PROVIDENCE – The Citizens Bank Foundation recently announced it will donate $75 to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank for every strikeout recorded by Pawtucket Red Sox pitchers this season, up to $75,000.
It is part of the “Strike Out Hunger” program, a partnership among Citizens, the food bank, the PawSox and Cox Communications.
In addition to Citizens’ donations, the PawSox will hold special food drives during games at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket on May 7, June 11, July 20 and Aug. 3. At each of those games, the first 1,000 patrons to donate two cans of tuna will get in free.
Cox Communications has created a public-service announcement promoting the campaign, for broadcast on local cable TV.
The Rhode Island Community Food Bank is a Providenc-based nonprofit serving about 50,000 Rhode Islanders through a network of nearly 400 member agencies. For more information or to make a donation, call 942-6325 or visit www.rifoodbank.org.
The Citizens Bank Foundation is the charitable-contributions vehicle of Citizens Bank, a division of the Providence-based Citizens Financial Group Inc. To learn more, visit www.citizensbank.com.
Cox Communications, a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, is a broadband communications and entertainment company with more than 6 million customers, including about 450,000 basic cable subscribers in New England. To learn more, visit www.cox.com.
