Southeast Athletics team up to Strike Out Hunger during 2023 baseball season
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KBSI) – Southeast Missouri State University’s Department of Athletics is teaming up with the Southeast Missouri Food Bank to Strike Out Hunger during the 2023 baseball season.
For every strikeout by opposing hitters this year, Sikeston Jaycees, Midwest Sterilization, and SoutheastHEALTH will all donate $3 to the Southeast Missouri Food Bank.
Each strikeout by a SEMO pitcher will supply 36 meals to families facing hunger in the southeast Missouri region.
In 2022, Redhawk pitchers recorded more than 500 strikeouts.
“We are excited to team up again with the Southeast Missouri Food Bank,” said Senior Associate Director of Athletics for External Operations Nate Saverino. “The fight against hunger across the region never stops and this partnership is a win-win for our community and generous sponsoring partners.”
“We are so excited to partner with SEMO Athletics and the Redhawk baseball team for the first Strike Out Hunger campaign,” said Joey Keys, chief executive officer of SEMO Food Bank. “After the great success of Sack Hunger in the fall, this is a wonderful way to continue supporting SEMO Athletics while helping neighbors facing hunger across southeast Missouri. We appreciate our sponsors stepping up to the plate to fight hunger!”
Sikeston Jaycees, Midwest Sterilization and SoutheastHEALTH are also involved in the cause.
River Radio will air public service announcements during Redhawk baseball broadcasts on SEMO ESPN throughout the 2023 campaign. River Radio is official radio broadcast partner of SEMO Athletics.
Fans who wish to join the Redhawks in the fight against hunger can donate to the Southeast Missouri Food Bank at SEMOFoodBank.org.
The Southeast Missouri Food Bank provides food to 140 food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters in 16 southeast Missouri counties. They include Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Ste. Genevieve, Stoddard, and Wayne counties.
It also provides mobile food distributions, monthly boxes of food to eligible seniors and weekend backpacks of food to 1,200 students in 30 school districts.
The Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo has been a tradition in Sikeston, Mo. for more than 70 years. Every year, the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo brings more than 500 top PRCA cowboys and cowgirls to southeast Missouri and brings top-tier musical acts every year. The Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo donates more than $125,000 annually to the surrounding areas to numerous organizations. The Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo has been nationally recognized as a Top 40 Outdoor Rodeo in the country. In 2021, the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo was recognized as the Great Lake Circuit Rodeo of the Year. The Great Lake Circuit covers Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin PRCA rodeos. The Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Committee prides itself for being the largest volunteer-only rodeo in the nation.
Within the SoutheastHEALTH network are more than 51 care locations in 11 communities, including hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics representing over 30 clinical specialties and extending care for patients in a four-state area.
Midwest Sterilization Corporation is located in Jackson, Mo. and sterilizes medical devices for device manufacturers. MSC provides sterilization for more than 40 percent of the nation’s sterile procedure trays, representing every two out of five surgeries in the United States.
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