About Us

Call Kathleen Rose Davis (617) 823-9079

Our organization is based on the philosophies of Benjamin Rose, Sr.  Benny Rose believed that all children should have the opportunity to play any team sport, but his favorite was baseball.  He was the fastest pitcher in New Bedford in the 60's and 70's until his untimely death in 1973.  He was the Recreation Director, Director of Model Cities, and the bail commissioner.  He worked tirelessly for the youth of New Bedford throughout the entire city.  He believed in sports, music, and education was the key for all children to succeed as adults.  He did not graduate from high school and had to quit school to help support his brothers and sisters.  What he accomplished without an education was very hard work and frustrating for him because he knew he was limited.  His dream was to give the opportunity to all children that were in the same financial situation that he grew up.  He felt that children needed to the lessons that organized team sports provide. We would welcome the opportunity to earn your trust and deliver you the best league in the city of New Bedford.

I am an educator and the daughter of the late Ben Rose. I want to give back to my community what it has provided for me, given my father's drive and hard work. Many of us minorities in the area were given the knowledge that education was the key to success and many of us went on to college. Unfortunately with his death in 1973, the community leaders were not able to fight the wars on the streets of the city, like he did! New Bedford is ready and so are the communities. Many young lives have been tragically lost by gang violence, AIDS, poverty and it's time to take this area of the city back from the dangers of the street life and violence. I am aware that many people from all over the country want the same. In this mission though, are many memories of life when it was good. There are many people in this community that remember. When they got back the ball field, many people just stopped their cars, got excited, came over and shared their stories of the past with my Dad and how he touched their lives. This project is very emotionally heavy for the people in this community and around the city of New Bedford. The BRREC would like to get the building where we shared all the good times. We want our children to experience what we did back then in a new a different way. I have gone down to the ball field and just yelled to the adults, "we got it back", and they all cheer simultaneously like they want to dance. Many other communities and people of all races were touched by him and they want to step in and help. Out of all the areas of the entire city, this is where the whole city came together without racial barriers and developed relationships that were so close. His death affected so many people, as if we were one big family when everyone just separates to deal with the pain. They need to get back strong because they outnumber the negative people in the city. Please help us try to restore the city to be again a vibrant and a wonderful place to live. We may not make all the difference but just to have people in that area to breathe life into it again would mean so much to them.

Location:
Ben Rose Field
New Bedford, MA  02740