Military Vets Score With Grant From Gwinnett Stripers

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA — Military veterans are getting a boost, thanks to a grant this month from the Gwinnett Stripers.

The Atlanta Braves’ Triple-A affiliate in Lawrenceville awarded its July grant of $2,500 to the Gwinnett Coalition and its Gwinnett Veterans Resource Center, which helps vets and their family by providing information, referrals and resources.

The grant will go toward the resource center’s gift-card program, according to a news release from the Stripers. Gift cards given to vets and their families can be used for food and gas to help them stay afloat. Veterans who receive the cards for specific purchases are required to submit receipts showing that the card was used for the purpose for which it was given.

"We are grateful to the Gwinnett Stripers for this generous contribution to our efforts to help Gwinnett veterans in need,” said Renee Byrd-Lewis, executive director of Gwinnett Coalition. “Everyone needs the basics, like food and gas, a roof over their head, to be safe, to belong, and to live to their full potential. Those who’ve served our country have sacrificed so much and when our veterans fall on hard times, we owe it to them to step in and give them the support they need.”

Representatives from the Gwinnett Coalition received the grant from the Stripers during the “Red, White, & BOOM Patriotic Celebration” on July 9.

For more information on the Gwinnett Coalition, including how to make a donation, visit www.gwinnettcoalition.org.

The Stripers will award four $2,500 grants to different nonprofits in 2021, with each month focusing on a different category of nonprofit organizations aligning with the Atlanta Braves Foundation’s pillars of “Live, Learn, Play, and Serve.” The four categories are service-oriented programs (June), military programs (July), outh programs (August) and health and wellness programs (September). Grant applications were collected through May 14. Each grant recipient will be recognized during a Stripers home game at Coolray Field in 2021.