Category Archives: NationalsPhilanthropies

Unused RCR Points? Let’s Bring Some Holiday Cheer to Deserving Kids Again.

Back in 2021, TalkNats started an initiative to collect items from the RCR program and donate them to the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy, which supports young scholar athletes from Wards 7 and 8 in DC (Donate Your Unused Red Carpet … Continue reading

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Bargain Bobblehead Sale for Charity

As a Nats season ticket holder since 2005, I’ve accumulated a whole lot of bobbleheads over the years. Before I retired, I had quite a display in my office.  But now, many are in storage boxes gathering dust or cluttering … Continue reading

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Final Update to 2023 RCR Points Drive — A Visit to the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy

A final and very big “thank you!” from DonH, Section 222, and me to everyone who donated to the 3rd annual RCR Points Drive. Along with members of two Facebook groups (Nationals RCR Codes and Diehard Nationals Fans), TalkNats readers and commenters … Continue reading

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The Kids Still Love It!

We are repeating the initiative we started in 2021 (Donate Your Unused Red Carpet Rewards Points to the Nationals Youth Academy) and repeated in 2022 (The Kids Do Love It – Donate Your Unused RCR Points), collecting items from the … Continue reading

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The Kids Really Will Love it.

On Thursday afternoon, Deuces, WTP and I visited the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy to deliver the goodies we were able to collect at the end of 2022 as described in a previous post —  The Kids Do Love It – … Continue reading

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The Kids Do Love It – Donate Your Unused RCR Points

We are repeating the initiative we started last year, collecting items from the RCR program to donate to the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy that supports scholar athletes from under-served communities. This is a collaborative effort of TalkNats and two FaceBook … Continue reading

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Donate Your Unused Red Carpet Rewards Points to the Nationals Youth Academy.

Final Update – we were able to get folks to redeem items and donate points for a total of 43 items, including some red Nationals caps the staff of the Nationals decided to add. Many thanks to all who contributed. … Continue reading

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New teams forming for girls’ softball

This is for the girls: The Mason District Little League is forming two softball teams just for you. (Note: this article was originally published on the Annandale Blog it is being cross posted on Talk Nats. The Nationals are an MDLL sponsor, having donated … Continue reading

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Half St. Irregulars’ Day at the Nationals Youth Academy

After a four-game split with the Mets, the Nationals remain a comfortable 12 games up in the NL East, as they have for much of the year. Perhaps for you (as for me) it has felt like a game of … Continue reading

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Nationals Host Little League Coaches Clinic

Saturday morning about 300 little league coaches from local leagues were invited to Nationals Park to attend the Nats first ever “Coaches Clinic”. This was one heck of a fun morning, a million thanks to the Nats staff and coaches for … Continue reading

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