Hudson Cliffs Baseball League ndi Sports for Youth Transforms Lives

Chaka chatha, kholo la wosewera wakale wa Hudson Cliffs baseball League komanso Camp Twelve Trails camper, adalankhula ndi UJA-Federation of New York kuti afotokoze momwe gawo lawo la Sports for Youth lakhudzira banja lake. Izi ndi zomwe ananena.

Ndine wolemekezeka kukhala nanu lero kuti ndilankhule pang'ono za momwe ndalama za UJA's Sports For Youth zakhudzira banja langa chifukwa cha thandizo lake lodabwitsa la mapulogalamu onse a Y..

Mwana wanga Joshua anapezeka ndi autism pamene anali 18 miyezi. Ulendo wake kuchokera kwa mwana wosalankhula mawu kupita kwa mwana wake wazaka 14 wokonda kwambiri zamasewera sunali wovuta.. Wafika mpaka pano.

Ku Camp Twelve Trails, zazikulu zake zidaphatikizapo ulendo wausiku wachinyamata wopita ku Boston (makamaka ulendo wa Fenway Park!) ndi kukwera pamwamba pa khoma la thanthwe! (Njira yovuta!)

Aliyense amene amamudziwa pamapulogalamu a Y adzakuuzani zomwe ndi zofatsa, okoma mtima, tcheru, ndi mwana oseketsa iye. Chifukwa chake sikuti amangotengera malingaliro a amayi ake - ndi wokondwa kukhala nawo.

Ine ndi mwamuna wanga tinasangalala kwambiri, m’giredi lachitatu, Joshua anayamba kukonda kwambiri masewera. Ndikanena chidwi, aliyense wa inu odziwa za autism adzamvetsa kuti ndikutanthauza kutengeka mtima. Pamene anzake anali kudzuka 6 ndikuwonera Phineas ndi Ferb, Joshua anali kuwonera kubwereza kwa masewera a Met usiku watha. Chifukwa chake titaphunzira za Hudson Cliffs baseball League, pulogalamu yaying'ono yoyandikana yomwe imayendetsedwa ndi Y, tinamulembera nthawi yomweyo!

Dongosolo loyamba la bizinesi - kumuthandiza kuti aphunzire masewerawa, koma zovuta zake zamaphunziro zidapangitsa izi kukhala zovuta. Kuti ndikupatseni lingaliro la zomwe zinali, usiku wina pa chakudya Joshua akuti, “Ndingakuuzeni funso?”

Amayi: "Mukutanthauza: ‘Ndingakufunseni funso?’”

Yoswa: “Inde. Ngati wina ali pa siteji yachiwiri ndipo pali bunt, ndikuponyera maziko oyamba kapena achiwiri?”

Amayi: "Ndinu ndani?”

Yoswa: “Ndine Joshua.”

Amayi: “Ndikudziwa kuti ndiwe Joshua. Mukusewera malo otani?”

Yoswa: "Kuyimitsa kwakanthawi - nthawi zina kumanzere - amasinthitsa."

Amayi: "Ndikudziwa. Koma mukusewera malo otani pafunsolo?”

Kalembedwe kathu kakang'ono ka “Amene ali pa Choyamba?”

Joshua nthawi zonse amayesetsa kuti Herculean amvetsetse mfundo zazikulu zomwe nthawi zina zimamulepheretsa, kotero tikukulitsa zokambirana kuti tifotokoze momwe muyenera kupitilira maziko oyamba. Ndizovuta kuti tidziwe ngati akupeza. Koma tikudziwa kuti amasokoneza zoyesayesa zathu kuti ang'ambe zopukutira kuti aziyimira maziko ndikugwiritsa ntchito zala ziwiri kuti azithamangitsa.. Ndipo posakhalitsa, abwereranso ku funso lake loyamba:

“Amayi, ngati pali vuto, ndikuponyera ku maziko oyamba kapena achiwiri?”

"Ndinu ndani?”

“Ndine Joshua.” Kukwiya pang'ono, nthawiyi.

Masika amenewo, Lamlungu lililonse m'mawa Yoswa ankakwanira ngati chiwerengero 11 pa Blue Sky Hawks. Ine ndi mwamuna wanga tinkanamizira kuti ndife olimba mtima, koma tidachita mantha. Kodi angakhale bwino kunjako atazunguliridwa ndi ana ena omwe sadziŵika bwino kwambiri kuposa akuluakulu omwe amawakonda? Kodi angadutse nkhawa zake zopunduka nthawi zina pomwe maso onse ali pa iye?

Lamlungu lina, Mipira iwiri yoyamba ya Yoswa idamutulutsa pamalo oyamba. Anatsala pang'ono kuthyola “palibe kulira mu baseball” ulamuliro, koma adatonthozedwa mwachangu ndi mphunzitsi wothandizira yemwe adayamika kulumikizana kwake kolimba ndi mpirawo. Ndipo ma innings ochepa pambuyo pake: chiwombolo! A Sky Hawks anali m'munda ndi mmodzi kuti apite, panali ntchentche ya pop, ndipo Yoswa anaigwira kuti atsirize kulowetsako. Anazigwiradi! Mwanayo ali ndi zovuta zomveka zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kuti atseke glove pa mpira. Ndipo ku makolasi a, “Izo zinali zodabwitsa, Yoswa!” kuchokera kwa anzake.

Zinali zodabwitsa. Ndipo osati Yoswa yekha, komanso kwa mwamuna wanga Jon ndi ine. Ma Blue Sky Hawks aja ndipo kenako a Orange Demons anapatsa banja lathu mwayi wokhala mbali yofunika kwambiri ya anthu akumaloko., sichinthu chophweka kwa ife popeza sukulu yake yosowa zapadera ili ndi ola limodzi. Tinayenera kukhala pa benchi pamodzi ndi makolo ena onse ndikufuula mauthenga olimbikitsa kwa anyamata athu ndi atsikana athu., komanso kuti onse pamodzi amwetulire kumwetulira kwawo kwa nyengo yopuma.

M'masewera ake omaliza pa Orange Demons, chidwi chochepa chinaperekedwa kwa iwo 1 ndipo 5 mbiri. Aliyense ankadziwa kuti zimenezo sizinali zofunika. Joshua adadziwika ndikuyamikiridwa kuposa kukhala mwana pagulu lomwe lili ndi autism.

Zikomo kachiwiri kwa nonse chifukwa cha thandizo lanu, zikutanthauza dziko kwa ana ngati Yoswa.

Ndipo, zikomo kwa UJA chifukwa chothandizira kupanga nkhani ngati izi!

Za Y
Kukhazikika mu 1917, YM&YWHA waku Washington Heights & Inwood (Y) ndi malo oyang'anira dera lachiyuda la Northern Manhattan - omwe akutumikira mdera lamitundu yosiyanasiyana komanso zachuma - kukonza miyoyo ya anthu azaka zonse kudzera munthawi yantchito zantchito komanso njira zatsopano zathanzi, Ubwino, maphunziro, ndi chilungamo chachitukuko, polimbikitsa kusiyanasiyana ndikuphatikizira, ndi kusamalira omwe akusowa thandizo.

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