Maybin giving back to hometown through charity

Cameron Maybin has always loved his hometown of Asheville, N.C., and the picturesque city nestled near the Blue Ridge Mountains has long been faithful in returning the favor.

“I was the only kid in middle school that could dunk a basketball, so I had a following from an early age,” said the veteran Major Leaguer, now the newest member of the Angels’ outfield, with a laugh.

“People know my family. And I’ve tried to use my platform to give back. I still acknowledge where I’m from. I care about Asheville’s future.”

As the holiday season descended upon Asheville, and Maybin continued to soak in the remaining days of winter before heading to Tempe, Ariz., in February to begin the grind of another hopeful Spring Training and 162-game season, there was much work to be done.

The Maybin Mission, the charity run by Maybin and his wife, Courtney, embarked upon the inaugural Maybin Mission Holiday Project, a month-long philanthropic effort in conjunction with the Angel Tree program as a partnership with The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of Buncombe County, N.C.

The Project is sponsoring more than 30 children from the Boys & Girls Clubs that Maybin knows well, having once called it his daily after-school hangout spot, and it continues an initiative Maybin started on a more informal …

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