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Greece Little League Inc. 12/07/2011
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Greece Little League, Inc. History Greece Little League, Inc. (GLL) is a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation founded in 1954. As a charter member of Little League Baseball, Inc, headquartered in Williamsport PA, the league presently operates 12 different baseball and softball programs for over 900 children, ages 4 to 18 that reside in the Town of Greece, Village of Charlotte, and Village of Hilton The league provides the participants and their families a positive and constructive activity that teaches self-esteem and sportsmanship in addition to the skills and rules. The league also operates a baseball program for mentally and physically challenged children called the Challenger Division. Challenger has been operated since 1992 and we are only one of 3 towns in the County offering this worthwhile endeavor. In recent years, the availability of suitable fields to operate the league has become very limited (click here), as the popularity of youth sports continues to grow, along with the population of Greece. At the present time GLL uses 21 fields in 8 different locations throughout the Town. Greece Little League owns only 6 fields, the Town of Greece owns 7 fields we use and Greece Central School District owns 8 fields. In addition to the scheduling difficulties caused by the number of field locations, there are the added burdens the many families who have more than one child participating in the league (transportation, attendance). In 1994, after completing a feasibility study and obtaining the appropriate approvals from the Town of Greece, Greece Little League, Inc. purchased 37 acres of undeveloped land. Construction of phase 1 included 5 regulation diamonds, an area for T-Ball and a parking lot. The ground breaking ceremony was June 7, 1997. Play on the fields began in 1998. In 2001, a softball field was added and in 2003 we added an additional 90 foot field. We currently are construction our own concession/restroom building which is in the center of the complex. Phase 1 of the project was completed with a lot of hard work, sweat and without the assistance of any Town funds at a total cost of $650,000. The expense for the softball field was nearly $60,000 and the cost for the 90 foot field was $120,000. We currently operate a small concession operation out of a maintenance building at the complex to pay for standard operating expenses until our new building is complete. Future plans include completion of our concession/restroom/storage building, 3 additional fields (1-90', 1- baseball 60', 1- softball 60') along with additional t-ball area and a full size parking lot off North Greece Rd. The League is governed by a 17 member elected volunteer Board of Directors that meets monthly to plan, organize, implement and monitor ongoing operations. Numerous volunteers fill other important roles such as commissioner, umpires, field maintenance, fund raising, managers, coaches and special events. Your donation(s) will be greatly appreciated for our non-for-profit organization to reach these goals please mail your donation(s) to: Greece Little League, Inc., PO Box 16133, Rochester, NY 14616-0133. Awards
Softball Big League Sectional (Western NY area) Champions - 1997 August 16, 1994 Greece Little League's Senior Girls Softball All Star Day as proclaimed by the Town of Greece Softball Senior League Dist 4 Champions - 1994, 1999, 2006
Softball Junior League Dist 4 Champions 2003, 2004 Softball 10/11 Dist 4 Champions 2007 Softball Minor Dist 4 Champions 2003 Baseball Local 9 & 10 Champions - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 Baseball Local B2 Champions - 2010 Baseball LL Dist 4 Champions - 1997 Baseball Jr League Dist 4 Champions - 2010 Baseball Jr Local (County) Champions - 2004 Baseball Jr International Dropdown Champions - 2009 Baseball Sr Local (County) Champions 2004, 2005 Baseball Big League (County) Champions 2007,2008 Rochester Red Wings "Future Stars Award" Largest Little League Group - 2001, 2003,2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,2008,2009,2010,2011 Hosted Softball Big League Sectional -1998 Softball Senior State - 2006 Softball Senior Sectionals - 1995, 1996, 2003. 2004, 2009 Softball District Seniors - 1995, 1996, 1997,2001, 2004 Softball Junior State -2005 Softball Junior Sectionals - 2000, 2004 Softball LL - 1994, 2002 Softball 10/11 Sectionals - 2007 Softball 9/10 District - 2010 Baseball District Seniors 2005, 2006, 2007 Baseball District Juniors 2008, 2009, 2010 Baseball NYS Junior Tournament 2006 Baseball NYS Sectional LL - 2001 Baseball Local 9-10 - 1997;1998;1999;2000;2001;2002;2003;2004;2005;2006;2007;2008;2009;2010
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