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“The Baltimore Orioles are committed to the goals of placing a consistent winner on the field and of developing the franchise as a community resource that supports civic, education and charitable outreach… An equally vital element to accomplishing our mission is that we accept and embrace our civic responsibilities.  Our mission is not only to win games on the field and provide entertainment, but it is to make the community-at-large a better place.” – Excerpt from the Baltimore Orioles’ Mission Statement

Partnered with over 800 non-profit groups in past year
Donations include cash contributions, tickets, auction items, resources and promotion

OriolesREACH Gameday Experience Program
Provides tickets, transportation, food, t-shirts and hats to over 10,000 underprivileged children each season

Community Visits
Kids clinics, hospital visits, military hospitals/bases, libraries, community centers, senior         centers

Educational Programs
Skin Cancer Awareness, Prostate Cancer Awareness, Breast Cancer Awareness, Summer Reading Program, Welcome Back Veterans, Environment

Major Donations and Contributions
Two $1 million contributions to Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation in 2001 and 2007
$2 million to ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Research
Donated over $9 million to charities under current ownership group, not including millions of dollars in donated items, resources and promotion

Community Drives
Food Drive – partnered with Maryland Food Bank to raise over $30,000 and 8,000 pounds of food over three days in 2008

Equipment Drive – Cardboard to Leather Program raised over $20,000

Blood Drive – annual partnership with Red Cross

Vehicle for Fundraising
High 5 Fundraising Program – raised over $700,000 for non-profit groups, including schools and children’s sports teams, in three years

Memorabilia Sales – raised over $100,000 for various charities in 2008

Shannon’s Fund – established $50,000 endowment to benefit cancer patients and continue to solicit donations on behalf of program

Supporter of the Arts
Most recently a $75,000 contribution to Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in August
OriolesREACH and Ripken Baseball partner on a variety of Youth Baseball initiatives

RBI Program – Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) provides a baseball league to over 300 inner city youth each season; the Orioles and Ripken Baseball fund the program 100%, making the Orioles the only MLB team to do so



Read more about Orioles Community Efforts
www.oriolesreach.com
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