About Us
Swinging for Good is a non-profit organization founded by Jake and Noah Martin. Our mission is to combine our love for baseball with our desire to help those in need. Currently, we are partnering with Striking Out Poverty/Food for the Hungry to make a positive impact on La Estancia, a village in the Monte Plata region of the Dominican Republic.
Water System Extension
La Estancia Projects
We are partnering with Striking Out Poverty/Food for the Hungry to provide essential resources, including clean water, to the community of La Estancia in the Dominican Republic. Our first project is improvement of the water system extension. This project with allow 350 households to receive water directly to their homes with an extension of the existing aqueduct, which currently does not reach many households in remote areas
Community Center Project
The next project will be the building of a community center for La Estancia. This one-story community center will house a community meeting room, a child early stimulation center, and a community health post. It will also have rooms for vocational training for youth and women.
Baseball Field Improvement
Currently, the kids are playing baseball in an open field on land that is owned by a community member. We will install a movable backstop and will upgrade this space to be a proper field for the community to use.