INTRODUCTION

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AL CHAMPS HIT IT BIG on and off the field in 2014

WINTER 2015 | VOLUME 1

Royals Charities supports children, education, the military and youth baseball/softball

50/50 Raffle Breaks Records

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INTRODUCTION

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GREETINGS FROM YOUR AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPION KANSAS CITY ROYALS!We’re happy to present this 2014 newsletter highlighting the Club’s community outreach efforts, including record-breaking fundraising and giving levels from the team’s foundation, Royals Charities. Through player and staff engagement, photos, facts and figures, we hope this gives you a sense of my family’s com-mitment to Royals fans and the needs of the Greater Kansas City area and the entire Midwest. Fresh off a magical season on and off the field in 2014, we pledge the same and more in 2015 with your support.

Dan Glass, Royals President

Diamond of DreamsRoyals Charities hosted its largest fundraiser of the year, Diamond of Dreams, on the field at Kauffman Stadium. Once again, the 2014 event supported Royals Charities and The University of Kansas Hospital Neonatal Medical Home.

50/50 RAFFLE

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Mark Mohler, game-day representative for the Royals Charities 50/50 Raffle, sells a raffle ticket to a fan. Mark was recognized as the raffle’s top fundraiser, responsible for more than $184,000 in sales during the 2014 season.

Royals Charities celebrated right along with players and fans during a pennant-winning season in 2014. For the second year, the foundation offered the 50/50 Raffle presented by Edelman & Thompson at every Royals home game. Fans purchased tickets for a chance to win half of the prize pot raised during each game. The raffle raised more than $644,000 for Royals Charities, distributed to the Kansas City nonprofit community

through a grant application process. Postseason games alone brought in more than one-third of that total and allowed Royals Charities to open a special postseason grant funding opportunity. Game 7 of the World Series brought the record-setting prize pot of $74,660. Organizations receiving funds raised from the 50/50 Raffle all support children, education, the military, and youth baseball/softball in and around the Kansas City area.

The Buck O’Neil Legacy Seat program continued in 2014 and will for years to come. Buck spent many days and nights supporting the Royals from the same seat behind home plate at Kauffman Stadium, both as a scout and a fan. To honor Buck, the program fills “Buck’s Seat” every home game with a member of the community who embodies an aspect of Buck’s inspiring spirit.

50/50 Raffle: A Record–Breaking Year

The Buck O’Neil Legacy Seat

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CHILDREN

Royals pitcher Greg Holland gets ready to take a slide with Dylan while shooting the 2015 “A Year of Hope Royals Calendar” at Kauffman Stadium. Royals Charities partnered with Braden’s Hope for Childhood Cancer Research to feature Royals players posing with local childhood cancer heroes. Royals Charities has raised more than $10,000 through the project for Braden’s Hope. For more information or to purchase a calendar, visit royals.com/calendar.

Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer gives back to the community in a big way. He con-tinued to support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City in 2014. He also hosted “Uncork for a Cause” to benefit the Greater Kansas City Fire Fighters Local 42 Community Assistance organization. Eric arranged for several teammates and special guests to attend the event.

Royals All-Star outfielder Alex Gordon poses with fans at an event for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, named for a young girl who lost her battle with cancer after setting up lemonade stands for cancer research. Our own Alex welcomes children diagnosed with cancer to the ballpark, visits others at local hospitals, and encourages fans to host their own lemonade stands.

Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas prepares to fist bump Calvin, one of hundreds of Dream Factory children who have visited Kauffman Stadium over the years. The Royals grant the wish of youngsters who face serious challenges. Their families meet Royals players in the dugout, watch batting practice before the gates open and enjoy the game and refreshments.

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Royals pitcher Jeremy Guthrie joined Ericsson to encourage fans to recycle electronics and phones through appearances at local Sprint Stores. Fans turned in hundreds of items for recycling and received Royals tickets.

Baseball Hall of Famer George Brett, announcers Jeff Montgomery and Rex Hudler and Royals pitcher Jeremy Guthrie met returning soldiers deployed to Afghanistan during the annual Winter Caravan.

Royals pitcher Wade Davis and his wife, Katelyn, along Royals Charities director Marie Dispenza, present a $20,000 check to the Wounded Warrior Project. Royals Charities matched the Davis family’s $10,000 donation to support military veterans.

Military men and women carried flags during the annual Royals Charities 5K Run/Walk.

Surrounding Father’s Day, the Royals partner with the National Center for Fathering to hold a school essay contest. Nearly 3,000 local students submit essays entitled “What My Father Means to Me.” The winning authors and their fathers are treated to a game and recognition during a special pre-game ceremony.

Royals Charities and the Kansas City Royals teamed up with The Ali Kemp Educational Foundation in September to host a T.A.K.E. Defense self-de-fense class for the seventh year on the Kauffman Stadium field. The class is free and open to all females ages 12 and older.

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YOUTH BASEBALL / SOFTBALL

Through Gloves for Kids proceeds, Royals announcer Ryan Lefebvre’s Footprints Foundation helps purchase new baseball gloves and other equipment for underprivileged youth. Royals players, including pitcher Brandon Finnegan, joined Ryan to sign autographs for fans who donated to the cause.

