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A back view of five participants of Oriole Advocates Challenger Baseball, physically and developmentally challenged youth, one a girl and four boys (one in a wheelchair), wearing personalized baseball jerseys. They line up on the baseline of a baseball field facing a line of Oriole Advocates members and coaches at the pitching mound speaking encouraging words to them at a program event.

Oriole Advocates Charitable Foundation

A logo, showing "Oriole Advocates Charitable Foundation" and "OACF est. 1987"

The charitable arm
of the Oriole Advocates      

The Oriole Advocates Charitable Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides financial and in-kind support for charitable organizations that encourage and stimulate an interest in baseball at all levels for individuals of all abilities.

 

Since its creation in 1987, the Oriole Advocates Charitable Foundation has provided funding for uniforms and equipment, as well as funds for startup programs and projects, stadium seating, tournament expenses, mentoring programs, baseball clinics, and the training of coaches and umpires. Major projects funded by the Oriole Advocates Charitable Foundation include the Oriole Advocates’ Cardboard to Leather®, Challenger Baseball, and scholarships for both community college and high school players. During its existence, the Oriole Advocates Charitable Foundation has made donations totaling more than $1 million to over 200 different organizations.

In Aruba, a boy in the foreground is bending over a box of gently used baseball gloves from a shipment of donated baseball equipment through the Oriole Advocates Cardboard to Leather program. He is sorting through the box, looking for the right glove for himself, with other underpriviledged children standing by waiting their turn.

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Learn how you can support our programs and initiatives while sharing your love of baseball and the O’s.

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Let us know how we can help you promote baseball throughout the Baltimore metropolitan area and beyond.

Meet the officers 
of  the Oriole Advocates Charitable Foundation

OFFICERS

President: Jim Menendez
Vice Presidents: George Bollock, Don Blum, Bob Brandenburger
Secretary: TBA
Treasurer: Geoffrey Benedict

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