For decades, Martha's Vineyard Little League has been providing opportunities for Island children to play baseball. Penn Field remains the crown jewel of the Island's Little League experience. Minors teams look forward to playing "on the big field" for the championship game(s) and eventually moving up to play in the Majors. The complex remains professional, comfortable, clean and beautiful and MVLL is grateful to MVYouth for their generosity.

This year, MVLL has a fresh board. We are excited about what we have accomplished over the past six months. During the 2022 summer, MVLL initiated a free weekly summer pickup series for children aged 6-13 and is now developing a new "on island" indoor winter training program pilot. We have worked on our infrastructure by updating our bylaws and website and creating standing committees (budget, discipline and competition) and project committees. A coaches committee generated a coaches screening, training and manual for all levels. The new scholarship committee created a scholarship process and applied for grant funding. A new advisory board reviewed and revised league rules and additionally drafted a process for creating more fair teams.

Improvements were made at fields as volunteers cleaned out the shed at Penn Field and rotting picnic tables were replaced at Viera Park for below cost (thank you, Eden).

A new position was added to the board to help send more players to summer tournaments, thus satisfying MVLL's mission to include more recreational and competitive opportunities. We anticipated that MVLL's new mutually beneficial partnership with the MV Sharks will translate to expanded coaching and mentoring opportunities. The board has also applied for CPC funds to install filtered water stations at Penn Field & Viera Park, and to MV Bank for a special "Play Ball!" grant to cover uniforms, equipment and needs-based scholarships