Washington Nationals Baseball Club Team Up Program

This year 2024, the Miracle League of Alexandria (MLA) joined into a partnership with the Washington Nationals Baseball Club’s Team Up Program. The MLA is very proud to be associated with the Nationals and thank them for choosing to partner with the MLA and supporting the special needs community.

2024 Member Leagues
Miracle League of Alexandria • Miracle League of Prince William County • VA Little League • Annandale-North Springfield • Chantilly • Coles • Fairfax • Falls Church
• Mason District • Reston/Herndon • Southwestern Youth Association • Vienna VA Babe Ruth • Arlington Babe Ruth • Arlington Senior Babe Ruth • Herndon Reston Youth Baseball • Northern Fairfax County
-D.C. Little League • Banneker City • Capitol City • Capitol Hill • Joint Base Anacostia – Bolling • Mamie Johnson • Northwest • Senators Satchel Paige • Ward 8 D.C. Parks and Recreation • Rookie League D.C. RBI • D.C. Grays • D.C. Elite Softball
-Pioneer Youth Baseball Maryland RBI • Montgomery County • Prince George’s County • Rockville Baseball Association Military Bases • Ft. Belvoir Little League • Quantico Youth Baseball

Team UP – What It Does and Why It Is Important
♦ Creating interest in and cultivating the love for baseball and softball requires:
◊ Identifying areas of need and working to close gaps.
◊ Dedication to providing resources, programs, and experiences that support and improve the quality of the youth baseball experience.
◊ Highly focused, passionately driven leadership that takes the benefits of the game directly to kids in the DMV.
♦ Baseball and softball provide opportunities for kids to be active, have fun and learn valuable lessons like teamwork, dedication, determination, and being active that translate to life beyond the diamond.
♦ The Nationals Team UP program helps break down and minimize obstacles preventing kids from playing baseball and softball.
♦ Baseball has the unique capacity to unite and the Nationals Team UP program builds shared excitement across the city and connects kids to their hometown team.
♦ The Nationals Team UP program reaches young people in their neighborhoods and on their fields throughout the region.

Benefits of Partnership
♦ The Nationals provide, at no cost to the leagues, a Nationals athletic quality top and cap for each player for both the spring and fall seasons.
◊ Tee ball – AA (machine/coach pitch) – athletic quality T-shirts and caps.
◊ AAA/Minors (entry -level kid pitch) – two-button, pullover jerseys and caps.
◊ Majors, Intermediate, Juniors (kid pitch) – full-button jerseys and caps.
◊ Miracle League: kids with differing abilities – jerseys and caps.
♦ The Nationals supply a corresponding Nationals cap, embroidered with the word “COACH,” for three coaches on every team.
♦ Teams are differentiated using a variety of styles and colors of T-shirts, jerseys and caps (see style guide).
♦ Additional program benefits include:
◊ Team UP Festival – Special ticket event where we reserved a quarter of the ballpark for fun and family friendly games and will receive two free tickets available to every youth player and coach in a participating Team UP league. “Price of admission” is wearing the uniform to the game.
◊ Nationals player visits.
◊ Priority invitations to special events (i.e. Coaches clinics at Nationals Park).
♦ Inova Sports Medicine is the official Nationals Team UP partner in Virginia.

By The Numbers
(Numbers do not include the 2020 pandemic year)
♦ 9th year serving kids in the District (2015), 6th year in northern Virginia (2017), and 4th year in Maryland and military bases (2020)
♦ 92,500 – youth players served (2015-2022)
♦ $2,790,034 – money the Nationals have saved Team UP member leagues (2015-2022)
♦ 52 – visits by players to Team UP partner leagues (2015-2022)
♦ 12,000 – game tickets given away free to kids in member leagues on Team UP days at Nationals Park (2015-2022)

 

StarKist Tuna Corporation Becomes a Sponsor of Miracle League of Alexandria

In 2024, the Miracle League of Alexandria (MLA) joined a partnership with StarKist Tuna Corporation. As part of their commitment to living our vision and being a socially responsible company, StarKist is a proud sponsor.

The Miracle League is for those with special needs and its mission: “Every Child Deserves a Chance to Play Baseball.” The MLA is very proud to be associated with StarKist and thank them for choosing to partner with the MLA and supporting the special needs community.

We would like to thank Michelle Faist Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs for spearheading this effort to a $10,000 donation and creating a partnership with the MLA. Michelle has been involved with the Miracle League for many years as StarKist is a proud sponsor of Casey’s Clubhouse Miracle League of the South Hills in Pittsburgh, PA.

Corporate Headquarters
1875 Explorer Street
10th Floor
Reston, Virginia 20190
571-441-8001

We will welcome everyone to come out to the Official Kick-Off of the Partnership on Saturday, April 27 at 12:30 pm at the Kelley Cares Miracle Field. Come out and see Charlie The Tuna at our field!

 

Dr. Angela L. Austin, DMD
Sponsor – MLA’s National Miracle League All-Star Player Each Year

The Miracle League of Alexandria thanks Dr. Austin and her incredible staff at
Alexandria Children’s Dentistry for her continuous support to our players and families. Since 2018, with Dr. Austin’s support, the MLA have been able to send a player and their family to the National Miracle League All-Star games held in cities throughout the country. The All-Star games are held in the fall of each year.

Dr. Angela L. Austin, DMD
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatric Dentistry
Founder and Owner
Alexandria Children’s Dentistry
www.lovekidsteeth.com

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Jen Walker Team Yearly Sponsor for MLA/ACPS SPED Classes Exhibition Games

The Miracle League of Alexandria thanks Alexandria Realtor, Jen Walker and her team for their continuous sponsorship of the MLA’s outreach program with the Alexandria City Public School SPED classes. Since 2022, with Jen Walker’s Team support, the MLA have been able to provide shirts to all the students and staff who participate in the exhibition games at the Kelley Cares Miracle Field. The games are part of a field trip for the SPED classes in the each spring and fall.

Thank you, Jen!!!