The Rhode Island Community Food Bank and the Citizens Bank Foundation have announced a summer-long partnership with the Pawtucket Red Sox and Cox Communications to “Strike Out Hunger” across the state.
Throughout the 2007 PawSox baseball season, the foundation will donate $50 to the food bank for each strikeout by a PawSox pitcher, up to a maximum of $50,000. Cox will promote the effort with public service announcements.
“Donations to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank during the summer are critically low and for many families, the need is higher at this time of year,” said Joseph J. MarcAurele, chairman, president and CEO of Citizens Bank of Rhode Island. “Children who were receiving school breakfast and/or lunch at school are home for the summer, placing additional stress on already tight household food budgets. We encourage all Rhode Islanders to join us along with the Pawtucket Red Sox and Cox Communications to help Strike Out Hunger this season and make an important difference for families in need.”
