Michael Cuddyer and the Minnesota Twins Are Competing Off the Field To Build a Softball Field for Courage Center's Jr. Rolling Twins
15 MLB Clubs Vie for Pepsi Refresh Grant as Part of the Pepsi Refresh Project.
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI (1888PressRelease) July 29, 2010 - Courage Center has been chosen by the Minnesota Twins and Michael Cuddyer to be their charity partner for a $200,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant. The Twins are competing against 14 other Major League Baseball teams to win a grant to improve their community. In partnering with Courage Center and the Jr. Rolling Twins softball team, the Twins are hoping to build Minnesota's first accessible softball field for competitive wheelchair play.
Winning the grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project means that a dedicated wheelchair softball field would be available for practice or game-play at any time, not just when a parking lot was empty. The field would be designed and painted to look like a real softball/baseball diamond. The field would include dug-outs with canopies to keep players out of the sun when they aren't in the field and have permanent fences that designate a ball as foul or fair or as a home run.
Jan Malcolm, CEO, Courage Center said, "Participating in sports is an important part of growing up and living a full life. Sports help people build confidence, leadership and teamwork skills. We are proud that the Twins recognize the impact that providing an accessible competitive field will have for our wheelchair athletes."
Courage Center has two teams, one youth and one adult, that currently play in area parking lots; a third metro-area team would also use the field. The field would also be used by the teams to host regional and national tournaments.
Twins fans are encouraged to vote up to ten times each day. Voting ends Tuesday, August 17 at 10:59 p.m. CDT. Fans can cast their votes at www.mlb.com/PepsiRefresh or by texting
T-W-I-N-S to 76462.
About Courage Center
Courage Center is a nonprofit rehabilitation and resource center that advances the lives of children and adults experiencing barriers to health and independence. At Courage Center, we specialize in treating brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, chronic pain, autism, and disabilities experienced since birth. Founded in 1928, Minneapolis-based Courage Center offers advanced technologies and innovation provided in part through the efforts of thousands of volunteers and donors. For more information visit CourageCenter.org.
About Courage Center's Rolling Twins
There are two wheelchair softball teams managed through Courage Center, the Rolling Twins and the Jr. Rolling Twins. The youth team features players ages 7-16. The players learn fundamental softball skills like batting, fielding and base running in addition to the competition of games, some on a national level. The adult team competes both regionally and nationally. In 2008 the team finished second at the national tournament, improving over their third place finish in 2007.
About the Pepsi Refresh Project
The Pepsi Refresh Project is a groundbreaking effort to foster innovation in social good that will award more than $20 million this year to fund great ideas that help impact the world. Throughout 2010, Pepsi will fund ideas that will move the world forward in six categories: Health, Arts & Culture, Food & Shelter, The Planet, Neighborhoods and Education. The Pepsi Refresh Project, which launched Jan. 13, features significant social engagement around people and the power of ideas. People are encouraged to submit their ideas and to cast a vote for their favorite ideas at www.refresheverything.com.
About Pepsi
Pepsi is a product of PepsiCo Beverages Americas (PBA). In addition to the Pepsi trademark, the PBA portfolio includes the Mountain Dew, Sierra Mist and Mug trademarks in the carbonated soft drink category. PBA is a division of PepsiCo, Inc., which offers the world's largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands, including 19 different product lines that each generates more than $1 billion in annual retail sales. Our main businesses - Frito-Lay, Quaker, Pepsi-Cola, Tropicana and Gatorade - also make hundreds of other nourishing, tasty foods and drinks that bring joy to our consumers in more than 200 countries. With annualized revenues of nearly $60 billion, PepsiCo's people are united by our unique commitment to sustainable growth, called Performance with Purpose. By dedicating ourselves to offering a broad array of choices for healthy, convenient and fun nourishment, reducing our environmental impact, and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace culture, PepsiCo balances strong financial returns with giving back to our communities worldwide. In recognition of its continued sustainability efforts, PepsiCo was named for the third time to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and for the fourth time to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI North America) in 2009. For more information, please visit www.pepsico.com.
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