Help Sarah Kalkstein Recover From Injury

I love softball, and the community it has created here in Memphis, TN. My wife and I (Laura/ALF/Fortie) wanted to help out one of our dear friends who hit a rough spot this past week. She’s known this friend a little longer than I have, so I’ll let her voice take over.

“I’ve played softball my entire life. After moving back home to Memphis, I was lucky enough to be asked to join an all women’s softball team, Down & Dirty, in 2009. A few season’s later, one of the quickest outfielder’s I’ve ever had the pleasure of playing with showed up. Sarah Kalkstein.

Sarah, like the rest of us, had grown up playing ball around Memphis. After high school, she spent time serving her country overseas with the USMC. Somehow, a bunch of old ladies convinced this youngin to join our team, and we’ve been playing ball and winning games together for going on 10 years.

This past Sunday, Sarah was giving it her all (as she always does). She hit a deep fly, and took of towards first, but heard and felt a tear in her calf.

The MRI has confirmed that her calf is torn. As a new firefighter in the city of Hernando, she doesn’t yet have any sick time saved up to help get her through the 6-8 week recovery period. We wanted to create this gofundme to help her with funds to ensure her mortgage and living expenses are covered during this recovery time. If you know Sarah, you know she would do anything she could to help someone in need. Now, it’s her turn to receive a little help.” ~Laura