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REDLANDS, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels donated 2,000 game tickets to students and families at five Redlands Unified elementary schools this fall, giving some families their first opportunity to attend a Major League Baseball game.
Crafton, Franklin, Kimberly, Lugonia and Victoria elementary schools participated through the Angels Community Ticket Program, which provides complimentary tickets to nonprofit and community organizations for select home games.
Schools distributed tickets for games Aug. 16, Aug. 30 and Sept. 20 through attendance incentives, family engagement activities and opportunity drawings.
“It felt so good and exciting to be at the game,” said Kimberly Elementary School second grader Nyneve De Leon. “I liked it a lot! I got to see my first baseball game. It was so fun to go with people from school.”
Her mother, Norma De Leon, who also serves as Kimberly’s attendance clerk, said the Sept. 20 game was her first time ever watching a baseball game. Although the Angels lost to the Minnesota Twins, she said the experience meant more than the final score. Her family enjoyed the atmosphere of the stadium, talking with others, and spending time with members of the school community outside of the school setting.
For students at Kimberly, the full Angels experience began several weeks before their trip to the ballpark.
On Aug. 28, the Angels Baseball Foundation, through its Inland Empire School Clinics initiative, hosted a baseball skills clinic at Kimberly Elementary School. Students across all grade levels participated, rotating through stations focused on baseball fundamentals including throwing, catching, hitting and fielding. Angels staff led the activities using safe, age-appropriate equipment provided by the organization, and every student received a complimentary Angels hat.
Kimberly Elementary second grader Kylo Serrate said the clinic gave him a chance to meet the Angels and practice a sport he loves with his classmates.
“It felt good ‘cause it wasn’t unfair. No one didn’t get to do it,” Kylo said, explaining that he liked that every student on campus had the opportunity to participate.
Left: Ella Gutierrez, a second grader, cheers during the Angels baseball clinic at Kimberly Elementary School on Aug. 28, 2026. Middle: Annabel Rosales, a fifth grade student at Kimberly Elementary School, shows off her Angels glove during an Angels baseball game at Angel Stadium on Sept. 20, 2029. The glove was donated to the school by the Angels Baseball Foundation. Annabel won it in a raffle she was entered into for having perfect attendance.
Kylo later attended the Sept. 20 game with his parents and brother.
“The game was awesome!” he said. “I got to see my favorite team play, and it was really cool. And even though they lost, at least I got cotton candy and popcorn with pickle seasoning.”
The Angels also donated a bag of baseball equipment to Kimberly Elementary School, including nine baseball gloves. The school used the gloves throughout September as incentives for students who maintained perfect attendance.
De Leon said she saw the effect of those incentives firsthand in the attendance office as “families went above and beyond to make sure students arrived on time and to clear any excused absences” so they could remain eligible for the drawing.
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