Teen Introduces Baseball to Children with Special Needs
Volunteers, players and sponsors are needed for the program.
A teen with a love for baseball wants the world to know that "everyone can play." Owen Sarwatka, a Lutz resident, founded Everyone Can Play!, a program for players with special needs, as a sophomore at Tampa Catholic in 2010. On Jan. 12, Everyone Can Play will hold a clinic in Northdale at Northside Little League, 2650 N. Lakeview Drive. The clinic will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Now a senior at Academy at the Lakes in Land O' Lakes, Owen continues to work tirelessly toward the success of both his program as well as all of the athletes that participate in Everyone Can Play, mom and organization director Suzanne Sarwatka said. The program saw great success immediately, introducing a number of local children with special needs to the …
