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Baseball Foundation Golden Bear News & Notes Cal Baseball Foundation c/o Comyns, Smith, McCleary & Deaver, LLP 3470 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Ste. A-110 Lafayette, CA 94549 Address Service Requested More than 800 books were collected and donated to the East Bay Children's Book Project. Cal Baseball Foundation Sponsors the Cal Baseball Career and Business Network Initiative W hile the Cal Baseball Foundation continues to support players on the field, they are equally committed to helping them off the field. On April 22, 2015, the Cal Baseball Foundation sponsored the first Cal Baseball Career and Business Network Initiative event. With the exception of four players, the entire team and some recent alumni attended the event and heard from Steve Etter, a professor at Haas Business School, and Kevin Maas, a Cal Baseball alumnus who had a career in Major League Baseball and is now in the business world. The students then gathered in small groups to further discuss networking, resumé preparation, and how the skills they learn as student-athletes translate into lifelong skills. Dave Esquer and the coaching staff were very supportive of this initiative. Special thanks go to the many people who made this event possible: Initiative Chairmen Gus Panagotacos and Gwyn-Mohr Tully; Cal Baseball parents, Roslyn Payne, Lori Lawn, and Kriste Buckley; and the folks who led the small group discussions: Bob Milano, Mike Lawn, Brian Coburn, Ryan Robertson, Alan Metheny, Adam Gold, Andrew Sproul, Drew Payne, Ben Liepman, Kevin Maas, Matt Cody, and Sam Petke. Additionally, Diane Milano helped with the coordination of the operations/facilities at Cal. Chairman Stu Gordon expressed plans to host a follow-up meeting in the fall and will continue to strengthen ties to alumni as we work to help the student-athletes on and off the field. From Our Players "Thank you for setting this up. It was fun and informative. Look forward to more in the future." "I wish you guys did this sooner." "This was an awesome idea and program…extremely helpful." Join our LinkedIn group and be on the lookout for the next event! www.linkedin.com/groups/Cal-Baseball-Career- Business-Network-2974989/about Cal BaseBall teams up WitH east Bay CHildren's Book projeCt I n combination with the Cal Baseball Fan Fest (a free community day at Evans Diamond when families come and en- joy activities on the field with the players) this year, with the help of Scholastic Inc., Lerner Publishing from Minneapolis, and the Cal Baseball players' families and attendees, the team collected and donated 863 books. The East Bay Children's Book Project makes books available to children in need through teachers, social workers, health care professionals, community outreach groups, housing authority employees, and police offi- cers who all help out by distributing the books to children. The books are used by schools, daycare and community centers, homeless shelters, and hospitals to create libraries at their sites. A big thanks to Jacqui Celsi, Coach Esquer, and Ann Katz, executive director of the East Bay Children's Book Project. By being a leader in Cal sports, Cal Baseball has started a new tradition, which reflects its commitment to excellence and community.

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