PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (WLOX) - Mississippi Gulf Coast Buddy Sports set sail in the Gulf to provide kids and adults with special needs an opportunity to enjoy a day on the water.

Mike Crawford founded the group in 2010 with about 30 kids, a handful of volunteers, and the love of baseball. Over the years, they have branched out from just being on the diamond.

“A lot of parents started asking, ‘Hey, what else are we gonna do?’ Or, ‘When are we gonna play Buddy Ball?’ So we decided, hey, we gotta get some other stuff going,” Mississippi Gulf Coast Buddy Sports Executive Director Mike Crawford said.

That decision led the group to start Fishing with Buddies in 2019, giving everybody a chance to cast a line and reel in some fish.

“We got this idea of, hey, what else do other people do for fun

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