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Fifth Third Bank Hosts "Stand up to Cancer Night" at Coolray Field on Saturday, August 22

Published on August 19, 2015 under International League (IL1)
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(Atlanta) - Fifth Third Bank (Georgia) and the Gwinnett Braves will step up to the plate to help fight cancer when the Bank hosts a special Stand Up To Cancer Night with the Gwinnett Braves on Saturday, August 22. Tickets can be purchased at www.GwinnettBraves.com.

Fifth Third will offer fun, interactive fan activities during these special games at the ballparks, as part of the bank's ongoing commitment to raise money in support of cancer research. "How I Fight" is the theme of this year's campaign.

Fans also can participate in a Fifth Third promotion that allows new bank customers to help fight cancer when they open Essential Checking Accounts. The promotion, at www.53.com/howifight, follows the national trend of companies giving customers ways to give back as they shop or do business.

With Fifth Third Bank's campaign, the Bank gives customers $150, and gives $150 to Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) when customers open a new Essential Checking Account with direct deposit, and make three online bill payments. *

Fifth Third also will donate $1 to SU2C when fans share eligible posts using the #howifight hashtag on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Vine, up to $100,000 during the campaign.**

Since teaming up with SU2C in 2013, Fifth Third has helped raise more than $4.2 million in donations for the organization. This year's campaign runs through October 17.

"We invite those touched by cancer to come out to the ballparks and enjoy this special event with us," said Hal Clemmer, President, Fifth Third Bank Georgia. "To use some familiar baseball phrases, our goal, is to get 'ahead in the count' against cancer. Stand Up To Cancer's teams of researchers and scientists have been able to make significant scientific breakthroughs in cancer research and with the help of the Gwinnett Braves, the fans, and Fifth Third customers, we can hope to get one step closer to 'striking out' this disease once and for all."

In the U.S., one in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetimes, according to statistics collected by the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results program at the National Cancer Institute.

Stand Up To Cancer, a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is a breakthrough initiative that raises funds to accelerate innovative cancer research, enabling scientific collaboration in order to get new therapies to patients quickly. Fifth Third supports this collaborative approach and is committed to finding different ways to improve people's lives and better our communities. As such, Fifth Third began working with SU2C in 2013 when the Bank introduced its Fifth Third SU2C debit and credit cards, which raise funds to support SU2C research through every qualifying purchase made using those cards. Fifth Third Bank is the only card issuer to offer the SU2C payment cards. Visit 53.com/su2ccards for full details.

*Qualifying activity includes three online bill payments, using Fifth Third Bank's online bill payment service, and direct deposit. Offer not available to existing checking customers or to those with a Fifth Third checking account that has been closed within the last 12 months. Bonus offer available to new consumer checking customers, excluding Basic Checking. Bank reserves the right to limit each customer to one new account-related gift incentive per calendar year. Checking account must be opened between 7/27 and 10/17/15. $50 minimum deposit required to open all accounts and obtain bonus. All requirements must be met and qualifying activity must be initiated and post to the account within 90 days of account opening to obtain $150 bonus. Bonus will be deposited into your new account within 6 weeks of completing requirements. Bonus may be taxable as interest income and reported on IRS Form 1099-INT. Consult your tax adviser. Checking accounts may have monthly fees. See your banker for details. One bonus offer per account per household. Not valid with any other offer. Fifth Third Bank, Member FDIC. Stand Up To Cancer is a program of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

**$1 donation to SU2C for every eligible use of the hashtag #howifight on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Vine, up to a maximum donation of $100,000. Only one use of the Eligible Hashtag per username, per Monitored Social Media Site, per day during the Promotion Period will be considered an eligible use.

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