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2014 NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY IS SEPTEMBER 18Will you step up to the plate and help us help even more kids? Visit NorthTexasGivingDay.org for more information.

T he Texas Rangers were proud to host the 2014 Major League Baseball RBI World Series August 5-17 in North Texas. The 2014 RBI World Series featured young men

and women competing on baseball and softball teams from 19 cities in the United States, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. Tournament and playoff games of the RBI World Series were played on fields at Grapevine’s Oak Grove Complex and Grapevine High School, Colleyville Heritage High School, and Bob Jones Park in Southlake. The baseball championship games were played on Monday, August 11 at Globe Life Park with the Miami Marlins RBI defeating Detroit Arsenal for the Juniors Championship and Jackie Robinson Jersey City RBI beating the Angels RBI for the Seniors Championship. The softball championship game was played at Texas Woman’s University in Denton and the Dominican Republic RBI team from Santo Domingo was victorious against the Houston Astros RBI team.

The entire event began with a special Opening Luncheon featuring Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig in his final visit to North Texas before his retirement. In addition to the games, the participants spent an afternoon at the North Texas Food Bank helping prepare thousands of meals, enjoyed a Texas Rangers baseball game, and heard from former Rangers players including Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez, Darren Oliver, Mark McLemore, and Jim Sundberg. The RBI World Series is the international championship tournament of the RBI program, the Major League Baseball youth initiative designed to provide young people from underserved and diverse communities the opportunity to play baseball and softball. A tip of the cap to the cities of Grapevine and Southlake and the Gaylord Texan for serving as wonderful hosts to all of the RBI participants and giving the kids and their families a lifetime of memories.

RBI WORLD SERIES

“RBI TAUGHT ME THAT WHEREVER YOU COME FROM,

AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A DREAM AND A GOAL YOU

CAN ACHIEVE IT. THEY TREAT YOU LIKE PROFESSIONAL

PLAYERS IN A WAY. YOU KNOW, IT’S A GREAT FEELING

BEING ON YOUR OWN, ACTING LIKE A PROFESSIONAL,

GETTING TO PLAY ON THESE AMAZING FIELDS IN TEXAS.”

— MARK VENICE, MVP OF THE SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

KEEPING Kids in the Game

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 IS NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY. The dollars you give to the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation will go even further on this day and will help us receive extra funds for our work in the community. Every gift of $25 or more will go further with more than $1.5 million dollars in bonus funds and prizes! By visiting NorthTexasGivingDay.org, the online giving website for North Texas Giving Day, you can make a difference with your gift to the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation.

North Texas GIVING DAY

THE GLOBE LIFE TEXAS RANGERS BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL GRANT PROGRAM IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE 2014 GRANT RECIPIENTS.

CHINA SPRING YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONChina Spring, TX • $10,920

To replace bleachers and provide for lighting

PROJECT938.ORGHaltom City, TX • $10,000

To install scoreboard, new lighting, and additional bleachers

KAPLAN YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONKaplan, LA • $10,000

Fast pitch softball field improvements

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF DALLASDallas, TX • $10,000

To support the baseball component of the JCC Maccabi Games

THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF EAST TEXASLongview, TX • $10,000

Construction of a Miracle League Field

YMCA OF CENTRAL TEXASWaco, TX • $5,000

Expansion of t-ball program to include coach pitch

THE JORDAN CASEY WRIGHT FOUNDATIONCeleste, TX • $10,000

Lighting for Celeste High School Baseball Field

DALLAS YOUTH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONDallas, TX • $10,000

Field equipment and assistance with instructional field rentals for inner city youth

RBI AUSTINAustin, TX • $10,000

New Jr. RBI League in Dove Springs area

BAIRD BASEBALL, INC.Baird, TX • $7,500

Complete overhaul of regulation-size baseball field

PIONEER YOUTH BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ASSOCIATIONSaginaw, TX • $5,000

Renovate one playing field

RBI Day

The Rangers Foundation once again hosted RBI Day at Globe Life Park and welcomed more than 1,000 participants from the Rangers RBI programs and their families to watch a game and participate in a special pre-game parade and presentation.

The Rangers Foundation and Globe Life recognized these organizations in a pre-game ceremony on September 10 and will be visiting these locations during the off-season. For more information on the Globe Life Texas Rangers Baseball and Softball Grant program, please visit texasrangers.com/foundation.

SCHOLARS

GIVING SPECIAL KIDSSPECIAL MEMORIES

ELVIS ANDRUS is hosting families from the Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas in the Elvis Entourage section every Tuesday night of the season. SHIN-SOO CHOO is hosting North Texas families from Dillon International who have adopted Korean children in Choo’s Corner every Monday night of the season.

A BIG Congratulations TO THE 2014 TEXAS RANGERS BASEBALL FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS. Each year the Rangers Foundation provides more than $125,000 in college scholarships.SCHOLARS

2014 JOHNNY OATES SCHOLARSJason Anderson

Ty Anderson

Amber Buechele

Kelly Guggiana

Nely Mauricio

Abby Mintz

Berkley Pollard

Katelyn Pordash

2014 MARK HOLTZ SCHOLARSMatthew Hooks

Joey McReynolds

Jordan Ray

Roxanna Salmeron

2014 DANIELS FAMILY SCHOLARS

Jill Hankinson

Hannah Hullender

Orion Koepke

Stephen Sackett

Hector Villegas, Jr.

2014 RICHARD GREENE SCHOLARS

Monique Jaquay

Adam LeBlanc

Audrey Munson

Delrina Nguyen

Raghave Upadhyaya

Kaila Wherry

BIRTHDAY PARTY PROJECT

On August 12, TANNER AND JESSICA SCHEPPERS, along with the Rangers Foundation and Papa John’s Pizza, hosted a very special birthday party with the organization The Birthday Party Project at the Texas Rangers Youth Ballpark.

SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY

The Rangers and Rangers Foundation hosted the first-ever Korean-American Heritage Night and made a $20,000 contribution to the Korean Cultural Center.

GETTING KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL

ON THE RIGHT FOOTThe ROBINSON CHIRINOS FOUNDATION,

with help from teammates ELVIS ANDRUs and ADRIAN BELTRE, distributed over 800 backpacks to kids in Fort Worth to get their school year started right.

SUMMER ACADEMYThe Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation, with support from the Garth Brooks and Troy Aikman Teammates for Kids Foundation, once again gave 150 children from the Lena Pope Home’s Chapel Hill Academy a summer to remember with the Rangers Summer Academy. Kids visited Globe Life Park, FOX Sports Southwest, Rocky Top Equestrian, Lockheed Martin and other sites for amazing experiences that included starring in a commercial. In addition, they were provided with a special summer curriculum focused on STEM education and reading.