The Arizona Diamondbacks sink their teeth into the top this week!
June 3-June 9, 2012
1st Gold Star: Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona Diamondbacks President & CEO Derrick Hall took part in a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil the D-backs Pediatric Dental Suite at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH). A.T. Still University is a 2011 recipient of the D-backs’ $50,000 Grand Slam Award funded by the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation. A portion of the funds from the Grand Slam award will go toward providing uncompensated oral care for children from low income families. Children ages birth to 12 from low income, working poor families receive care at ASDOH’s pediatric clinic. Most of them are uninsured (93.77%), or have parents who are either unemployed or are struggling to pay their bills. Awesome job, D-Backs!
Additionally, D-backs outfielder Chris Young will host kids from various branches of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix at a D-backs game during each homestand from now through August. Young will donate the tickets and provide $10 in D-bucks for each kid to be used on food and beverage options at Chase Field. Kids will have the opportunity to meet Young on the field prior to the game. How awesome is that?
2nd Gold Star: Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets players, coaches, mascots, dancers and ambassadors visited with children at Healing Waters Family Center as part of the Nuggets Team Fit Program and Hunger Free Colorado/Share our Strength No Kid Hungry Summer Food Program. Team Fit encourages young athletes to practice good fitness and nutrition fundamentals. The No Kid Hungry Campaign provides free meals to kids and teens age 18 and under at many sites throughout Colorado.
3rd Gold Star: Orlando Magic
For a second consecutive year, the Orlando Magic is helping Osceola County’s Education Foundation shape the lives of children and give them hope for the future.Through a $20,000 grant to the Education Foundation’s Bookmark Buddies Club, the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation, a McCormick Foundation Fund (OMYF-MFF) is enabling the Osceola County schools to aid third-graders who are struggling with their reading. Of the 300 kids who participated in the program, 97 percent of them went on to pass the F-CAT and advanced in school. The Magic continue to show they care about the community!
Other teams doing great things this week include:
- The Milwaukee Brewers attended the Breast Cancer Showcase
- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers answering a letter and visiting a school and then donate money to help vandalized sports programs
- The Tampa Bay Rays and Matt Joyce kick off the 5th Season of Reading With the Rays program
- The Buffalo Bills held a blood drive
- Former Jacksonville Jaguar offers safety camp
- New York Yankees have Military Appreciation
