Fundraiser for a Little League volunteer | Local News

“For the past two years, you could tell the scooter was in bad shape and clearly needed a new one,” Stevenson said. “I spoke to one of his nurses, I believe he was, and they said the insurance only covered part of it because he was disabled. The scooter is about $3,000 and the insurance was only willing to cover $1,000.”

McClintock estimated his current scooter to be around 13-14 years old.

In order to help McClintock, Stevenson decided to raise funds by starting a Go Fund Me page.

“I had asked Jon to see what he thought of me to raise money for him,” Stevenson said. “I said, what we’ll do is we’ll make enough money to cover the cost of the scooter, whatever upgrades it needs, and then we can put some money aside for everything. incident that would occur.”

In addition to funding wheelchair expenses, Stevenson and McClintock would like to establish a scholarship fund for baseball boys at McClintock, name if any additional funds remain. McClintock may award the scholarship to any Warrior Run baseball player of his choice.

The cap on the Go Fund Me page is set at $10,000 and the effort is approaching halfway there.

“I feel privileged, honored and surprised,” McClintock said.

Because of his love of baseball, McClintock has been involved with the Warrior Run Little League for years.

“He’s been coming and supporting the kids for I can’t tell you how many years,” Stevenson said. “We have parents, who have kids now, who when they were playing Little League he was there to support them.”

McClintock often runs the Little League scoreboard, and during COVID a ramp has been built to give him easy access to the score room.

“The manager at the time got me involved as a scorekeeper and I’ve been doing that ever since,” McClintock said.

Before games, he sometimes likes to piss off kids and give them pep talks.

There is also a Little League field named in his honor in Watsontown, near the old elementary school building.

Along with helping Little League, McClintock is also involved with the Warrior Run Area Fire Department.

“I used to be a lot more involved than I am now,” McClintock said. “My disability is kind of getting worse. I can’t do the same anymore. I can do it, but it takes longer to do it.”

In addition to Little League, McClintock enjoys watching the Warrior Run High School baseball team, which he was on as a student.

He has a collection of over 37,000 baseball cards, and throughout his life he met baseball athlete Reggie Jackson and former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.

“It’s been pretty successful so far,” Stevenson said of the fundraiser. “We’re going to get closer to the point where we can start putting money aside so he can give a scholarship.”

Fundraising began in August and continues until needs are met for McClintock.