YANKEES HOPE
WEEK GRANTS
60-YEAR
DREAM
On HOPE Week Monday, June 28, the
Yankees made 70-year-old Gwen Goldman’s
dream come true by having her
join the team as an honorary bat girl for the
day in full uniform with pregame & in-game
responsibilities on the fi eld and in the dugout.
In 1961, 10-year-old Gwen Goldman penned
a letter to the New York Yankees expressing
her dream of being a bat girl and pleading her
case for the job. The response from then-Yankees
General Manager Roy Hamey still hangs
on her living room wall. Earlier this year,
Gwen’s daughter, Abby McLoughlin, reached
out to share its contents with the team.
On June 23, 60 years to the day Hamey
wrote his letter, Gwen received a new letter
from current Yankees General Manager Brian
Cashman, who read it to her on a Zoom call
with Assistant General Manager Jean Afterman,
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole and Yankees
General Partner / Vice Chairperson Jennifer
Steinbrenner Swindal.
At its core, HOPE Week is about people helping
people. The one thing everybody has — no
matter their background or fi nancial situation
— is time. By involving every one of our players
and coaches, Manager Aaron Boone, General
Manager Brian Cashman and front offi ce
staff during the celebration of HOPE Week, the
Yankees send the message that everyone can
give of themselves to make their community a
better place.
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SPIRIT
FILLED
PRAYER
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LOVE
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VAN NEST
ASSEMBLY
OF GOD
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