| Play Ball! Nonprofits and Baseball Team Up |
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| Thursday, 20 August 2009 22:03 |
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It’s August and people are thinking baseball – at least people in the nonprofit world. Several recent and upcoming programmatic and fundraising events are featuring partnerships with local teams.
Yesterday was “Amazin” for Habitat for Humanity New York City yesterday when four legends from the 1969 World Champion Mets turned out to help complete a four-story condominium complex in Brooklyn. Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Ed Kranepool and Joe Pignatano joined Citi and Habitat-NYC homeowner families as they neared completion of the multi-unit condominium building at 2331 Atlantic Avenue, in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Another Habitat build will take place this weekend at CitiField as volunteers frame out a “house in a box” to provide a home that will be located upstate.
HeartShare Human Services of New York will host “HeartShare Night at KeySpan Park” for a Brooklyn Cyclones game on August 24th. The agency will benefit from 25% or more of ticket purchases, which run $15 for a Field Box and $8 for General Admission. To buy tickets online, visit http://www.brooklyncyclones.com/tickets/promo/ and enter HeartShare as the Promotional Code. To buy tickets over the phone, call (718) 507-TIXX and mention HeartShare. Children attending the game can line up with the Cyclones players at their field positions for the National Anthem. Contact George Cincotta at (718) 422-3210 with your child's name and age.
The Staten Island Yankees will be stepping up to the plate for “Alzheimer’s Awareness Night” on September 3rd. A portion of each game ticket sold will go to the Alzheimer’s Association, New York City Chapter. To purchase a ticket visit www.alz.org/nyc. The deadline to order tickets is August 31, 2009
Monday will also see the conculsion of this year’s Citi Field Kids Program when 200 teen advocates who participate in the United Neighborhood Houses’ Campaign for Summer Jobs will celebrate a year of successful advocacy with a trip to the Met’s game. In all, over 1,000 kids from Settlement Houses across the city will have attended games and participated in special activities at Citi Field through the program.
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