Shane Bieber
Philanthropy
Punch Out Cancer with Cookie
In honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and all that have been touched by cancer, New Balance and players across professional baseball are dedicated to action and raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Together, we will hit, pitch and steal our way to a cure. We dedicate this campaign to Cookie Carrasco and his courageous and inspirational fight with Leukemia. In September 2019, New Balance will match its athletes’ donations, and any consumer donations made on PunchoutCancerWithCookie.com, to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, up to $200,000. You can follow our performance & progress all month long by visiting the program homepage. Thank you for your support!
Teammates for Kids began in 1999 with the love and support of 67 Major League Baseball players who made a pledge to help kids. Since then, over 4,700 professional athletes from baseball, football, basketball, hockey, soccer, rodeo and racing have joined our team. "Once a Teammate ... Always a Teammate"
Big League Impact partners with professional athletes through unique, sports-related fundraising platforms to help people meet basic human needs like food, clean water, medical care, shelter, and education in an effort to save lives, restore dignity, and instill hope.
Our players come from across the world for one vital purpose: to bring positive change to the Earth and to our environment. Players for the Planet provides a platform for professional athletes to join forces to create lasting and measurable impact for our world and for future generations.