Beyond HVAC: A Night with the Little Ducks

Some of our favorite days have very little to do with heating and cooling. Our Jodway crew recently traded tools for baseball gloves and spent the day volunteering as buddies with Medina’s Miracle League—a program that has held a special place in our family for years.
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Some of the best Jodway traditions have very little to do with heating and cooling.
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For as long as we can remember, Jodway Heating & Cooling has been a proud sponsor of the Miracle League of Northeast Ohio, an organization that gives individuals with physical and developmental disabilities the opportunity to experience the fun of playing baseball.

​For our family, this one is especially close to our hearts.

Ryan’s cousin, McKenna, has Down syndrome and plays for the Little Ducks. Ryan’s parents, Mike and Kolleen, began sponsoring the team years ago, and when Ryan and I took over Jodway, it was a tradition we were happy to continue.

This June, we got to do a little more than cheer from the sidelines.

​Our Jodway crew volunteered as buddies for one of the Little Ducks’ games. We headed out onto the field with the players, helped field balls, ran the bases, talked and laughed between plays, and got to experience the game right alongside them.

One of my favorite parts of the night was meeting a boy who discovered that Ryan and I knew a little something about Mario. That was all it took! We spent quite a bit of the evening talking about Mario, video games and his favorite characters. It was one of those completely unplanned little conversations that ends up being what you remember most.

​I also loved getting to experience the night with our Jodway crew. We spend plenty of time together at work, but there’s something different about stepping outside of our normal roles and doing something together simply because it’s good for our community—and fun.

Watching the Little Ducks play is a pretty great reminder of what sports are supposed to be about. There was excitement over every hit, plenty of encouragement, lots of smiles and an entire field full of people enjoying the game together.
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We may have gone there thinking we were volunteering to help with a baseball game, but I’m fairly certain we walked away having just as much fun as the players did.
And that’s exactly why this is one Jodway tradition we’re proud to keep going.

Stay cool. Stay cozy. Stay Jodway.
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