This “Design of the Week” features Project Pittsburgh’s Youth Baseball Clinic!
Our Design of the Week is this shirt for Project Pittsburgh’s Youth Baseball Clinic, a one-day event that capped off their Charity Week 2019.
Project Pittsburgh is a grassroots movement started by former Major League Baseball MVP and Roberto Clemente Award winner Andrew McCutchen and his wife Maria to encourage volunteerism in the Pittsburgh area.
“Project Pittsburgh was created to both highlight community groups and organizations throughout Pittsburgh by helping underserved communities, and to encourage volunteerism from the community as a whole,” says John Fuller of Full Athlete Marketing. “There were over 200 volunteers throughout the week that helped 11 different groups. Thousands of lives were directly impacted by their work.”
This year, the 2019 Project Pittsburgh’s Charity Week ran from November 16th – 23rd. Volunteers helped throughout the week at events for schools, the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh, and several other local organizations that work in a variety of ways with the underprivileged and disadvantaged. They also worked with community volunteers to show that there is no one skill set required to volunteer and give back.
“The McCutchens believe that the more a community works together to help those less fortunate, the more that community will thrive,” says the Project Pittsburgh website. “It is their goal to take a hands-on approach to those most in need, and that this approach will have a longer-lasting impact on those individuals and the community as a whole.”
Fuller adds, “The final event was a free youth baseball clinic for those in underserved communities, ages 8-13. Project Pittsburgh partnered with Urban Impact, the Josh Gibson Foundation, and RBI Baseball to extend personal invitations to the youth that best fit this criteria.”
McCutchen spent time speaking with the children about baseball, stressing the importance of hard work, and helping each other. Then the kids broke out into training stations for baseball instructions led by McCutchen himself and local players and coaches.
“There were eight stations at the clinic, and the youth worked on hitting, ground balls, base running, sliding, pop-up/fly ball defense, and throwing,” explains Fuller.
The kids all wore big smiles on their faces and their Project Pittsburgh Baseball Clinic shirts from Excel.
The white shirt featured a black and yellow design, built around the Project Pittsburgh logo. “Excel was great to work with,” said Fuller. 
“They created a fantastic design that both the youth and Project Pittsburgh’s partners enjoyed.” McCutchen himself wore the design on his hoodie through the camp.
It was a day these kids will remember for a long time.
Project Pittsburgh Charity Week lasts only one week, but the spirit is year-round.
Visit the Project Pittsburgh website at CutchWeek.com, to learn ways you can help by supporting their Partner Charities.
This “Design of the Week” features Project Pittsburgh’s Youth Baseball Clinic!
Our Design of the Week is this shirt for Project Pittsburgh’s Youth Baseball Clinic, a one-day event that capped off their Charity Week 2019.
Project Pittsburgh is a grassroots movement started by former Major League Baseball MVP and Roberto Clemente Award winner Andrew McCutchen and his wife Maria to encourage volunteerism in the Pittsburgh area.
“Project Pittsburgh was created to both highlight community groups and organizations throughout Pittsburgh by helping underserved communities, and to encourage volunteerism from the community as a whole,” says John Fuller of Full Athlete Marketing. “There were over 200 volunteers throughout the week that helped 11 different groups. Thousands of lives were directly impacted by their work.”
This year, the 2019 Project Pittsburgh’s Charity Week ran from November 16th – 23rd. Volunteers helped throughout the week at events for schools, the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Pittsburgh, and several other local organizations that work in a variety of ways with the underprivileged and disadvantaged. They also worked with community volunteers to show that there is no one skill set required to volunteer and give back.
“The McCutchens believe that the more a community works together to help those less fortunate, the more that community will thrive,” says the Project Pittsburgh website. “It is their goal to take a hands-on approach to those most in need, and that this approach will have a longer-lasting impact on those individuals and the community as a whole.”
Fuller adds, “The final event was a free youth baseball clinic for those in underserved communities, ages 8-13. Project Pittsburgh partnered with Urban Impact, the Josh Gibson Foundation, and RBI Baseball to extend personal invitations to the youth that best fit this criteria.”
McCutchen spent time speaking with the children about baseball, stressing the importance of hard work, and helping each other. Then the kids broke out into training stations for baseball instructions led by McCutchen himself and local players and coaches.
“There were eight stations at the clinic, and the youth worked on hitting, ground balls, base running, sliding, pop-up/fly ball defense, and throwing,” explains Fuller.
The kids all wore big smiles on their faces and their Project Pittsburgh Baseball Clinic shirts from Excel.
The white shirt featured a black and yellow design, built around the Project Pittsburgh logo. “Excel was great to work with,” said Fuller. “They created a fantastic design that both the youth and Project Pittsburgh’s partners enjoyed.” McCutchen himself wore the design on his hoodie through the camp.
It was a day these kids will remember for a long time.
Project Pittsburgh Charity Week lasts only one week, but the spirit is year-round.
