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In their continued efforts to support youth education, the Angels have teamed up with the Orange County Office of Education and the AVID Program to form Angels Scholars. Created in 2006, the Angels Scholars program annually awards college scholarships to five academically talented, financially disadvantaged public middle school students in Orange County. The Angels Baseball Foundation will award each Angels Scholar $4,000 (plus accrued interest) upon their acceptance into a four-year college. Every year, the new class of Angels Scholars is recognized during an on-field pre-game ceremony at Angel Stadium. Click here for more information on Angels Scholars.

The Angels kicked off their Adopt-A-School program in 2007 by adopting five local elementary schools and five local high schools. Every year, the Angels and the Angels Baseball Foundation "adopts" a new class of ten schools. Angles players, broadcasters, Alumni and the Angels Strike Force visit the elementary schools and speak to the students about the importance of working hard, reading and staying in school. As a part of the Adopt-A-School program, the Angels Baseball Foundation donates tickets, a $1,000 grant and school supplies to each elementary school. The Foundation donates tickets and $2,500 to each of the five adopted high schools to assist their softball and baseball programs in the areas of equipment, uniforms and field/facility renovation. All schools are honored at a pre-game ceremony during the season. Click here for more info on the 2009 Adopt-A-School class.

The Angels Baseball Foundation and Beach Pit BBQ have teamed up with over 50 Orange County libraries to offer Home Run Readers, a summer reading program for all ages. Kids can check out fun books to read and keep track of their reading to win great Angels prizes and much more! Click here for more info on Home Run Readers.

The Angels annually honor high school students and athletic teams who have earned athletic and scholastic recognition through the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). CIF honors high school athletic teams based on their cumulative grade point average. Individual award recipients must be seniors who have maintained a minimum 3.5 grade point average in college-prep courses over the past three years. These students must also have earned a Varsity letter in at least one sport and participated in an additional extracurricular activity. Students are honored on the field during a pregame ceremony and given tickets to enjoy a night of Angels Baseball.

Every year on Dr. Seuss' birthday, the Angels join schools across Southern California to celebrate reading during Read Across America Day. In conjunction with the National Education Association's Read Across America event, Angels Alumni, Strike Force and front office staff attended local schools to read aloud in classrooms and share the importance of reading.

Throughout the year, the Angels and their wives visit local hospitals to help brighten the days of the patients and their families. Players and coaches make special appearances to distribute Angels items, sign autographs, pose for pictures and visit with the children and their families. The Angels often visit Miller Children's Hospital at Long Beach Memorial, Children's Hospital of Orange County, UCI Medical Center and the Veterans Hospital in Long Beach.

The Angels are proud to partner with Major League Baseball and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation in their fight against breast cancer. Prior to the home game on Mother's Day, the Angels and representatives from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation honor breast cancer survivors during a pre-game ceremony. Also on Mother's Day, the Angels join teams across MLB in supporting the cause by wearing pink wristbands and pink ribbons on their uniforms. Players will also have the opportunity to use pink bats for day. The bats will later be auctioned off to raise money for this important cause.

The Angels and Major League Baseball celebrate the annual Prostate Cancer Foundation Home Run Challenge with a pregame ceremony prior to the game held on Father's Day. The Home Run Challenge takes place the week prior to Father's Day with events scheduled at stadiums across the nation. As a tribute to fathers and the Prostate Cancer Foundation, players, managers, coaches, trainers, umpires and Groundskeepers throughout Major League Baseball wear blue wristbands and uniform decals on Father's Day.

During the Home Run Challenge, each home run hit in 60 selected games leading up to Father's Day raises money to fight prostate cancer. Individuals can make a pledge to the Home Run Challenge by visiting www.prostatecancerfoundation.org or by calling 1-800-798-CURE (2873). Fans can make a monetary pledge for each home run hit during the week's games, including all games played on Father's Day. All money raised throughout the week goes directly toward prostate cancer research.

