Orono, Maine – The University of Maine baseball program has announced that the third annual "Gloves for Good" glove drive will take place from Oct. 1- Oct. 31. The drive will be accepting donations of new or slightly worn baseball gloves and monetary donations that will be used to purchase baseball gloves for families in the local communities throughout Maine.

In its inaugural year in 2023, formally known as "Goody's Gloves", raised north of $6,000, which was used to purchase over 100 gloves, which were equally split and gifted to the Orono and Old Town Little League Communities.

Last year, there was nearly $7,500 raised, which turned into 125 gloves that were shared with the communities of Lewiston, Portland, Bangor and Westbrook.

This year's finalists will be named on Maine Baseball social media on Oct. 15 as the program is aiming to name up to six different little league communities.

If you are interested and/or able to support, there will be a donation box set up in the Clubhouse at Mahaney Diamond and a donation box at the Costello Sports Complex at the University of Southern Maine Campus in Gorham. Anyone can donate a new or slightly worn glove, or leave a financial donation to help support "Gloves for Good". 

The Maine baseball program is excited to announce that in addition to the previous year's donations of both cash and check, there will now be a digital way to support "Gloves for Good" by clicking here or by visiting https://um-tickets.evenue.net/events/ATHGLOVE. We ask checks to be made payable to: University of Maine Baseball with the memo 'Glove Drive' and mailed to: 5747 Memorial Gym Drive, Orono, ME, 04469 - Attached Name: Nick Derba.

To read more about the history and origin of "Gloves for Good," click here.

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