Cal Ripken Sr Foundation...

I know with today's tough economic times that donating to organizations is not always on everyone's to do list. However, if you are one of those donating kind, I have a good one for you. The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation, http://www.ripkenfoundation.org/, is a good one. Cal Sr. passed away about 10 years ago and the foundation is ran by Cal Jr. and his brother Billy. If you know baseball, then you know that all three are phenomenal men. Cal Jr. gave so much back to our area during his career and now during his retirement. When I was growing up, Cal Jr. was in his hay day. The names Orioles and Ripken are synonymous with each other. Cal Jr. doesn't live too far from me and is definately one of those local hometown hero types. My brother worshiped him while we were growing up. By chance we were lucky enough to get tickets for a Orioles home game during Cal Jr.'s streak week where he broke Lou Gehrig's conesectutive games played record. Anyway, enough about them. The foundation does really cool stuff with kids like fantasy baseball camps. It is just a really good place to send a few dollars if you ever happen to have a few extra.