Donors knock it out of the park after Little League robbery

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A northwest Las Vegas Little League enactment volition flooded the caller theft of astir $6,500 worthy of instrumentality acknowledgment to an online fundraising effort that raised much than doubly that amount, the league’s president said Tuesday.

“I’m a lifelong nonmigratory and this conscionable reminds maine of wherefore I emotion surviving here,” Jimmy Belanger said of the Las Vegas Valley’s outpouring of enactment of the Mountain Ridge Little League successful the aftermath of the burglary.

Belanger said a unpaid arrived astatine 4:45 p.m. Thursday astatine the league’s fields astatine Mountain Ridge Park to unfastened the snack barroom and recovered the deadbolt unlocked with audio equipment, scoreboard controllers, a defibrillator, sweatshirts, currency and snacks missing.

The league said the burglary happened overnight betwixt Oct. 20-21. A petition for much accusation from Las Vegas constabulary was pending Tuesday morning.

“That wasn’t high-end equipment, but it meant a batch to us,” Belanger said, adding that the league serves immoderate 470 kids betwixt 4 and 16 years old.

Belanger said aft the theft a GoFundMe page seeking donations was acceptable up.

“Many families see Mountain Ridge to beryllium a 2nd home,” organizers wrote connected the page. “This robbery is perfectly heartbreaking! With playoffs lone a fewer weeks away, the league is hopeless to regenerate what was taken. Anything you tin spare would beryllium greatly appreciated.”

Belanger said what followed was a question of generosity. As of Tuesday, 68 donors had pledged $16,125, which was good supra the stated fundraising extremity of $6,500. One idiosyncratic donated $10,000. Many others donated acold smaller amounts ranging from $20 to $100.

“As we statesman the enactment of replacing the stolen equipment, our unpaid unit is besides alert that we are stewards of your generous donations,” the league said successful a written statement. “Our committedness to the assemblage is to guarantee that donations collected done the GoFundMe tract that transcend our instrumentality replacement costs volition beryllium utilized to straight payment our children participating successful our program.”

The connection thanked each donors, noting the GoFundMe leafage volition beryllium taken down owed to its success.

“Once again, Las Vegas has proven itself to beryllium a caring and resilient assemblage acceptable to reply the telephone for assistance astatine a moment’s notice,” the league said. “This acquisition has been a humbling and uplifting acquisition and reinforces what it means to beryllium Vegas Strong!”

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