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In Spring 2009, Sports Gallery was proud
to become a sponsor of the San Francisco Giants.
The
Giants Baseball Club was founded in 1883 in New York where
they played at the Polo Grounds until 1957. They subsequently
moved across the country to their new home, San Francisco, California.
In SF, they've called three stadiums home - historic Seals Stadium,
infamous Candlestick Park, and their current jewel of stadium,
AT&T Park. In their almost 125 years of existence the Giants
have won 20 League Championships and 5 World Series. Most recently
they were the 2003 NL West Champions and winners of the 2002
NL Pennant.
The
Giants Community Fund uses baseball as a forum to encourage
youngsters and families to live healthy, productive lives. The
Fund supports Junior Giants summer leagues throughout Northern
California and collaborates with the efforts of the San Francisco
Giants to provide assistance to targeted community efforts in
the areas of Education, Health and Violence Prevention. Since
its inception in 1991, the Fund has donated over $10 million
to community efforts. The Junior Giants Program was established
as the flagship program and now serves 15,000 boys and girls,
ages 5 to 18 in more than 80 communities. In addition to supporting
public awareness campaigns at AT&T Park such as Until There's
A Cure Day, Organ Donor Awareness Night and Strike Out Violence
Day, the Fund also annually provides grants to charitable organizations
that provide important programs in health, education and violence
prevention.
Sports
Gallery + Giants Community Fund: And now the Giants, the
Giants Community Fund, and Sports Gallery are partnering together.
This Spring at Scottsdale Stadium, Sports Gallery was present
with our
SGA Mobile Gallery
holding silent auctions at each home game
to raise money for the Giants Community Fund. And now we're
a part of AT&T Park doing the same each and every game!
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