Boy's 'sweet' gesture helps Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

A Gladstone middle schooler baked cookies, held a virtual bake sale for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and raised $520.

Then, he hand-delivered the check.

BAKE SALES.THEY'RE AN OLD-SCHOOLWAY TO RAISE MONEY FORA GROUP ORORGANIZATION THATMEANS SOMETHING TOYOU.BUT ONE STUDENT IN THEMETRO MADE HIS BAKESALE VIRTUAL -- ANDDONATED HUNDREDS TO AWORTHY CAUSE.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER GABRIELLAPAGAN SHARES HISSTORY.NashS raise your hand ifyou"ve ever been to abaseball game before.

Wellwhen I went to baseballgames, I always wonderedwhat it was like beforesegregation ended.AS PART OF A YEAR LONGCLASS PROJECT TITLED:MISSION POSSIBLE, 13-YEAR OLD RIORDAN NASHWAS TASKED WITH FINDINGA LOCAL PERSON, ORORGANIZATION THAT"SMADE A POSITIVEDIFFERENCE IN THEWORLD.NashS my organization is theonly museum in the world thatdedicated itself to teachingpeople about what that waslike.RIORDAN CHOSE THENEGRO LEAGUESBASEBALL MUSEUM AT18TH AND VINE - BECAUSEYOU HAVE TO KNOWWHERE YOU"VEBEEN TO KNOW WHEREYOU"RE GOING.NashS it"s very importantincluding in the tough timeswe"re going through rightnow.KendrickSHe Felt like this projectthey"re working on,mission possible, speaks toeverything that the Negroleagues embodies.

When youmake a way, when thereseemingly is no way.NashS they are the only placethat I"ve ever learnedabout what baseball was likebefore segregation ended andit was one of the only placesthat I"ve actually learnedabout segregation.STOWARDS THE END OF THEPROJECT - PART OF THEASSIGNMENT INCLUDEDSPENDING 10 HOURSDOING SOMETHINGRELATED TO THEORGANIZATION THEYCHOSE.AND NASH CHOSE TOLITERALLY RAISEDOUGH.NashSI chose a bake salebecause I love baking,I"ve been doing it for along time now and I thoughtno better way to raise moneythan a bake sale.SEVERAL WEEKS AFTERRIORDAN FIRST REACHEDOUT - Bob KENDRICK HEREAT THE MUSEUM GOT ANEMAIL, SAYING HE"DBAKED 46 DOZEN GOODIESOVER SPRING BREAK -HELD A VIRTUAL BAKESALE - AND RAISED $520TO SUPPORT THEONGOING WORK OF THENEGRO LEAGUES MUSEUM.KendrickSYou could see why myheart is absolutely overflowingwith joy.

I got a chance tomeet him last week and hedelivered the check, handdelivered the check tome.SKendrickSthe bigger picture isalready having anunderstanding of what itmeans to give back tosupport.

And to me that iseven more special.NashSWe are going through atough time with racial stuffright now and I think that ifyoulearn about how they got outof segregation and peoplenow could learn about howthey can end racialproblems.SIN Kansas City, GABRIELLAPAGAN, 41 ACTION NEWS.THE 520-HUNDREDOLLARS WILL GO INTOTHE MUSEUM'S OPERATINGFUNDS AS A GENERALDONATION.KENDRICK CALLEDRIORDAN AN EXTENSIONOF THE MUSEUM.WE WANT TO SHAREMORE STORIES OFPOSITIVE THINGSHAPPENING IN OURCOMMUNITY.SO IF YOU SEESOMETHING GOOD, POST APHOTO OR VIDEO ONSOCIAL MEDIA USING THEHASHTAG "WE SEE YOU."YOUR STORY MIGHT ENDUP ON-AIR AND ONLINE