St. John’s Bread and Life to Host Baseball Outing to Raise Funds for Sponsor-A-Family Program August 7, 2009

St. John’s Bread & Life (SJB&L), Brooklyn’s largest and likely the nation’s most high-tech soup kitchen, is celebrating “Christmas in August” by hosting a baseball outing to raise funds for its annual holiday program, Sponsor-A-Family. Attendees will watch the Brooklyn Cyclones take on the Jamestown Jammers at Brooklyn’s historic Keyspan Park in Coney Island. The event will be held Friday, August 7th, with a picnic on the party deck at 5:30 p.m., game time at 7 p.m., and post-game fireworks.

Sponsor-A-Family provides needy families with more than 2,000 holiday food packages and 4,500 new, unwrapped toys. The program lets families in a number of Brooklyn and Queens communities enjoy a meal and gifts in their own homes, regardless of their economic status.

Tickets to “Christmas in August” are $125 per person (includes entrance and picnic) and $400 for a family pass for two adults and children under 15. For tickets, please call Dorothy Kellogg at (718) 574-0058, extension 145, or purchase them online at www.breadandlife.org.

Official Website: http://www.breadandlife.org