2023 Baseball For Babies NICU Classic

In October 1998 Jonathan Harold weighed only 2 pounds and 7 ounces after being born 3 months early at Mercy Medical Center in Canton, OH. In 2017, as a senior of Lake High School in Uniontown, OH and a member of National Honor Society, he decided to create an event to give back to the NICU that took care of him.

Since 2017, the original fundraiser continues to expand thanks to Lake High School baseball coach Joe Anderson and members of Lake High School National Honor Society. All proceeds are donated to benefit neonatal care and maternity services at Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital.

All proceeds go to Cleveland Clinic Mercy Medical Center to benefit their Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU).

In order to maximize the amount of money being donated and allow more people to participate, we decided to utilize the GiveButter Platform to collect money rather than just collecting in person. With that being said, you may notice fees when donating for credit card processing and tips to support the GiveButter Platform. Unfortunately to remove these features it requires additional monthly costs or increases the current fee from 0% to 5%. Donations including tips and fees help maximize the amount of money being donated but can be edited while making your donation if you did not want to cover the fees. Any donation is appreciated!

This year their are 12 Teams participating across 4 different sites. Sam Harold is the NHS Member taking on this project this year!

2023 Event Schedule

April 15th @ Lake (Rain date: April 16th)
10am--Lake vs. Woodridge

1pm----Saint Vincent-Saint Mary vs. Youngstown Ursuline

4pm----Northwest vs. Field

Stow is playing at Kent on 4/15 @ Stow

Massillon is playing Green on 4/15 @ Massillon

East Canton will be playing Lake Center on 4/29 @ East Canton

2023 NICU Classic

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2023 NICU Classic