MS Gulf Coast Buddy Sports, Inc.
(a 501(c)(3) public charity)
SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION
We are an all-volunteer organization that provides recreational sports and leisure opportunities to youths and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and other special needs, free of charge.
In 2022 we had 135 youths and adults play Buddy Ball baseball with us in the spring and 105 play Kickin’ It with Buddies Kickball in the fall. We had 23 participants and their fishing buddies fish in our spring Fishing with Buddies near-shore charter boat fishing event and 34 participants and their fishing buddies participate in our fall Fishing with Buddies event. During the summer of 2022 we had 90 participants do canvas painting at The Twisted Canvas in Long Beach. This past year for Christmas, we started a Sensory Santa experience which allowed 45 participants and their families to visit and take pictures with Santa in a quiet, controlled environment at your church facilities, Holy Family Catholic Church in Pass Christian. We will soon start a Ridin’ with Buddies horseback riding program and we also have an interest in starting a Bowling Buddies bowling program. We continue to offer our programs free of charge for youths and adults with special needs ages 4 and up, all the way through adulthood.
2023 promises to be a year of continued growth for our program. We are now spending over $30,000 a year on our programs and all our income goes strictly into our programs and operations. We remain a 100% all-volunteer organization and we have over 200 families with special needs members and 175 volunteers involved in our yearly programs.
Your contribution will help our organization continue to provide these programs at no cost to the players and families with special needs in our community.