Trevor Williams is teaming up with Pirates Charities to fund a drive-up food distribution with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
The event will take place on April 27 at at the Food Bank's Duquesne headquarters, and they will provide meals for up to 1,000 Pittsburgh families.
Williams is working through the Home Plate Project, an initiative supported by all 30 MLB clubs which has provided four million meals to support childhood hunger prevention in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Williams is one of of over 50 Major League Players who have raised nearly $1 million for the project.
“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. “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.”
This will be the second drive-up distribution the Pirates have been involved in since the COVID-19 shutdown. The other came in March, where team employee volunteers helped load cars.
"This event is a great example of what we, as a Pittsburgh community, can do together to help our neighbors,” Pirates president Travis Williams told DK Pittsburgh Sports during that event.
Pirates charities also donated $50,000 to the Food Bank ahead of the March distribution to help southewestern Pennsylvania residents in need. Pirates players teamed up in March to send meals to Allegheny General Hospitals workers.
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