The Angels Baseball Foundation annually partners with Children and Families Commission of Orange County and Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County to promote healthy tooth-brushing habits. Together, they have distributed over 100,000 toothbrushes to all preschool and elementary school children throughout Anaheim and Orange County.

Since, 2002 the Angels have partnered with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to sponsor the Light the Night Walk. Angels President Dennis Kuhl serves as the Light the Night Walk President. This special fundraising event is held at Angel Stadium and is an annual celebration and commemoration of lives touched by cancer. All walkers carry balloons: cancer patients and survivors carry white illuminated balloons, while cancer supporters carry red illuminated balloons. To participate in this year's walk, please visit www.lightthenight.org.

The Angels Baseball Foundation is a proud partner and supporter of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Orange County. In 1999, the Angels, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Orange County and Major League Baseball partnered together to create the Angels' Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) League. This youth program, offered to Orange County Boys & Girls Club members, provides an opportunity for 12 to 18-year-olds to play baseball and softball and learn important life skills. All RBI League players receive a full game uniform and a league cap. Participants are also provided with catcher's gear, bats, balls and helmets.Click here for more information on the Angels RBI League.

Each season, the Angels RBI League hosts morning Baseball and Softball Clinics in the outfield of Angel Stadium of Anaheim. Members of the league, ages 12 to 18, work on their fielding, batting, sliding, and pitching skills in the outfield with Boys & Girls Club staff, local coaches, and Angels' players and coaches. They will also focus on QuickSMART, a Boys & Girls Clubs of America prevention program designed to give kids the skills to make wise choices in their daily lives. The Angels' RBI League, as a partnership of Major League Baseball, Angels Baseball and Boys & Girls Clubs Orange County, provides kids who would otherwise not have the chance, the opportunity to play baseball and softball in an organized league.

The Angels Rookie Ball program began in 1992 and is designed to reach children between the ages of four and 13. The Rookie Ball program, run through a partnership with Major League Baseball, emphasizes the basics of the game of baseball. The Angels have partnered with the cities of Anaheim and Riverside to provide the Rookie Ball program to local children. The past three years, the program reached over 1,000 youths in these two areas alone. The Angels contribute funds for materials needed to operate the program - such as catcher's equipment, bats, helmets, baseballs, pitching machines, gloves and bases.

Since 2006, the Angels and the Baseball Tomorrow Fund have teamed up to host the annual Equipment Drive to benefit local baseball and softball leagues. Fans are encouraged to bring new or used gloves, bats, balls, etc. to the ballpark and drop them off at any of the bins located at outside the stadium. The first 1,000 fans who donate equipment or $10 or more receive a commemorative Angels pin. Help support youth baseball and softball by participating in our next Equipment Drive!

In the Thanksgiving spirit, the Angels' Groundskeepers hold an annual Canned Food Drive the weekend before Thanksgiving. Fans are given the opportunity to step up to the plate at Angel Stadium and support their local community. All proceeds from the Thanksgiving Drive benefits Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County in the fight against hunger during the holiday season.

The Angels annually host a number of special events for Angels' Alumni, beginning with the Angels Baseball Foundation Golf Classic. The upcoming Golf Classic will be held at Pelican Hill Golf Course in Newport Beach. The tournament features 144 golfers and over 30 Angels Alumni. All funds raised from the tournament benefited the Angels Baseball Foundation and their mission to serve youth organizations in the local community.

For over seven years, the ARAMARK Chefs at Angel Stadium have hosted a spectacular lunch buffet for Angels fans and staff in the stadium's Knothole Club Restaurant. All diners are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped children's toy valued at $10 or more as their donation for lunch. Since it began, hundreds of toys have been collected and later distributed to local children at the Angels Children's Holiday Party and to the Salvation Army.

The Angels Baseball Foundation proudly hosts more than 200 children from 14 local non-profit organizations during its annual Children's Holiday Party at Angel Stadium in December. Angels players, coaches, Alumni and broadcasters help spread holiday cheer by reading The Night Before Christmas to the group and signing autographs. After the story, the children enjoy dinner, holiday crafts and a special visit from Santa. As they leave, each child also receives a special gift donated by Angels' employees and Aramark chefs during the prior week's toy drive.

