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(Brewers Wives in photo: Greinke, Marcum, Lucroy, McGehee, Hart)
Brewer players and coaches Wives play an important role in our outreach efforts to support our community each season. Each summer, they team up with Brewers Community Foundation to raise funds through a number of special events. This season the proceeds from the events supported the tornado disaster relief funds, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Immunization Program, Reading is Fundamental, School Supplies for Milwaukee Public Schools, the Susan G. Komen Foundation and After Breast Cancer Diagnosis Program (ABCD). In addition, several of the wives along with their husbands support area children with game tickets, food vouchers and donations to youth baseball groups.
Through the Brewers Wives collective efforts, they raised more than $154,000 this season to support a number of great community causes.
Community Programs
Wives Dinner Deliveries
Each month, the Brewers Wives deliver meals to the Sojourner Family Peace Center, a safe haven for battered women and children. The wives serve the meals to the families and provide gift bags. The dinners are donated by Maggiano's Little Italy.
Wives Mystery Brown Bag Event
This season, fans were asked to donate $40 in exchange for a mystery bag which contained an autographed baseball by a Brewers player or coach. Brewers Wives were stationed at tables throughout the ballpark selling the mystery bags.
Wives Basket Raffle
In June, Brewers Wives sold raffle tickets for a chance to win a baskets filled with their husband's favorite things for a small donation at 2 for $10, 5 for $20 and Arms Span for $50.
Doug & Ellen Melvin events in support of Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Brewers General Manager Doug Melvin and his wife Ellen have been passionate supporters of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, ever since Ellen Melvin lost her mother to this disease. This season, they have generated $104,000 to support two organizations - Southwest Wisconsin Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and ABCD after Breast Cancer Diagnosis. The funds generated were split equally between the two organizations. This is the sixth year that the Melvins' have put together special events under the Step Up to the Plate banner to build awareness of and support for breast cancer research, health education, screening and treatment programs for women throughout Southeast Wisconsin.
Another fundraising effort hosted by the Melvins this season included "The Pink Tie Guy" cocktail reception, In six seasons, the Melvins' personal fundraising efforts have brought in more than $330,000 in support of the programs of the Southeast Wisconsin Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The Melvin family has been personally touched by the disease and began the series of Step Up to the Plate fundraising events in memory of Ellen's mother, Elsie Schultz, who died of breast cancer 20 years ago
