{"id":22230,"date":"2024-03-11T12:50:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T19:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=22230"},"modified":"2024-03-18T15:33:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T22:33:25","slug":"baseball-without-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/baseball-without-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories from the Bay Area: Sergio Contreras, bringing baseball to poor children around the world with the help of tacos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Through the Baseball Without Borders foundation, Sergio Contreras decided to sell tacos to generate funds to bring the \u201cking of sports\u201d closer to children around the world. Photo: Manuel Ortiz P360P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Sergio Contreras did not think about giving up to help children in poverty after the COVID pandemic. He put on his apron and decided to sell tacos to generate resources that, through the Baseball Without Borders foundation, would allow the \u201cking of sports\u201d to be brought closer to children around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here working to, as I said, collect funds for children around the world,\u201d Sergio told Pen\u00ednsula 360 Press.<\/span><\/p>\n

From South San Francisco to the world, this non-profit organization has shown that \u201cthe diamond\u201d goes beyond the field and puts smiles on children in various latitudes with helmets, balls, bats, and even uniforms, to encourage them to continue forward with the sport as a means to advance.<\/span><\/p>\n

The COVID-19 pandemic put those who make it possible for the props to reach children in poverty on the sidelines, as fundraising activities could not be carried out. However, that was not enough to \u201cpunch out\u201d Sergio, who supports the cause with home-delivered tacos.<\/span><\/p>\n

The native of Colima, Mexico, has lived in California for 40 years, 25 of which he has dedicated to helping children in poverty in various parts of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The native of Colima, Mexico, has lived in California for 40 years, 25 of which he has dedicated to helping children in poverty in various parts of the world. Photo: Manuel Ortiz P360P<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI have been here in the United States for 40 years, 25 years working for children around the world, sending supplies to the state of Colima, to a small town called Coquimatl\u00e1n, we send balls, catchers, gloves, uniforms, we send everything to Mexico,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

It should be noted that Sergio does not work as a taco maker on a daily basis, he only does it to raise funds for children, since he works making concrete vaults.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is separate, to collect money for poor children around the world. We have been to Italy, 10 times we went to Nicaragua. Nicaragua is very poor, but it plays with heart, Mexico too, (I have gone) to Merida, Cancun, and many parts of Mexico for baseball.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sergio also works at a store in South San Francisco called \u201cLa Tapat\u00eda,\u201d where he learned how to make tacos, and one thing led to another.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI taught myself how to make tacos and everything, and that\u2019s where it started, and I like to work. After my job, I came to do this for the children. We are part of an organization called Baseball Without Borders and right now we have done it, after the pandemic (there were) no events and we didn\u2019t have money to collect, so I said: I\u2019m going to do this to collect money, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201cking of sports\u201d has left his mark on his family, and even his children have played baseball, and his brothers-in-law are from Sinaloa, Mexico, a population that loves the sport of baseball and bat, so \u201cit is in their blood.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

His son, Sergio Junior, played three years as a pitcher at the University of Hawaii, where he also studied.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Those interested in learning more about the organization can search for it at <\/span>Facebook as Baseball Without Borders<\/span><\/a> or call 650-952-4058; the organization accepts donations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Escucha esta nota:   Sergio Contreras no pens\u00f3 en bajar las manos para ayudar a ni\u00f1os en situaci\u00f3n de pobreza tras la pandemia por COVID. Se puso el mandil y decidi\u00f3 vender tacos para generar recursos que, a trav\u00e9s de la fundaci\u00f3n Baseball Without Borders (B\u00e9isbol Sin Fronteras), permitiera acercar al \u201crey de los deportes\u201d […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22230"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22439,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22230\/revisions\/22439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}