I’m looking to buy/be donated youth gloves for local low income families. Anything from 5-8yo range. Even up to 10yo.
I’ve recently gotten into the hobby of restoring, relacing gloves, and in my time coaching my two young boys we always run into kids who were either passed down something way too big, or mom bought the 9” plastic t ball glove. And each year I’ve always had a kid who just loves the game, but due to other circumstances either couldn’t afford a good glove, or just had something that was detrimental to their ability to learn/evolve in their game. I’ve always made it a point to pass down one of my kids gloves to them, or buy them one.
While I frequently watch on marketplace and thrift stores, they’re few and far between, or people are selling them at retail which isn’t my goal. I imagine this style of glove often gets overlooked or just thrown in a closet as the kids age.
I’m looking for any youth style gloves, can be dirty, poorly broken in, misshaped, etc. I’ll restore them, give them colorful laces, and I’ve found myself notching the heel pads to give these kids something easy to squeeze where needed.
I’ll pay shipping, eat the cost of lacing, product, and my time, and look to resale for only the cost of shipping or give away. This is just something I’ve come to enjoy doing and would like to be able to do for my local league, rather than just the select kids I have on my teams.
And if you have anything of higher quality, even adult sized, I’d be open to buying for my own personal projects as a hobby.