The Angels' wives take an active role in the community throughout the season by contributing their time and effort toward charitable events, organizations and the Angels Baseball Foundation. Every year, the Angels and Color Me Mine host a paint party for the Angel wives and their children during a home game. Once completed, the children can take their pieces home as keepsakes and the wives' plates are signed by their husbands and auctioned off online. All money raised through the plate auction benefits the Angels Baseball Foundation.

Every season, Angel wives and girlfriends also build themed baskets, each containing items signed by players and coaches, game used items as well as team merchandise. Fans have the opportunity to help support the Angels Baseball Foundation by bidding on the baskets that feature items from their favorite Angel players and coaches. Some baskets also contain tickets to an Angels home game and a chance to see an Angels game on the road. All proceeds from the online auction benefit the Angels Baseball Foundation and its mission to support community related youth programs throughout the region.

In 2008, the wives group hosted their first Angels for Animals event at the ballpark. The Angels Baseball Foundation and the Angels' Wives joined OC Animal Care in effort to raise awareness for animal adoption and the importance of spaying and neutering pets.

Prior to the game, the Angels' wives sold $40 "mystery bags" containing baseballs autographed by 24 current Angels players and coaches. Additionally, $5 raffle tickets were sold for an opportunity to win team signed bats and other autographed Angels items. Fans also had the opportunity to meet many of the animals available for adoption at an OC Animal Care Center booth in front of the ballpark. The inaugural event raised over $19,000 for the Angels Baseball Foundation and local Orange County animal shelters!

The Angels provide speakers for local charitable, educational and civic groups. Former Angels share their insight about the Angels organization as well as their experiences and memories as a ball player. Former Angel players including Dave Frost, Bobby Grich, Jay Johnstone, Jim Anderson and Clyde Wright participate. For more information on the Angels Speakers Bureau, click here.

Help support the Angels Baseball Foundation by participating in our monthly Online Auctions! Twice a month, Angels fans will have the opportunity to bid on authentic Angels items, such as stadium banners, game used jerseys and autographed memorabilia. All proceeds from the online auctions will benefit the Angels Baseball Foundation and its mission to create and improve education, healthcare, arts & sciences, and community related youth programs throughout the region, in addition to providing children the opportunity to experience the great game of baseball and its countless positive attributes. Click here to find the current auction.

Imagine walking up to Angel Stadium and seeing your name or message inscribed on a brick in front of the Home Plate Gate. Simply purchase a 4" X 8" brick for $99, have either your name or a message inscribed on it, and become a permanent fixture on the entry diamond of Angel Stadium. Click here to order now.

The "behind-the-scenes" tour of Angel Stadium is both an enjoyable and educational experience. Attendees are invited to view areas that are normally restricted to the public. The complete tour includes a visit to the Press Box, Clubhouse, Bullpen, Dugout, and Angel Stadium's Suites. Tours of Angel Stadium of Anaheim are available year round and all donations support the Angels Baseball Foundation. To make a reservation, please call (714) 940-2070.

Commemorate a special occasion by displaying a message on the Angel Stadium scoreboard during an Angels home game. Scoreboard messages can now be purchased online for a cost of $30.00. Payment must be made prior to announcement. Click here for more information.

The Angels are happy to help numerous charitable organizations in Southern California that are dedicated to making a difference in our community. To help support these organizations, the Angels regularly donate various autographed and game-used items and game tickets to be used for fundraising auctions and raffles. If your organization is interested in a donation, please click here for more information.

Since its inception in 2004, the Angels Baseball Foundation has granted over $1,000,000 toward local causes, almost all involving children. The Angels Baseball Foundation has awarded many grants to worthy organizations throughout the community, ranging from music programs to at-risk youth shelters to local hospitals. If your organization is interested in applying for a grant through the Angels Baseball Foundation, please call the Angels Community Relations off at 714-940-2070.