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Gwinnett Braves, Fifth Third Bank Team up for "Stand up to Cancer"

Published on August 15, 2016 under International League (IL1)
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Atlanta - Fifth Third Bank Georgia and the Gwinnett Braves will soon step up to the plate to help fight cancer when the Bank hosts a special Stand Up To Cancer Night with the Braves on Friday, August 19, 2016. Tickets can be purchased at www.gwinnettbraves.com .

Stand Up To Cancer Co-Founder Pam Williams will be in attendance, standing up for her father-in-law, Jerry, her husband, Scott, and her best friend, Laura. She will join Regional President Hal Clemmer for the first pitch, raising of the SU2C flag, tribute moment and a special check presentation.

Fifth Third will offer fun, interactive fan activities during the game as part of the bank's ongoing commitment to raise awareness and contributions to support cancer research. Among the in-game promotions planned include a $530 donation that the bank will make for every strike out that the home team accomplishes during the game. Fifth Third will also donate $1 to SU2C when fans share eligible public posts using the #howifight hashtag on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Vine, up to $500,000 during the promotion period.* A special mid-game stretch is planned when fans can visually show their support for their loved ones in the fight against cancer or that have fought by displaying special SU2C game placards in unison.

"We invite those touched by cancer to come out to the ballpark and enjoy this special event with us," said Regional President Hal Clemmer, 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."

Since teaming up with SU2C in 2013, Fifth Third has helped raise more than $6.3 million in donations for the organization. This year's promotion runs through December 31, 2016. 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.

"The Gwinnett Braves are proud to once again team up with Fifth Third Bank for 'Stand Up To Cancer Night' at Coolray Field," said Gwinnett Braves' General Manager North Johnson. "We encourage fans to join with our staff and players on August 19 as we raise awareness and stand for those who have fought and continue to fight cancer."

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.

*$1 donation to SU2C for every eligible public post with the hashtag #howifight on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Vine from 7/1/16-12/31/16, up to $500,000. Only one hashtag use per username, per monitored social media site, per day will be counted.

About Fifth Third Bank:

Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Company has $144 billion in assets and operates 1,191 full-service Banking Centers, including 94 Bank Mart(R) locations, most open seven days a week, inside select grocery stores and 2,541 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina.

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