Gary Brooks and Matt Catania on Challenger Baseball and creating a more inclusive game

About this episode

Gary Brooks and Matt Catania discuss Challenger Baseball and its impact on inclusivity in youth sports.

Gary Brooks and Matt Catania joined Make A Difference with Phil Martelli to advocate for Challenger Baseball, a little league baseball program that gives young athletes with disabilities the chance to compete at the little league level and beyond. How do Gary and Matt Make A Difference? Listen to find out! Produced by Jared Phillips. Music by Nick Capperella. Watch the full episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/HYgUAdqewjY Check out our website and social media here: https://linktr.ee/makeadifferencepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Phil Martelli

Guests: Gary Brooks, Matt Catania

Topics covered

• inclusivity
• youth sports
• disability advocacy
• baseball
• community engagement

Keywords

• Challenger Baseball
• inclusivity
• youth athletes
• disabilities
• little league

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Challenger Baseball, Make A Difference, Jared Phillips, Nick Capperella, YouTube, Acast

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