America’s Promise Alliance selected to take part in MLB and State Farm Go to Bat program
8/16/2010
By Cynthia Hobgood
America’s Promise Alliance has been named one of several featured charities by State Farm and Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the new Go To Bat program. State Farm and MLB unveiled the initiative and organizations it will benefit at the annual State Farm Home Run Derby July 12 in Anaheim, CA. The 10-week program will allow baseball fans and other individuals to raise money for select charities through their participation in an online home run derby game.
State Farm and MLB selected the eligible charities based on their efforts to address four main pillars of focus: education, health, human services and community service. A sampling of the other charities participating include: Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, American Heart Association, Teach for America, Mothers Against Drunk Driving and American Red Cross.
Go To Bat will not only honor those organizations that work to improve American communities, but also engage MLB fans and reward their initiative. Each week, State Farm will randomly select an online winner of the Home Run Derby game to receive a trip for two to the 2010 World Series. State Farm will also donate $100 to the winner’s selected charity for each homerun hit at any MLB game during that week. The charity with the greatest number of entries at the conclusion of the program will receive a grand prize of $25,000.
“America’s Promise Alliance is excited to be participating in this great initiative and we are grateful to State Farm and Major League Baseball for selecting us,” said Marguerite Kondracke, president and CEO, America’s Promise Alliance. “The Go To Bat program is a unique cross-sector initiative that provides America’s favorite past-time with an opportunity to help address the critical challenges facing our nation, which is yet another way we are striving to mobilize this country to help end the dropout crisis.”
State Farm’s dedication to strengthening education and helping increase the nation’s graduation rate has made them an essential partner in the Alliance’s Dropout Prevention summit work and presenting sponsor of the new Grad Nation campaign.
We need your help!
You can help support the work of the Alliance by entering the contest. To select America’s Promise Alliance as your charity to play for, look for us under “Education” and then select America’s Promise Alliance from the dropdown list of charities. The more home runs you hit, the more entries you’ll get in the weekly drawing for World Series tickets.
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Enter: Sign up and get an automatic entry every week! Earn another entry every day you log in!
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Pick your Team: Choose a charity you will Go To Bat for. If you win – they win!
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Swing for the Fences: Hit as many home runs as possible and earn up to 10 more entries each day!
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Recruit your Friends: Tell your friends to pick a charity and play ball for a good cause.
To learn more about or participate in the Go To Bat program visit: www.statefarm.com/gotobat.