Royals Hall of Famer Willie Wilson hugs participants at this year’s Special Olympics clinic hosted at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals host baseball instructional clinics with area youth leagues and groups. The ballplayers learn baseball basics from current and former Royals players who serve as the clinic instructors.

Royals Charities director Marie Dispenza presents a check for $200,000 to Cle Ross, executive director of the Kansas City, Kansas, Reviving Baseball in the Inner Cities (RBI) Program during the postseason. Royals Charities and remaining dollars from the 2012 All-Star Lasting Legacy Program will help support a major field renovation in KCK’s inner city.

Royals outfielder Lorenzo Cain tees a ball up at a dedication ceremony at McCoy Park in Independence, Mo., for one of two adaptive field projects completed in 2014. Royals Charities worked with Variety Children’s Charity of Greater Kansas City and the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation to build the fields for youngsters with disabilities. Proceeds from the 2012 Major League Baseball Gatorade All-Star Workout Day at Kauffman Stadium helped fund the fields. Following a ceremony, the Royals and Baseball Fantasy Camp for Kids hosted a youth clinic featuring Royals players and Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr.

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ROYALS CHARITIES GRANT RECIPIENTS

442nd Fight Wing Human Resources Development Council (Whiteman AFB)

Academie Lafayette

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

The Ali Kemp Educational Foundation

Alphapointe

The ALS Association Mid-America Chapter

American Diabetes Association of Kansas City

The Arts Asylum

Bags of Fun Kansas City (Gabby Krause Foundation)

Band of Angels

Bethany College

Bevier Baseball Association (Missouri/Royalty Fields)

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City

Bishop Sullivan Center

Bolivar R-1 Schools (Missouri/Royalty Fields)

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City (RBI)

Braden’s Hope for Childhood Cancer

The Bridge Home for Children, Inc.

Bright Futures Fund (Our Lady of Guadalupe School)

Camp Encourage

Camp MITIOG

Charlie’s House

Child Protection Center

Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired

Children’s Home + Aid (Bring Me Home Campaign)

The Children’s Place

City of Marcus, Iowa (Royalty Fields)

City of Yates Center, Kansas (Royalty Fields)

City Union Mission

Community Services League

Della Lamb Community

Dike-New Hartford Community School District

Dream Factory of Greater Kansas City

Drumm Farm Center for Children

Foundation for Shawnee Mission Medical Center (Lee Ann Britain Infant Development Center)

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (Reat Griffin Underwood Memorial Fund)

Greater Kansas City Fire Fighters Local 42 Community Assistance (Uncork for a Cause)

Guadalupe Centers, Inc.

Habitat for Humanity Kansas City

HappyBottoms

Harvesters - The Community Food Network

Healing House, Inc.

Heartland Honor Flight

Henning Family Foundation

High Aspirations

Higher M-Pact

Hope House, Inc.

Inclusion Connections, Inc.

Jackson County CASA

Johnson County Christmas Bureau

Johnson County Library Foundation

Josh Willingham Foundation

Kansas Art Therapy Association

Kansas City Autism Training Center

Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission, Inc.

Kansas City Public Schools

Kansas City, Kansas, Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI)

Kansas State University Foundation (Fred White Sports Broadcasting Scholarship)

Kids With Courage Foundation

KidsTLC, Inc.

KIPP Endeavor Academy

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Mid-America Chapter

Lone Jack C-6 School District (Missouri/Royalty Fields)

The Love Fund for Children

Make-A-Wish Missouri

Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA)

Midwest Foster Care and Adoption Association

The Miracle League of Sioux City (Iowa/Royalty Fields)

MOKAN 20/20 Leadership

The Moyer Foundation (Camp Erin)

National Center for Fathering

National College Baseball Hall of Fame (College Baseball Foundation)

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Inc.

Niles Home for Children

Operation Breakthrough

Orphan Justice Center

Orrick Lions Club (Missouri/Royalty Fields)

Paul Mesner Puppets

Rebuilding Together, Clay County

reStart, Inc.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City

Rose Brooks Center

Rotary Youth Camp

SAFEHOME

The Salvation Army

Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center

Sexually Abused Children’s Relief Endeavor (SACRED)

Shadow Buddies Foundation

Special Olympics KC Metro

Sunflower House

Susan G. Komen for the Cure - Greater Kansas City

Synergy Services

Topeka-Shawnee County Fraternal Order of Police Foundation

Turn 2 Foundation

Union Station Kansas City

The University of Kansas Hospital Neonatal Medical Home

University of Missouri - Kansas City’s Institute For Urban Education

The USO Fort Riley, Kansas

The USO Missouri

Variety Children’s Charity of Greater Kansas City

Warriors’ Best Friend Foundation

Wayside Waifs’ Humane Education Program

Wounded Warrior Project

Yankton Baseball Association (South Dakota/Royalty Fields)

The following organizations received funding from Royals Charities in 2014, a list totaling more than $1.2 million in grants in support of children, education, the military, and youth baseball/softball.

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