Date: Friday, November 4, 2010
Contact: Katy Barrett
KB Marketing Associates, LLC
(860) 538-2633
katy@kbmarketingassociates.com
KEVIN YOUKILIS HITS FOR KIDS
AND WRAPPED UP IN SPORTS, INC.
ANNOUNCE “GIVE THANKS AND QUILT” CAMPAIGN
A holiday season campaign to inspire quilters to make sports-inspired quilts for kids at The Italian Home for Children
Boston, MA - Looking for a unique way to give back this holiday season? Kevin Youkilis Hits for Kids is teaming up with Wrapped Up in Sports, Inc. in an effort to bring joy this holiday season to the children being served by The Italian Home for Children, one of Youkilis’ favorite charities that treats and houses emotionally and behaviorally challenged children of all races, nationalities and religions.
Kevin Youkilis Hits for Kids and Wrapped Up in Sports, Inc. are asking Red Sox and New England sports fans to produce Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots, Boston Celtics, or Boston Bruins inspired-quilts to be collected and presented by Kevin himself along-side Wrapped Up in Sports, Inc. this December to children at The Italian Home for Children.
Between now and December 15th, you can participate in “Give Thanks and Quilt” by producing quilts and submitting them to Wrapped Up in Sports, Inc. For more details, sample patterns, and to learn how to donate a quilt, please visit www.wrappedupinsports.org.
Working with Kevin Youkilis Hits for Kids is the ideal collaboration for Wrapped Up in Sports, Inc. “Kevin Youkilis Hits for Kids has had an amazing impact supporting underfunded organizations in New England. Their mission is so strongly related to ours that teaming up just felt like a homerun,” says Kate McCullough, President and Founder of Wrapped Up in Sports, Inc., an organization founded last year that is dedicated to making, collecting, and donating professional sports teams-inspired quilts for children in medical, social, and mental-health need. Kate says, “It is our hope that fans of Kevin Youkilis and the charities he supports will rally together to help create enough quilts to give the kids of The Italian Home for Children quilts to provide them with comfort and pride as they cheer on their beloved sports teams”.
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Wrapped Up in Sports, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) tax exempt non-profit organization dedicated to making, collecting, and donating professional sports teams-inspired quilts for children in medical, social, and mental-health need. For more information about the organization, how to get involved, or to make a gift, please visit www.wrappedupinsports.org or contact Kate McCullough at (857) 891-1612 or kate@wrappedupinsports.org.
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Kevin Youkilis Hits for Kids is a charitable organization founded by Boston Red Sox infielder Kevin Youkilis, dedicated to rallying local and corporate support for charities and organizations focused on the health and wellbeing of children. Kevin Youkilis Hits for Kids teams up with existing community-based children's charities and medical research programs in New England and in Kevin's home town of Cincinnati, to help them raise money and awareness.
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The Italian Home for Children is a residential and day treatment facility for emotionally and behaviorally challenged children of all races, nationalities and religions. On any given day about 100 children attend the programs in the Jamaica Plain campus, while about 20 children are enrolled in the Cranwood programs in East Freetown, MA. All of our children, boys and girls, range in age from 4 to 13 years old. The Italian Home for Children specializes in the assessment and treatment of a variety of behavioral and mental health concerns. Every year the Italian Home assists over 500 children and provides its services to children throughout Massachusetts.
