Welcome to
Empower Softball.
In the Dominican Republic, baseball is everywhere. For girls, opportunity is not. The Straley Project is building a safe, structured, education-first softball program that gives girls a place to grow on and off the field.
Uniforms & Gear
Gloves, cleats, helmets, bats, uniforms, and equipment helping girls safely access the game.
Safe Training
Structured practices, safe facilities, hydration, and a positive environment focused on growth.
Local Coaches
Supporting Dominican mentors and coaches investing directly into girls and their futures.
Education First
Keeping girls enrolled in school while building confidence, opportunity, and community.
Why Girls’ Softball
Matters.
In the Dominican Republic, boys grow up surrounded by baseball opportunity. Girls often do not. The Straley Project exists to help change that through safe coaching, structured access, mentorship, and an education-first approach to softball development.
A place to belong.
Girls gain a safe environment where they can learn, compete, build confidence, and grow through sports and mentorship.
Opportunity changes everything.
Equipment, coaching, transportation, and structure help make participation possible for girls who have historically been left out.
Education comes first.
This is about more than softball. It is about helping girls stay in school while building leadership, confidence, and future opportunity.
What Your
Support Funds.
Every contribution helps create safe access, mentorship, education support, and long-term opportunity for girls in Barahona through softball.
Uniforms & Gear
Gloves, bats, helmets, cleats, face guards, uniforms, softballs, and essential equipment helping girls safely access the game.
Safe Training
Structured practices, training accessories, hydration, transportation, and safe environments where girls can learn and grow.
Local Coaches
Supporting Dominican coaches and mentors investing directly into girls through leadership, accountability, and positive guidance.
Future Opportunity
A structured program helping girls remain in school while building confidence, community, and future opportunity beyond sports.
Education
Comes First.
This is about more than building a softball team. The Straley Project is creating a safe, structured, education-first environment where girls can grow academically, socially, and athletically while gaining access to opportunities that have historically been limited in the Dominican Republic.
Keep Girls
In The Game.
A softball season means more than practices and games. It means safe coaching, hydration, transportation, mentorship, school support, and access to opportunities many girls in Barahona have never been given before. Your support helps create a future where girls are not left out of the game.
Education-first softball. Transparent support. Real opportunity for girls in Barahona.
Invest In Opportunity.
Every gift helps create safe access, education-first programming, mentorship, coaching, equipment, and long-term opportunity for young people in Barahona.
Every dollar helps create access, structure, mentorship, and opportunity.
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