How to support Calvin’s Remembrance

The C-will Fund for Buford Athletics

In memory of Calvin, the family is establishing the C-will Fund for Buford Athletics with the goal of developing a robust booster program that will allow all Charlottesville City middle school students to have access to high quality, well supported school sports activities. It is our vision that with these funds, Buford Middle School Athletics will have the infrastructure, facilities, and enthusiasm to bring together our Charlottesville community for decades to come.

Why is this important? Calvin’s parents, Elizabeth & Jason, are deeply committed to Charlottesville City Public Schools and Charlottesville-area baseball. They believe that involvement in sports offers children opportunities for support, growth, and relationships that are separate from both home and school. Calvin played baseball at times for his school and at times for community teams. He is an example of the type of athlete that most youth sports programs serve – not a rising phenom but someone who loved the sport and grew by participating in it. As one of his coaches, Adam Frazier, said, “He worked so hard and had heart.”  Calvin himself saw that in our community, private sports programs receive the most resources. Though young, he recognized this as part of larger structural inequities. By supporting athletic programs at Charlottesville’s public middle school, we hope to grow athletic skills, camaraderie, sportsmanship, and joy for all Buford students. 

The fiscal agent for this fund is the Black Knights Athletic Club (BKAC), a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 88-3765029). All donations are tax-deductible.  

You can contribute online via the link below. If you prefer to contribute by check, please make it payable to “Black Knights Athletic Club” and include “C-will Fund” on the memo line.

Checks can be mailed to Black Knights Athletic Club, PO Box 4662, Charlottesville, VA 22905