Cardinals Announce Feed The Future Campaign For Remainder Of 2024
CARDINALS ANNOUNCE FEED THE FUTURE CAMPAIGN
Chip Caray, Cardinals Care, and Bank of America Team Up to Raise Funds for Operation Food Search
ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 15, 2024 – The St. Louis Cardinals and Cardinals Care, the team’s community foundation, today announced the launch of the Feed the Future campaign in partnership with Chip Caray and Bank of America. For every double play the Cardinals turn for the remainder of the 2024 season, Bank of America will donate to Cardinals Care, who in turn will make a matching donation that will be distributed to Operation Food Search to help Feed the Future, ensuring children 18 years and younger receive the nutrition they need to grow and thrive.
“Double play calls will be extra special for me the rest of this season because for every one the Cardinals turn, a donation will be made to help feed youth in our community,” said Chip Caray, Cardinals play-by-play announcer. “It is an honor to lend my voice to this important initiative.”
“We are thrilled to be a part of this unique double play program, along with Cardinals Care, Chip Caray and Operation Food Search, to generate funds needed to help remove barriers to access nutritious food, a critical component to the success of youth in our community. Partnerships like these are an important part of Bank of America’s commitment to St. Louis,” said Katie Fischer, market executive, Bank of America St. Louis.
“We are truly grateful to Chip Caray, Bank of America and Cardinals Care for this exciting and impactful campaign,” said Kristen Wild, president and CEO of Operation Food Search. “Feed the Future puts the focus on kids at a time when the child poverty rate has more than doubled. Together, we are working to fight hunger, nourish lives and foster hope in our community.”
Fans are invited to join Chip in his efforts and donate at cardinals.com/feedthefuture. A donation of just five dollars will help provide a summer meal for a child or, during the school year, an afterschool or weekend meal. Each meal provided is nutritionally balanced to help the child thrive.
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ABOUT OPERATION FOOD SEARCH
Founded in 1981, Operation Food Search is a hunger relief organization that provides food, nutrition education and innovative programs in order to reduce food insecurity and increase equitable access to food. OSF serves 200,000 people every month through a network of 330 partners in 25 counties in Missouri and Illinois. They use a combination of immediate food assistance and supportive services, while also working on long-term solutions and systemic changes to help solve the problem of hunger.
ABOUT CARDINALS CARE
Cardinals Care was established to give fans a way to team up with Cardinals players and the organization to help children in our community—both on and off the baseball field. Established in 1997, Cardinals Care has invested over $31 million to support St. Louis area children, built or renovated 24 youth ball fields in local under-resourced neighborhoods, and distributed over $17 million in grants to nonprofit organizations.
Since 2004, Cardinals Care has orchestrated the innovative Redbird Rookies program, a free co-ed baseball/softball league for kids who otherwise might not have the opportunity to play. In addition to providing all the uniforms and equipment needed for each team, Redbird Rookies also provides extensive off-field support in the areas of health, education, mentoring and the cultural arts for each of the nearly 2,500 kids who participate in the program each year. In 2023, Cardinals Care launched the Cardinals Nike Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program in cooperation with Major League Baseball to provide greater baseball and softball opportunities for youth ages 14-18 in our community.
ABOUT BANK OF AMERICA
Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 69 million consumer and small business clients with approximately 3,800 retail financial centers, approximately 15,000 ATMs (automated teller machines) and award-winning digital banking with approximately 57 million verified digital users.
Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 4 million small business households through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and more than 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BAC).
