Pirates pitcher Trevor Williams is teaming up with Pirates Charities for a $30,000 contribution to fund a drive-up food distribution with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
The donation is being made through the Home Plate Project, an MLB-wide initiative in partnership with Garth Brooks’ Teammates for Kids Foundation and Adam Wainwright and Kyle Gibson’s Big League Impact, which has raised nearly $1 million during the coronavirus crisis.
The food drive will be conducted on Monday at the Food Bank’s Duquesne headquarters, and will provide meals for up to 1,000 families in the region. In March, the Pirates and Pirates Charities also donated $50,000 to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank for multiple food distributions. Every $20 donated at pirates.com/FoodBank will purchase one box of emergency food for a family in the region.
“I am honored to again work with these incredible groups and make an impact locally with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to support children and families throughout Pittsburgh,” Williams said in a statement. “The idea of the Home Plate Project is to support some of the most vulnerable in our communities, and during this pandemic, we felt this help was needed immediately.”
