Penguins' foundation receives award from FBI for opioid charity work
The Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation has received the 2019 Director’s Community Leadership Award from the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office for its opioid addiction charity efforts.
According to a press release, the foundation works with FBI Pittsburgh’s Heroin Outreach Prevention and Education initiative.
The foundation provided a Penguins game experience to students who created public service announcement videos about the opioid epidemic. The foundation also worked with the Pittsburgh chapter of the Citizens Academy Alumni Association to provide incentives and grants to more than 100 area school districts and teachers.
“The Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation and Penguins organization are honored to receive this prestigious award for our community efforts in 2019,” Dave Soltesz, President of the Penguins Foundation, said in the release. “The Penguins take extreme pride in creating impactful and meaningful off-ice efforts, which wouldn’t happen without the support from our fans, staff, senior executives, players and coaches.”
Seth Rorabaugh is a TribLive reporter covering the Pittsburgh Penguins. A North Huntingdon native, he joined the Trib in 2019 and has covered the Penguins since 2007. He can be reached at srorabaugh@triblive.com.
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