Established in 1999 to help organize and manage local youth baseball, the Buck Leonard Association for Sports and Human Enrichment (B.L.-A.S.H.E) is a community-based organization that engages and empowers our neighbors with programs that promote the health and well-being of our children and our community.Based on our roots and experience in early childhood development and Head Start, we engage children of low-income families in programs that promote active learning, personal enrichment, athletics and community pride; while empowering parents and caretakers with access to the services and resources they need to help create positive outcomes for their families. As lifetime residents of Rocky Mount, NC, we embrace our role as community caretakers in Edgecombe and Nash counties. We seek to connect the present to our past and instill a sense of civic pride, by preserving historic properties, conserving lands, and commemorating and celebrating the contributions of citizens past and present. Our mission to build for our future, while preserving and celebrating our past is made possible with a small staff of volunteers and several key partnerships with local businesses, organizations, and the city of Rocky Mount, NC. Through the efforts of these invaluable partners, the Buck Leonard Association for Sports and Human Enrichment has been able to sustain and grow the services we offer to our beloved community for over twenty years.