The Georgia Dugout Club Annual Coaches’ Clinic with Ron Polk (coaching legend from Mississippi State) as the keynote speaker served as a great launch for the Surgance Glove Program. We worked with Coach Polk in the Dominican Republic and he mentioned that work from the stage to give us a little extra credibility with the group.

At our booth, we visited with old friends and made some new ones in our quest to establish that pipeline for receiving a constant supply of used gloves. Coaches from Jenkins, Carrollton, Decatur, Woodland, Lumpkin County, Duluth, Calhoun, Columbus and Fellowship Christian agreed to partner with us this year.

In addition, Coach Shelnutt of George Walton Academy, handed us a box of 30 gloves that he, his team and boosters donated to us. One parent of a player even purchased a couple of new gloves to donate.

With this start, the Surgance Glove program is off and running with the following schedule for the upcoming weeks. We will be repairing gloves at these locations as we collect used gloves a further support for our program.

• Feb 12 and 13 – We will be in College Park, Ga at the Atlanta Christian College games against my old school, Berea College as these teams open their seasons.
• Feb 22 – We will be at Sequoyah High School as the Chiefs take on the Creekview Grizzlies.
• Feb 27 – We have been invited to the opening tournament in Holly Springs.
• Mar 06 and 13 – We have been invited to Shaw Park Picture Day and Opening Day
• Mar – TBA – We will be set up at Hobgood Park in Woodstock, Ga