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  • The Cleveland Indians are officially in Puerto Rico for a two-and series with AL Central foe, the Minnesota Twins. Monday is the teams day off and mostly everyone is out golfing besides Francisco Lindor, hes holding a baseball clinic for 250 children at his old school. Terry Bradshaw Jersey Also on Monday, the team announced via pre s release that the Indians have donated a playoff share to aid hurricane relief efforts:Last September, Cleveland Indians players awarded a postseason share to aid and a sist in hurricane-relief efforts after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island of Puerto Rico. Today, Indians players made a pair of donations totaling nearly $37,000 within the communities where SS FRANCISCO LINDOR and C ROBERTO PEREZ grew up.The first donation of $18,400 was extended to Nuestra Escuela, a high school in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The donated monies will be allocated towards the reinstatement of the schools sports program, including the enhancement of the existing field and the purchase of new equipment. Former Indians pitcher JOE COLN is an alum of Diontae Johnson Jersey the school and FRANCISCO LINDOR spent the first 12 years of his childhood living in the community. The schools President and Executive Director, Ana Yris Guzmn, and a group of student leaders accepted the check from Lindor this morning during Franciscos youth clinic in Gurabo, PR."Our school community is honored and very thankful to the Cleveland Indians for choosing us. We will use the money to reestablish the same sports program Joe Coln participated in before joining the Indians, expre sed Ana Yris Guzmn.The remainder of the donated share was made to Extra Bases, Inc., a non-profit, non-government organization founded by former Major League All-Star and Puerto Rico-native 1B CARLOS DELGADO. Delgado Carlos Davis Jersey will allocate 100% of the donation to the Buddy Johnson Jersey Albergue Jesus de Nazaret, a home for abused children in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Mayaguez is the hometown of C ROBERTO PEREZ. The donation will go towards the rebuilding of the baseball field at the home, the purchase of new sports equipment and repairing the fence at the facility. Delgado will accept the check during the clubs upcoming series in San Juan against Minnesota, April 17-18.Said Delgado: At Extra Bases, we are very happy to be a facilitator in this great initiative by the Cleveland Indians. We know first-hand the good work of the Hogar de Nios Jesus de Nazaret in Mayaguez. Hopefully this donation can help to create awarene s that should be no place for child abuse in the world."Additionally, following the hurricanes last September in Texas and Puerto Rico, the Cleveland Indians Wives A sociation, consisting of the spouses of club uniform personnel, donated monies to a sist in relief and rebuilding Mark Gilbert Jersey efforts. As a result of these donations, today they presented a $4,000 check to Casa Protegida Julia de Burgos ( ), a well-respected institution for abused women in Puerto Rico founded in 1979. Scroll to Continue

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