Community Pride

Community Voices: Warren on the time Santa Cruz came together

My hometown is Santa Cruz, California. A moment that made me proud of our community was when we needed a mound built for the all-star game and every single person came together at Siltanen Park to bring the…

Warren Gravely (Baseball, University of Notre Dame) grew up in Santa Cruz. HelloNation asks student athletes one question about the place that raised them and records the answer on camera. This is Warren Gravely’s, in full.

Warren Gravely for HelloNation.

The question

Tell a story about a moment when your hometown came together or achieved something that made you proud.

The answer, as recorded

Transcript. What follows is a transcript of the video above, in Warren Gravely’s own words. It has not been rewritten, and no part of it was drafted for them.

My name is Warren Gravely. My hometown is Santa Cruz, California. A moment that made me proud of our community was when we needed a mound built for the all-star game and every single person came together at Siltanen Park to bring the dirt to the mound and just make the mound brand new for all the kids to be able to play on it for the all-star games for the 11U all-star team at Siltanen Park and it just brought the community together working together to build that mound and it was something I was very proud of in the community.

Recorded by HelloNation as part of its athlete voices program and published by Hello Newswire, HelloNation’s good news newswire. The words are the speaker’s own.

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