Grants to Help Southeastern Virginia Youth Baseball & Softball Leagues

Dal Paull has helped about 20 leagues  since 2005.

Dal Paull is passionate about the game of baseball. It was a game his late father taught him to appreciate when Dal was growing up. He has never outgrown his admiration for the game and what it teaches you.  

Dal, a Norfolk, Virginia resident, wants area children to grow up knowing the thrill of catching a fly ball, running the bases and seeing how hard work teamwork pay off on the field and in life. 

That's why each year he funds grants to help youth baseball and softball leagues in southeastern Virginia. He does this through his donor-advised fund at the Hampton Roads Community Foundation.

February 15 is the deadline for leagues to apply for 2014 grants from the Dal Paull Fund Dal created in 2005 at the community foundation. Grants can be used to help leagues buy uniforms and or pay for needed equipment to help the players on their teams. Grants also can be used to improve the parks where teams play. 

Dugout improvements, batting cages, breakaway bases and lawn mowers are just a few examples of what Dal Paull grants have funded over the past eight years. His efforts have helped hundreds of young ballplayers have better equipment and athletic complexes in Hampton Roads, Western Tidewater and the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

Click here to learn more about this helpful fund, see which leagues have received grants in past years and download a 2014 application.

Baseball season will be here shortly, and there are bound to be plenty of needs in the various leagues working with area youth eager to play softball and baseball. 

Please help spread the word about this wonderful charitable fund that reflects the passion of its donor. 

(The Hampton Roads Community Foundation is a regional community foundation started in 1950 as the first community foundation in Virginia. It is the largest grant and scholarship provider in southeastern Virginia and manages more than 400 charitable funds created by donors from all walks of life. Over the decades it has provided more than $195 million to improve life for residents living in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, including the cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Smithfield, Suffolk and Virginia Beach. It also serves people in Isle of Wight and Southampton counties and the Eastern Shore of Virginia, including Accomack and Northampton counties. Learn more at hamptonroadscf.org.)