Dario Pizzano was trying to get entangled in a trigger and the reply proved to be proper beneath his nostril.
Having seen his mom wrestle with a number of sclerosis since 1998, the previous Malden Catholic baseball star acquired concerned with Mission Stadiums for A number of Sclerosis (MS4MS). The group, based by Sam Greenberg greater than a decade in the past, holds occasions to unfold consciousness for MS and lift cash for analysis.
“I’ve at all times wished to do one thing for MS since my mother (Tracie) was recognized with it,” stated Pizzano, who spent eight years within the minors after a Corridor of Fame profession at Columbia College. “I knew Sam’s group was concerned in it and we linked immediately.”
The information that Pizzano would throw himself full power into such a worthy endeavor got here as no shock to Steve Freker, his highschool baseball coach. A member of the state baseball Corridor of Fame, Freker noticed first hand the kind of unselfish particular person Pizzano was throughout his days at Malden Catholic.
“Dario being concerned with (MS4MS) could be very in keeping with the particular person he’s been within the 20 years that I’ve identified him,” stated Freker, who’s at the moment the pinnacle baseball coach at Malden Excessive. “Even again in his highschool days, Dario was at all times concerned in numerous causes and was advocating for different folks. That is nice that Dario was in a position to make use of his baseball connections for one thing near his coronary heart.”
Now the director of fundraising for MS4MS, Pizzano has put his in depth baseball background to good use. A type of occasions will happen on Sept. 21 previous to the beginning of the Pink Sox-Twins recreation at Fenway Park, a occasion being dubbed as #spreadingOrange Day, orange being the colour which represents MS consciousness.
“The Pink Sox have been an enormous assist with this,” stated Pizzano, who works as a consumer affiliate for J.P. Morgan Wealth Administration in New York Metropolis. “They gave us some tickets of which among the cash will return to MS4MS.”
The truth that Pizzano has been in a position to juggle a demanding fulltime job together with the charity work comes as no shock to his mom. Like anybody stricken with MS, Pizzano says there are good days and unhealthy days.
“I’m very happy with Dario for taking up this position and being so keen about elevating consciousness for MS,” Tracie Pizzano stated. “Dario has at all times been the kind of child who went after issues. I actually may see him doing one thing like this when his baseball profession was over – it speaks volumes to his persona.”
For these within the MS4MS occasion at Fenway Park on Sept. 21 previous to the beginning of the competition in opposition to the Minnesota Twins, tickets will be bought right here: https://fevo-enterprise.com/occasion/Ms4msday24.
