STRIPES provides opportunities for Memphis City School kids

In contrast to RBI which is a summer program, STRIPES (Sports Teams Returning In the Public Education System) runs during the school year. In 1992, funding for baseball and softball at the middle and junior high school levels was cut from the Memphis City School System's budget, something that shocked and saddened Memphis Redbirds co-founder Dean Jernigan, a former participant in youth baseball leagues in Memphis. "The lessons learned on the sandlots of Memphis can be extremely important in the formative years," he says.

In 1998, the Memphis Redbirds Baseball Foundation began the STRIPES program to replace that funding and for the first time in six years, children were afforded the opportunity to put on a baseball uniform, take the field and play ball.

Now each year over 1,000 boys and girls from almost 40 schools participate in STRIPES at schools throughout the city.

STRIPES Middle School Teams
Craigmont	Geeter	Airways
Frayser	Colonial	Havenview	Corry
A. Maceo Walker	Cordova	J.P. Freeman	Hickory Ridge
Oakhaven	Lanier	Longview	Hamilton
Raleigh-Egypt	Kirby	Humes	Vance
Treadwell	Ridgeway	Riverview	Sherwood
Trezevant	White Station	Cypress	Snowden
Chickasaw	Wooddale	Westwood

STRIPES Junior High Teams

Bellevue, East, Fairview, Georgian Hills

For more information on the STRIPES Program, contact us at (901) 722-0245.