Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...

No, not your immigrants. I'm talking about your baseball equipment! The picture above is of my community's pickup softball team. We play every other night, and for many of the women who play, it's their only time to have fun out of the kitchen.

As you can see, there is only one glove in the photo. And even in the week that's passed since I took this photo, it's disintegrated even more. Pretty much just a heap of cheap leather and plastic. The rest of the girls play barehanded and believe me, it hurts. They're so much tougher than me it's crazy.

So, with that in mind, please do me a huge favor and search your basements, attics, garages, yard sales, whatever!, for any kind of softball equipment and donate what you can. If something ends up costing 5 bucks, don't worry, I'll pay you back or buy it off you. I'll be back in Boston in a week (woo hoo!) and am leaving a ton of space in my pack for mitts, softballs, anything you guys might not be using that, TRUST ME, we will put to good use down here.

Lastly, just to review the basics of El Salvador's economy...

The average pay for a day's labor = $6
The average cost of a meal = $1.50
The average cost of a cup of coffee = 25 cents

The average cost of a softball = $5
The average cost of a mitt = $40

Think about it...