Kickball Tournament To Benefit Westfield Charity, Troops

Westfield, NJ -- Kean University teachers and students will go head-to-head in a kickball tournament to raise funds for the nonprofit Westfield-based organization Bonds of Courage.

The campus wide tournament, hosted by Kean University’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), will be held at Jim Hynes Baseball Field on Friday, April 29 from 1 to 5 p.m.

Students and faculty participating in the event as a team will pay $5 per person and have at least nine players. A total of eight teams will be competing for bragging rights.

Spectators can also watch the tournament for $3, which also includes pizza and water donated from local businesses along with the Kean University Dance Team who will provide live entertainment.

All proceeds will go to Bonds of Courage.

Established in 2004, the all-volunteer Bonds of Courage organization helps soldiers, veterans and their families in three ways.

It helps people in the armed forces navigate and find services such as day care and mental health professionals. There is also a career mentoring program offered. And lastly, the organization puts together care packages to help service members serving and homeless veterans as well.

“I am ecstatic and excited about this community engagement,” said Danielle Bracco, Executive Director with Bonds of Courage. “This idea kind of reenergizes our cause and brings to light what we are doing with the care packages. Sometimes people forget there are people still serving and the fact that young men and women can do something to help.”

Bonds of Courage is located at the National Guard Armory, 500 Rahway Avenue, Westfield.

For more information on Bonds of Courage or to donate call 908-273-4122 or email info@bondsofcourage.org or visit www.bondsofcourage.org.

(Photos provided)

Photo 1, 3, 4: Bonds of Courage.

Photo 2: Kean University’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA)