DALLAS -- Amid the tree-lined streets and historic beauty in the Dallas neighborhood of Oak Cliff, Texas, Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels and his wife, Heidi, introduced the first of what they expect to be many charitable endeavors in their new community.
Cole, Heidi and staff members of the Hamels Foundation were at Winnetka Elementary School to present three educational grants. The Foundation presented a $5,000 grant to Winnetka Elementary for physical education equipment and supplies, $5,000 to Adelfa Botella Callejo Elementary School in East Dallas for a new counseling corner, and $25,000 for new educational classrooms at the MLB Urban Youth Academy in West Dallas.