Our annual We Are Big Train fundraising campaign helps provide the Bethesda Community Base Ball Club with the resources needed to support the Big Train baseball at Shirley Povich Field that you love. Please make a one-time contribution or sign up to make automatic monthly donations. All contributions are tax-deductible.

Just like your favorite theatre or art museum, we depend upon charitable contributions to provide the special experience you get at Povich Field. There is no way we could produce the quality experience you expect when you come to Povich Field with just the revenue from the sale of tickets, concessions, and souvenirs. One-third of our annual budget comes from your charitable contributions.

Each individual and family pledging to support our "We Are Big Train" campaign at the MVP level of $240, at the All-Star level of $120, or the Silver Slugger level of a custom amount will be listed on the Big Train website as part of our "We Are Big Train" Honor Roll. 

 

To help ensure that Povich Field remains a community jewel long into the future, please donate to the David Povich Improvement Fund for Shirley Povich Field. Click here for information about the fund and directions on how to donate, either online or via check.

MVP One-Time Donation ($240 One Time)

All Star One-Time Donation ($120 One Time)

Create your own custom donation!

If you prefer to mail your donation, please check "Offline" above for payment method, make your check payable to "Bethesda Community Base Ball Club," and send it to: 

Bethesda Community Base Ball Club
7211 Exeter Road
Bethesda, MD 20814

Our annual We Are Big Train Fundraiser celebrates the essence of what is special about Big Train baseball:

We Are Big Train: We Provide Affordable Family Fun “Fun Is Good” is our brand. Since 1999, we have provided family fun at affordable prices right near home. Marc Fisher of The Washington Post called Big Train baseball at Povich Field “the ultimate small-town fantasy.”

We Are Big Train: We Win Championships
In 2025, we won our twelfth Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League championship. In 2011, we were ranked the number one team in all of summer college baseball by Perfect Game. Twenty-five Big Train alumni have made it to the major leagues.

We Are Big Train: We Inspire and Teach Our Youth
We believe every kid deserves a great summer. Each summer, we bring outstanding student athletes from across the country to provide local kids an opportunity to be inspired by watching the best on the field and coached by these role models at our summer camp.

We Are Big Train: We Serve Our Community Each summer since 2021, we have honored 25 Community Heroes from a different community nonprofit at each home game with a free ticket, dinner, and drink. Since 2022, we have held our Roberto Clemente Community Service Day with players, staff, and fans volunteering at nonprofits across Montgomery County. Since 2010, Ripken League players have collected 64,029 pounds of food for the Manna Food Center.

We Are Big Train: We Celebrate Our Diverse Community Each summer, we celebrate Montgomery County’s diverse community with a full schedule of game night activities that include our Clarence “pint” Isreal Juneteenth Classic honoring Montgomery’s Black sandlots, our Roberto Clemente Community Service Day and Tribute to Latin Baseball, our Pride Night, our Sister Cities Night, our Military Appreciation Night, and our Jewish Baseball Heritage Night.

We Are Big Train: We Honor Our Heroes Our “Shirley & Walter” sculpture honors two legends of Washington sports history. We honor local community heroes at each game every summer.

 

 

The Bethesda Community Base Ball Club is a 501(c)(3) charitable institution approved by the IRS to accept tax deductible donations. Our federal employer identification number is 85-0895405.