The Play Ball Foundation partners with under-resourced communities in Massachusetts(Holyoke, Boston and Lawrence) to create and oversee school-based sports leagues for more than 3,200 middle school students. Play Ball’s overarching goal is to increase school engagement to help students in under-resourced school districts persist and succeed through middle school, into high school, and beyond. Our mission statement: Through the experience of team sports, Play Ball seeks to inspire students to succeed in school, become engaged in their communities and develop social-emotional skills that will make them better prepared for success in middle and high school