Savannah Bananas co-owners Jesse and Emily Cole permanently adopted two foster children and established a nonprofit organization named "Bananas Foster" to celebrate and educate about foster families.

Prior to fostering, the Coles had one biological son. They later became licensed foster parents and took in a two-year-old girl. One year later, they welcomed a newborn baby girl into their care who had tested positive for illegal substances. The Coles eventually adopted both girls.

"The goal of foster care is to just walk alongside these kids and these families until they can reunify safely with biological family," Emily Cole said. "So that was always our goal, was to just help these kiddos and welcome them into our family, but then, you know, send them home when time was ready."

At each Banana Ball game, a foster family is recognized on the field. "We believe we have a responsibility to just do good things in the world," Cole said. "And of course we're creating joy every night for people, but we know about this need in foster care, and fortunately we have this platform now, that we saw an opportunity to be able to use our platform to talk about something that is a topic in society that's not touched on a lot."

Molly Milroy heard about the team on "60 Minutes," signed up for the email list, and entered a lottery for August games at Target Field in Minneapolis. She was placed in Group 17 out of 17. After not securing tickets, she sent an email to the Savannah Bananas. The organization provided her mother, Char Milroy, with five tickets and backstage passes. The Man-nanas created a custom video to announce the prize, stating, "Hey, Grandma! It's your dad bod cheerleading squad. And we are here to tell you that in Minneapolis, you're coming to see us!" They added, "And we cannot wait to dance all over the stadium with you. We'll see you soon!" Char Milroy has five children, 17 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. "This is what we need now is something to keep everybody happy and forget about everything else," Char Milroy said.

The Savannah Bananas play a version of baseball called "Banana Ball" that includes rules such as awarding extra points for trick plays and an out if a fan catches a foul ball. Players perform actions including catching pop-ups with bare hands while doing a backflip, running to first base on stilts, and bouncing balls between their legs before throwing to first base. Before each pitch, players honor a local infant, known as the "Banana Baby," by kneeling around the child while "The Circle of Life" plays. The "Banana Nanas" program features grandmothers performing choreographed dance routines during games. Players also perform walk-up routines, lip-synching to music by artists such as Kendrick Lamar, the Village People, and Taylor Swift. The team has sold out Major League Baseball stadiums, including Fenway Park in Boston and Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, where 45,000 spectators attended a game last fall. Jesse Cole relayed a comment from a fan: "You gave me something that my daughter and I can bond over together. you have no idea how much this means to me." Cole said, "There are so few things in life that you can bring multiple generations to and they can connect over."