Rebuilding Together® helps renovate California nonprofit
Washington, D.C.-based Rebuilding Together, NRCA's national charity partner—along with Major League Baseball (MLB), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Bank of America—celebrated the grand opening of Orange, Calif.-based nonprofit organization Mary's Kitchen July 10 after renovating its facilities during the past month, according to MLB.com.
Mary's Kitchen provides food, clothing and other social services daily to more than 150 hungry, homeless and working poor in Orange County, including 30 U.S. Armed Services veterans. Bank of America and Rebuilding Together began renovating the facilities June 5 and finished the project after 770 hours of work by more than 150 volunteers.
The project is part of MLB's "Going Beyond" initiative and MLB All-Star Week. NRCA Executive Vice President and Rebuilding Together Chairman of the Board Bill Good; MLB President and Chief Operating Officer Bob DuPuy; Angels Chairman Dennis Kuhl; City of Orange Mayor Carolyn Cavecche; Bank of America Regional Executive Allen Staff; and Mary's Kitchen Board President Gloria Suess were part of the celebration's ribbon-cutting ceremony.
"This was Rebuilding Together's first event done in cooperation with Major League Baseball, and we hope it will be the start of a long relationship," Good says. "MLB and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim could not have been more generous or better to work with. We're looking forward to doing bigger and better things before next year's All-Star Game in Phoenix and hope to involve a number of NRCA members in that area."
To view photos from the event, click here.
7/13/2010
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