impACTA Kids en Español

Inician 2da. etapa estadio Ligas Menores

2009-11-03T21:39:48Z

Carmen Acta, en representación de Manny Acta y la Fundación Impacta Kid dió el primer palazo, para dejar de esta manera, iniciados los trabajos de construcción de la segunda etapa del estadio para pequenas ligas. El mismo llevará el nombre del Inmortal del deporte dominicano, Ricardo Carty.

En el acto, la Sra. Acta estuvo acompanado del Arq. Miguel Pérez Martínez, encargado de la realización de la obra.

Además, Acta entregó cuadernos y útiles escolares a nombre de la Fundación.

los avances en el campo de béisbol

2009-09-20T12:46:31Z

Aquí están algunas fotos recientes del campo de béisbol en la República Dominicana. Los niños juegan en ella todo el día.

ImpACTA Kids dona sillas de ruedas

2009-04-07T17:36:06Z

Fundación ImpACTA Kids (ImpACTA Kids Foundation) hizo una donacion de sillas de ruedas al Asilo de Ancianos San Lucas en Consuelo, Republica Dominicana. También donó una de las sillas al programa Pequeñas Ligas, en caso de que uno de los niños se lastimará.

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Echar una mano

2009-02-15T14:25:48Z

ImpACTA Kids Foundation aparecio recientemente en las noticias "Alrededor de Osceola", donde Jessica Solís escribió acerca de Manny Acta y de la generosidad de la Fundación durante la temporada navideña.

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By Jessica Solis
Staff Writer

Two of St. Cloud's neediest charities are getting some extra help this holiday season, thanks to a resident eager to help his community.

Manny Acta, manager of Major League Baseball's Washington Nationals, has donated $2,500 to the St. Cloud Community Food Pantry and First United Methodist Church through ImpACTA Kids Foundation, his nonprofit organization.

Acta, a St. Cloud resident since 1988, said his foundation had wanted to do something for the St. Cloud area since it formed in 2007, by helping out local children.

But seeing how the economic downturn was affecting the ability of some local community services to keep up with public demand, prompted him to use his fledgling organization to help the two local charities, he said.

"This is the where I've been for so long," Acta, a native of the Dominican Republic, said, referring to St. Cloud.

Acta said he inherited his desire to help others in need from his mom and dad. His parents helped raise neighborhood children, and although his family never struggled, he said he was always aware that others were in need of help.

"It (need) was around next door, across the street," he said. "We could see it with our own eyes."

Acta's $1,500 donation to the pantry will go a long way, Peter Barber, the charity's chairman, said, adding that demand for the bags of food the pantry provides to residents in need has increased and caused the pantry to run out of items faster than usual.
Another $1,000 will go toward Elmer's Meal Kitchen at the First United Methodist Church in St. Cloud, which provides a hot meal every Sunday for low-income, homeless and unemployed residents. The money will help the church put together a traditional Christmas and New Year's dinner.

The donation could even stretch into next year to help provide an Easter meal, program coordinator Carol Boroski said.

"We're overwhelmingly grateful," she said. "It helps to make their holidays as much of a holiday as someone who has the things that they don't have."

ImpACTA Kids Foundation, which Jose Acta, Manny's brother, helps run is still in its infant stages, Manny Acta said. The nonprofit so far has provided cleats to high school baseball teams in Washington, D.C., where Acta stays during the baseball season. The foundation also is building a baseball complex in Acta's hometown of Consuelo.

Acta said witnessing firsthand the deteriorating conditions of the field he grew up playing on prompted him to start the foundation.

"They didn't even have a mower to cut the grass," he said. "All I wanted to do whenever I had a chance ... was not to turn my back, and help those kids play in better conditions than what I grew up playing in," he said.

And despite his giving demeanor, Acta, who during his time as a player tutored other Spanish-speaking players in English, said he takes his success day by day.

"It could be gone tomorrow," he said. "I feel blessed to be able to give away and still have enough for my family to be just fine."

For more information on the foundation, visit www.impactakids.org.

Inicio a la construcción

2009-02-15T14:12:03Z

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ImpACTA Kids Foundation dona CLEATS

2009-02-10T20:32:14Z

ImACTA Kids Foundation dona Cleats a equipos de Beisbol a Escuelas Secundarias del Distrito de Columbia.

ImpACTA Kids Foundation, la fundación benéfica de el Manager de los Nacionales de Washington Manny Acta, donó 180 pares de grapas, cortesía de Under Armour, a la Escuela Superior del Distrito a jugadores de béisbol en el Parque de los Nacionales de Washington. Representantes de 11 escuelas secundarias locales incluyendo la Escuela Secundaria Anacostia, Ballou High School, Bell Multicultural de la Escuela Secundaria, Cardozo High School, Dunbar High School, Escuela Superior de Tecnología de McKinley, Roosevelt High School, High School Spingarn, Escuela Sin Paredes, Wilson High School, HD Woodson High School, aceptaron la grapas en nombre de sus compañeros de equipo.

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Manny Acta speaks with players from Spingarn High School.

Manny Acta addresses the students and media with his sister, Anayma.

Manny Acta and representatives from 11 high schools wave their caps.