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Help Strike Out Hunger, you can win free ticket to future Reds game

Help Strike Out Hunger, you can win free ticket to future Reds game
FOR GREAT AMERICAN BALL PARK IS OK, ESPECIALLY TONIGHT WHERE THE WEATHER IS HOT, BUT STILL IS LOOKING LIKE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FOR SOME BASEBALL, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WE ARE PLAYING THE CARDS SO EXPECTING A GOOD CROWD. ALL THE BETTER FOR THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE WE ARE PARTNERING WITH ST. VINCENT DE PAUL AND THE REDS TO STRIKE OUT HUNGER. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS BRING THREE NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS WITH YOU IF YOU ARE HEADING TO THE BALLPARK TONIGHT OR TOMORROW NIGHT. BOTH GAMES YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FROM 5:00 TO 7:30 AND YOU WILL GET A VOUCHER FOR A FREE TICKET FOR A REDS GAME HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE. IT IS A GREAT CAUSE TO SUPPORT. I WAS JUST SPEAKING WITH ST. VINCENT DEPAUL AND THEY WERE TELLING ME HOW THERE IS SUCH A NEED THIS YEAR BECAUSE FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING WITH FOOD INSECURITY HAPPENING SUMMER THERE IS THE NEED NOT JUST WITH ST. VINCENT DEPAUL BUT MANY OTHER FOOD PANTRIES AROUND CINCINNATI. IF YOU CAN SEE THESE BLUE BINS OVER HERE, THEY WILL BE AROUND THE BALLPARK RIGHT BY THE HALL OF FAME. THESE WILL BE OUT. THAT IS WHERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DROP OFF FOOD ITEMS. ASHLEY: VERY COOL. I KNOW IT IS HOT OUT THERE BUT THIS IS FOR A GREAT CAUSE. HOW LONG WILL THIS BE GOING ON? ALLISON: IT IS A GREAT CAUSE. IT IS TONIGHT FROM 5:00 TO 7:30, ABOUT ONE HOUR AFTER FIRST PITCH AND THE SAME HOURS FOR TOMORROW NIGHT AS WELL. ST. VINCENT DEPAUL WAS TELLING ME HOW SOME PEOPLE COME OUT TO THE FRIDAY NIGHT GAME, REALIZE IT IS GOING ON, AND BRING CANS ON SATURDAY NIGHT. OVERALL, A GOOD CAUSE. SHEREE: WE ARE MISSING YOU HEAR ON THE COUCH, BUT GLAD YOU ARE ALLISON: SUPPORTING A GREAT CAUSE. ALLISON:I MISS YOU GUYS TOO. IF WE HAVE TIME, THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF NEEDS. I BROUGHT SOME CANS WITH ME. SOME OF THEIR MOST HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS THEY ARE HOPING TO GET, ANYTHING WITH HIGH-PROTEI
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Help Strike Out Hunger, you can win free ticket to future Reds game
The Cincinnati Reds, St. Vincent de Paul and WLWT are teaming up to help strike out hunger across Greater Cincinnati and the tri-state area. Reds fans are invited to join our food drive on Friday, July 22 and Saturday July 23 at the Great American Ball Park as the Reds battle the St. Louis Cardinals. Fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable food donations to the park. Volunteers will be located near the ballpark’s main entrance on Crosley Terrace, as well as along Joe Nuxhall Way near the Reds Hall of Fame & Museum to accept donations.Anyone who donates three or more non-perishable food items will receive a free ticket to a future Reds game. Limit one ticket per fan. We’ll see you at the ball park! Reds fans typically donate more than three tons of food, or enough to provide 5,300 meals to struggling families.For more information, click here.

The Cincinnati Reds, St. Vincent de Paul and WLWT are teaming up to help strike out hunger across Greater Cincinnati and the tri-state area.

Reds fans are invited to join our food drive on Friday, July 22 and Saturday July 23 at the Great American Ball Park as the Reds battle the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable food donations to the park.

Volunteers will be located near the ballpark’s main entrance on Crosley Terrace, as well as along Joe Nuxhall Way near the Reds Hall of Fame & Museum to accept donations.

Anyone who donates three or more non-perishable food items will receive a free ticket to a future Reds game.

Limit one ticket per fan. We’ll see you at the ball park!

Reds fans typically donate more than three tons of food, or enough to provide 5,300 meals to struggling families.

For more information, click here.