Gwangju Dong-gu, Baseball Stadium Cheer Event with E.T Baseball Team

Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, announced on the 6th that it watched a game and cheered together with the baseball team for youth with developmental disabilities.

On the 4th, Lim Taek, the head of Dong-gu, participated as a one-day honorary commentator for the CMB Gwangju Broadcasting professional baseball broadcast at Kia Champions Field.

Together with the ‘E.T Baseball Team’ (East Tigers), they not only watched the game but also actively promoted the hometown love fund project, the ‘E.T Baseball Team Support Project.’

The ‘E.T Baseball Team’ is the nation’s first baseball team for youth with developmental disabilities, founded in 2016. Currently, 25 youths aged 10 to 24 belong to the team, communicating with the world and building independence through baseball.

Earlier, Dong-gu prepared support measures through the hometown love fund project as the support from the sponsoring company for the E.T Baseball Team ended this year.

Lim Taek, head of Dong-gu, said, “For the future of the nation’s first baseball team for youth with developmental disabilities, we will do our best to support together with donors who unite their intentions through the hometown love fund project.”

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