California Masons Surpass $1 Million In Donations To Junior Giants

SAN FRANCISCO — Building on more than a decade of partnership with the Giants Community Fund, the Masons of California announced that they have surpassed $1 million in donations to Junior Giants through their signature Masons4Mitts program.

Since launching the initiative in 2009, Masons of California donations have provided 52,626 gloves to Junior Giants players, the organization said in a Monday, Sept. 26, news release.

“Each year, Masons4Mitts teams up with the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres to purchase leather baseball gloves that are given, free of charge, to young ballplayers in leagues across California,” the news release said. “Through youth baseball, Masons4Mitts and its partners provide children with a safe place to play while also developing key collaboration skills, learning about health and nutrition, focusing on education and reading and more.”

To celebrate Masons of California and the Giants Community Fund will host a special pregame reception before the Giants vs. Rockies game Wednesday, Sept. 28 where the Masons will present a check to the Giants Community Fund during a pregame ceremony on the field marking both the $1 million mark and the 2022 single-season fundraising total, the news release said.

Expected to attend the event are Jeffery M. Wilkins, grand master of Masons of California, David San Juan, grand master of Prince Hall Freemasons in California, Douglas Ismail, president of the California Masonic Foundation, Larry Baer, president and CEO of the San Francisco Giants, Dave Dravecky, Giants community ambassador and former player, Sue Petersen, executive director of the Giants Community Fund and John Gumas, co-chair of the Giants Community Fund Board Alumni Leadership Council.