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Magic Players, UnitedHealthcare partner to feed Central Florida’s hungry

 

Dave Krepcho – President & CEO, Second Harvest Bank of Central Florida, checks the contents of food in one of the storage facilities at the Main Office, 411 Mercy Drive, Orlando, Florida, on July 3, 2013. (File Photo: WONO)
Dave Krepcho – President & CEO, Second Harvest Bank of Central Florida, checks the contents of food in one of the storage facilities at the Main Office, 411 Mercy Drive, Orlando, Florida, on July 3, 2013. (File Photo: WONO)

Orlando Magic players Maurice Harkless and Andrew Nicholson, Magic CEO Alex Martins, Magic Dancers and Orlando Magic staff will join UnitedHealthcare employees to provide 13,500 Hi-Five Packs to underprivileged children in Central Florida. Hungerford Elementary students will assist the Magic and UHC in assembling the food packs. The Hi-Five Kids Packs Program provides nutritious meals to underserved children who do not have access to school cafeterias during the weekend. Each pack contains kid-friendly food such as cereal, fresh milk and juice, fruit cups and more. The Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida partners with 23 public elementary schools in the tri-county area to distribute the Hi-Five Kids Packs to children who participate in the schools’ free and reduced-cost lunch programs.

WHO: 200 Magic staff members, Magic players, Magic Dancers,100 UnitedHealthcare employees, Hungerford Elementary students

WHEN: Thursday, March 6, 2014

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

WHERE: RDV Sportsplex (old Magic practice court, media enter at media entrance off Keller Rd.)

8701 Maitland Summit Blvd, Orlando, 32810

PROGRAM:

1:00 p.m. Opening remarks from Orlando Magic CEO Alex Martins, UnitedHealthcare of Florida Central Florida Division CEO T. David Lewis and Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida President/CEO Dave Krepcho

1:30 p.m. Packing begins

2:00 p.m. Players/children/dancers arrive to help assemble food packs

3:45 p.m. Closing remarks.

 

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