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Rheem Goes to the Ballpark with the Kevin Harvick Foundation
Rheem and The Foundation have
again teamed up to give local youth a fun-filled day of sports,
games, prizes and entertainment. On Wednesday, July 13, Rheem and
the Kevin Harvick Foundation hosted a group of 50 youth from the
Boys and Girls Club of Manchester at the Northeast Delta Dental
Eastern League All Star Game.
As part of the event, Rheem
presented a donation of $50,000 to the Kevin Harvick Foundation so
that it can further its efforts to enrich the lives of children in
the U.S. The event featured a private tour of the Northeast Delta
Dental Stadium in Manchester for the members of the Boys &
Girls Club, a homerun derby featuring Kevin and DeLana Harvick and
members of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, and a special appearance
in which Harvick drove the No. 33 Rheem Chevrolet Impala around
the warning track to the area near home plate to throw first pitch
and accept check presentation from Rheem to the Kevin Harvick
Foundation.
The children from the Boys &
Girls Club of Manchester featured in the check presentation
ceremony were: Jasmine Berg, Dylan Feliciano, Elvin Barbosa, Josh
Lee and Craig Taylor.
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Rheem and The Kevin Harvick
Foundation also provided tickets to the youth of the Boys &
Girls Club of Manchester for the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at
New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, July 16. Kevin Harvick,
a two-time NASCAR Nationwide Series champion, is one of the top
drivers in NASCAR today. Harvick drives the No. 29 Chevrolet
Impala for Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series. He has three wins thus far this season and is currently
ranked second in the Sprint Cup Series Driver’s Point standings.
Harvick and his wife DeLana
co-own Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI), which they founded 10 years ago.
With two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championships to their
credit, KHI has built a reputation of integrity and
competitiveness within the NASCAR community. This season, the
organization fields three full-time Truck Series teams and two
full-time NASCAR Nationwide Series teams. KHI’s No. 2 Nationwide
Series team with driver Elliott Sadler is contending for the 2011
Nationwide Series Driver’s Championship while KHI’s No. 33
Rheem Chevrolet team contends for the series Owner’s
Championship. In addition, KHI's No. 33 Truck Series team is
contending for the 2011 Driver’s Championship and the No. 2 KHI
team is currently ranked second in the Truck Series Owner’s
Point standings.
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