Cranberry Summer Camp Combines Baseball Skills, Life Lessons

For one week this summer in Cranberry, baseball will be more than just a game—it will become a vehicle for teaching lifelong values, as well as lessons about the sport.

The Cranberry Parks and Recreation Department will hold the All Skills Baseball Camp for boys and girls ages 7 to 15 June 24 through June 28.

Led by Bryan Warner, the founder of Baseball Systems, the camp combines the practical skills of baseball—warm-ups, base running, field drills, position throwing, hitting—with a curriculum of life lessons designed to help players develop leadership and life skills to aide their personal growth on and off the field. 

Among those skills are setting a mission, goal setting, courage to care and personal balance.

A Cranberry resident and former professional baseball player, Warner opened Baseball Systems, a baseball training school for athletes ages 8 to 18, in 1999.

He also formed the not-for-profit BAADAA (Baseball Athletes Against Drugs And Alcohol) Up Foundation, Inc., and the B.U.C.S (Because U Can Succeed) Baseball Program.

An integral part of these programs is teachin life lessons to all participants, according to the Baseball Systems website.

There are several ways to register for his upcoming camp in Cranberry.

Participants may register in person at the Parks & Recreation desk located inside the Cranberry Township Municipal Center. They may also call 724-776-4806 ext. 1129 or register online to www.cranberrytownship.org/programs.

 A program fee of $130 per child—$120 for Cranberry residents with a Resident Discount ID card—is payable at the time of registration.

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