[Westside]

Texas Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels and his wife, Heidi, donated a mansion and 100 acres of land in southwest Missouri to a charity that provides camps for children with special needs and chronic illnesses.

The donation of the 32,000-square-foot home to Camp Barnabas was made Friday. It was listed for $9,418,400, according to Realtor.com, at the time of the donation.

Cole Hamels said in a news release that he and his wife wanted to help the charity make children's dreams come true.

Cole Hamels and his wife, Heidi, donated their mansion in Missouri listed at $9.4 million to Camp Barnabas. Camp Barnabas
"Seeing the faces, hearing the laughter, reading the stories of the kids they serve; there is truly nothing like it," he said in the statement. "Barnabas makes dreams come true, and we felt called to help them in a big way."


http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/21808...on-charity

[Westside]

This was kind of baseball related yet the actually story wasn't baseball news so I posted it here. If you go to the link you will see a pic of the mansion. It looks amazing.

[Granny Bear]

When I see homes like this, the first thing that hits me is the maintenance. I know that if you could afford a home like this, you could afford a staff to maintain it but the first thing to hit my mind is how long it would take to vacuum that sucker!!

Nice donation to a worthy cause.