As part of the core mission of the first community-operated baseball team in the United States, the Torrington Titans and Our Baseball Haven are proud to announce the first non-profit partnership for the 2010 season with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).

The Titans and OBH will team with the JDRF for one game this summer in the team's inaugural season in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. All proceeds from game day walk-up tickets sales will go to the JDRF to support their mission of finding a cure for diabetes in this fund-raising effort at Fuessenich Park.

"We're thrilled to partner with the JDRF. They share the same vision as OBH and continue to raise awareness for a very important cause," said OBH Partner Brett Orzechowski. "We want their night to be more than just a fundraising event. We want the community to support their effort in every possible way."

The Titans and OBH are partnering with a Torrington or Litchfield County non-profit for every home game this season. Each non-profit will collect all walk-up gate receipts while creating a unique, charitable atmosphere around the ballpark. OBH asks that the community supports the effort of each non-profit and help raise awareness by taking in America's Pastime while giving to a worthy cause.

"All the children, men, women and their families affected by diabetes in Litchfield County are the winners in this unique partnership with the Torrington Titans and Our Baseball Haven," said Mark Famiglietti, co-chair of the annual JDRF Litchfield County Walk to Cure Diabetes and member of JDRF’s board of directors. “We look forward to JDRF Night with the Torrington Titans. It promises to be packed with fun and information, while also serving as the official kick-off event for our Walk to Cure Diabetes in September at White Memorial.”

The local leadership committee (The Northwest CT JDRF Round Table) was formed in 2004 as a community-based committee of the North Central Connecticut and Western Massachusetts Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. In addition to the annual JDRF Walk, the foundation holds several charity events in Northwest Connecticut with the goal of raising awareness of diabetes and to raise funds to find a cure. The efforts include education, mentoring, outreach, advocacy and support of the children and adults with diabetes in Torrington and Litchfield County.

The Torrington Titans are the first community-operated baseball team in the United States. For more information, please contact the partners of Our Baseball Haven at info@ourbaseballhaven.com.