Regarding Basegarden

formation：

Founded in 2013 by Chou Szu-Chi, a professional baseball player from Hualien, the “Ball Sprout Foundation” was established after he received the “Kuo Yuan-Chih Baseball Scholarship,” which deeply influenced and encouraged him. After becoming a professional baseball player, he dedicated himself to supporting grassroots baseball education in Hualien, tracing the history of Taiwanese baseball, and preserving baseball culture. The foundation is used to establish scholarships and promote reading among grassroots baseball teams. Its main purpose is to encourage academically excellent young players, hoping that children who love baseball can receive a quality education while pursuing their baseball skills, ensuring that their academic achievements are not neglected. Therefore, our core mission is to emphasize the development of basic education and character in grassroots baseball teams, hoping that through the association’s efforts, more people will pay attention and become involved.

 In addition to focusing on the development of grassroots baseball education, another key focus of the Baseball Sprouts Foundation is to trace the history of baseball in Taiwan, preserve the baseball culture and important baseball artifacts, and hope to leave more baseball history that belongs to Taiwan.

Achievements of the Bulb Foundation over the years:

1. Establish a “Baseball Reading Classroom”

The Baseball Sprout Foundation has established baseball reading classrooms in 26 schools across Hualien County, Hsinchu County, Taichung City, and Taitung County. In addition to providing excellent baseball-related books, the foundation also regularly organizes reading lectures by professional baseball players and professionals, and is committed to promoting and preserving baseball culture in various regions, so that baseball culture and education can coexist and move forward together.

2. Establish baseball scholarship

Primarily in schools with “baseball reading classrooms,” scholarships are awarded annually to young players who excel in both academic performance and character.

3. Establish reading scholarship

Primarily targeting schools with “baseball reading classrooms,” the program encourages children to read more, establishes reward systems and designs reading worksheets to motivate children to participate in reading activities, and provides tangible rewards as support.

4. Study Abroad Plan in Japan

Since officially launching its baseball scholarship program in 2014 , the Baseball Sprout Foundation has aimed to provide young players with more diverse learning opportunities, cultivate outstanding students to broaden their international perspectives, and enable them to receive high-quality education and excellent training. Therefore, it actively plans and promotes study abroad programs and has already assisted several young players in enrolling in Japanese universities.

5. Baseball Culture Inheritance

The Baseball Foundation is dedicated to preserving and promoting baseball culture in various regions. In May 2019 , it collaborated with the Hualien Cultural Affairs Bureau to hold the “Nenggao High School Team – Baseball Retrospective Exhibition”; in 2019 , it held the “Forgotten Baseball – Nenggao Legend Exhibition” at the Baseball Story Museum in Taichung; and in 2021 , it held the “Nenggao Centennial Retrospective Exhibition” at the Hualien Hakka Cultural Center. It hopes to preserve important artifacts from the century-long history of Taiwanese baseball by tracing the development of Taiwanese baseball history, and to recreate important moments in the history of Taiwanese baseball through artifact exhibitions.