Lorain Amvets Post 47 donates $17,000 to Titans Youth Baseball – Morning Journal

Titans Youth Baseball received a sizeable donation from Lorain Amvets Post 47 on April 25.

Amvets presented the program with a $17,000 check at the Titans Youth Baseball Jamboree held in the Lorain High School cafeteria.

Titans Youth Baseball plays in the Lorain County Hot Stove League, and the youth baseball players also signed contracts at the event to kick off the season. Not only is the program grateful for the donation, but so is Amvets given the chance to support Lorain sports.

“Amvets Post 47 has continued to support youth sports in terms of sponsoring teams, spaghetti dinners for the high school teams and whatnot over the last several decades,” Amvets Post 47 Commander Michael Kachure said. “I personally grew up in Lorain youth baseball, and it was very instrumental to my life. To have the opportunity to give the kids of today the opportunity to be a part of something bigger than themselves is what we’re all about.

“We are so blessed as a veteran organization to continue to not only support our veterans but our local youth, and we will continue to do so.”

“Lorain youth baseball will always have a lasting impression on the youth of today as it did for myself and past generations,” Amvets Post 47 1st Vice Allan LaBranche said. “It has formed bonds between teammates that will last for a lifetime. When we found out the league was defunct for a period of time, we (wanted to) help out and try to resurrect it. We could not imagine a more deserving cause to help the youth of today.”