WooSox Pitchers Strike Out Food Insecurity
On Tuesday, Worcester Red Sox pitchers Brian Keller, Geoff Hartlieb, and Durbin Feltman visited the Worcester County Food Bank to take a closer look at the impact they are making for the city. The pitchers toured the food bank alongside WooSox Founding Partner, Fallon Health. The Worcester-based company’s mission to
On Tuesday, Worcester Red Sox pitchers Brian Keller, Geoff Hartlieb, and Durbin Feltman visited the Worcester County Food Bank to take a closer look at the impact they are making for the city.
The pitchers toured the food bank alongside WooSox Founding Partner, Fallon Health. The Worcester-based company’s mission to improve health inspired the Strike Out Hunger campaign, which promotes food security.
At Polar Park’s Gate A entrance, named Fallon Health Square, each Sunday fans are asked to donate non-perishable food items in marked bins. This is just part of the twofold campaign in which “K”-marked cards are passed out to fans upon entrance to help celebrate the pitchers’ strikeouts.
The celebration is well deserved. For every WooSox strikeout, Fallon Health pledged to donate $50 to the Worcester County Food Bank.
The Worcester County Food Bank alone provides over 100,000 meals each week to families and community members in need. The food bank distributes food to communities across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, so these pitchers represent much more than just the Worcester community.
This tour of the facility allowed WooSox pitchers to see how each strikeout they collect helps put a meal on someone’s table.
Worcester County Food Bank CEO Jean McMurray told the pitchers, “Food insecurity may affect more than you think, you may be helping your own neighbors or a family three towns away.”
The players were all grateful to be making an impact on the community of Worcester. And the WooSox pitchers walked away with a little extra motivation heading into their homestand against the Charlotte Knights.