{"id":9736,"date":"2013-06-13T11:57:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T15:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/?p=9736"},"modified":"2013-06-13T11:57:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T15:57:11","slug":"red-sox-donate-to-local-charities-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/2013\/06\/13\/red-sox-donate-to-local-charities-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox donate to local charities"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cindy Venezia, Katie Haas, Ryan Kalish and\u00a0Barbara Wells with CCMI Preschoolers<\/p>\n

FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 13, 2013) \u2013\u00a0The Boston Red Sox<\/a> recently donated $10,000 to four local nonprofits as a follow-up to its 3rd<\/sup> Annual Week of Service, a weeklong series of volunteering and giving back to the Southwest Florida community.<\/p>\n

In February, the Red Sox organized a four-location, two-day volunteer effort in which Red Sox uniformed personnel and front-office staff volunteered at Habitat for Humanity of Lee County, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast, Treeline Elementary for CCMI\u2019s Backpack Program and the Harry Chapin Food Bank.<\/p>\n

Red Sox volunteers were involved in a variety of activities at each location including the rehabbing of affordable housing for families in need, assisting children who may not have a strong male or female presence in their lives with homework, arts-n-crafts and outdoor recreational games, filling backpacks with non-perishable food items for local elementary students that otherwise might go without a meal during the weekend and fighting hunger by helping the food bank package food items that will be sent to feed the needy across Southwest Florida.<\/p>\n

Each of these organizations received a donation of $2,500.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have supported various organizations in Southwest Florida for many years, but in 2011, we increased our involvement to highlight the good work of Lee County organizations that, every day, are serving people here who are most in need,\u201d said Larry Lucchino, Red Sox president and CEO. \u201cWe look forward to branching out and helping even more of our community neighbors as we grow in our new spring training home at JetBlue Park at Fenway South.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to volunteering at four local nonprofits during this year\u2019s Week of Service, the Red Sox held its 8th<\/sup> Annual Evening with the Red Sox benefitting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County raising more than $90,000 and its 20th<\/sup> Annual Boston Red Sox Children\u2019s Hospital Celebrity Classic raising $700,000.<\/p>\n

The Red Sox Foundation is a 501(c)(3) and the official team charity of the Boston Red Sox. The foundation\u2019s primary focus locally is in serving the health, education, recreation and social service needs of children and families across Southwest Florida. The Red Sox Foundation is one of the most successful in all of Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n

For more information or to stay updated, visit JetBlue Park\u2019s Facebook page at www.Facebook.com\/JetBlueParkFenwaySouth<\/a> or follow them on Twitter @FenwaySouth.<\/p>\n

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Katie Haas, Angela Melvin with Big Brothers Big Sisters, Ryan Kalish, Anthony Feliz and Jay Fandel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cindy Venezia, Katie Haas, Ryan Kalish and\u00a0Barbara Wells with CCMI Preschoolers FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 13, 2013) \u2013\u00a0The Boston Red Sox recently donated $10,000 to four local nonprofits as a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[886,887,73,888,889,27,711,28,29,76,80,247,82,890,30,427,277,891,892,893,16,111,242,894,19,243,895,896,897],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}