Curemark CEO Gives Special Needs' Children a "Major League" Education

Released_By: Curemark
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Time: 04:10:07 PM

For_Immediate_Release

Rye, New York (MAY 13) Curemark, LLC, announced today that its founder and CEO, Dr. Joan Fallon, would continue to live a dual existence this spring and summer. From Monday thru Friday she spends all her energies moving the company rapidly toward clinical trials for a promising new enzyme replacement therapy for autism. On weekends, she combines her love of children and baseball as an umpire for the New Rochelle Challenger League.

The Challenger Division was established in 1989 as a separate division of Little League Baseball to enable boys and girls with physical and mental disabilities, ages 5-18 or the through the completion of high school, to enjoy baseball along with the millions of other children who play worldwide. Challenger players wear the same uniforms, shoulder patches and safety equipment as other Little League players.

Dr. Fallon is a graduate of the Harry Wendelstedt School, the training ground for Major League umpires. So she looked for a way to put baseball and children together and decided that the Challenger League might be the perfect fit. “The local league did not have an umpire for its’ Saturday afternoon games, so as to make the experience for the children more realistic”, Fallon said. "It is one of the most heartwarming experiences to see the Challenger league players, and their child volunteer "buddies" out on the playing field just enjoying baseball".

For all her scientific fame, Dr. Fallon is moved by the opportunity. “It is the highlight of my week. It’s such a wonderful thing to see the children participate in America’s game, and to do it in an environment where there is no judgment. I call “SAFE” all afternoon, and an occasional strike to keep the parent volunteer pitcher honest, but the kids get a charge out of being called safe when they reach their base. Everyone’s a winner.

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