-grade class Wednesday morning.
On hand to deliver the equipment were Mars Area High School graduate and Pirates relief pitcher David Bednar, along with the Pirate Parrot. They were greeted by approximately 250 students lining the hallway, delivering high-fives as Bednar and the Parrot entered the building.
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