Kosovo Kids Lewarning Softball Thanks to Arcadia Generosity

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Paul Kalemkiarian, of the famous Wine of the Month Club and ever the local sports enthusiast, was contacted recently by the Arcadia Girls Softball Association to see if he could find a home for some old but very wearable uniforms. Kalemkiarian donated some to the Major League Youth facility in Compton and the uniforms that had the “Arcadia” logo went to the International Softball Federation in Boca Raton.
As a coach and AGSA team sponsor, Kalemkiarian sent off 24 sets of these uniforms to the International Federation of Softball in Florida not necessarily knowing where the unforms would end up.
Recently, Kalemkiarian received photos of kids in Kosovo learning the great game of softball/baseball proudly wearing the donated uniforms.
“Nothing like belonging to a team and proudly sporting your team’s colors,” Kalemkiarian said in a statement this week.
As a coach and AGSA team sponsor, Kalemkiarian sent off 24 sets of these uniforms to the International Federation of Softball in Florida not necessarily knowing where the unforms would end up.
Long-term severe ethnic tensions between Kosovo’s Albanian and Serb populations have left Kosovo ethnically divided, resulting in inter-ethnic violence, including the Kosovo War of 1999. The Kosovo War ended with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia accepting that it would give up the exercise of its sovereignty pending a final status settlement.
The gift of the unforms will help these landlocked kids children in so many ways. Friendly, safe competition will foster not only team spirit but also some much needed national pride.

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