Bravest Best Finest On The Diamond
YourNabe.com 8/20/09
The last anchor event of
this year’s Municipal Credit Union Municipal Sports
Series was played at KeySpan Park. A crowd of 4,800
watched the annual contest between baseball teams from
the NYPD and the FDNY, the latter of whom was the
victor, with a score of 5 to 1.
This was the 10th annual baseball game between New
York’s Bravest and Finest, and the eighth played at
KeySpan Park, 1904 Surf Avenue, set against the
nostalgic backdrop of Coney Island’s beachfront and
amusement park.
KeySpan Park is home to the Brooklyn Cyclones, a NY Mets
minor league team.
MCU also sponsored the FDNY/NYPD Hockey game played in
March at Nassau Coliseum, and the FDNY/NYPD Annual Fun
City football game in late spring at Hofstra
University.The Municipal Sports series was started three
years ago, and this year was expanded to also include
sponsorship of two NYC Department of Sanitation football
games which were played last spring against teams from
the FDNY and NYPD, respectively.
All of these events raise funds for charities to support
their members. In addition to providing promotional
support, MCU also donates directly to support charities,
such as the Police and Fire Fighter Widow and Children’s
Benefit Fund. Some events are also promoted in mass
media with MCU’s advertising partners.
The Municipal Sports Series is a part of a broad and
unified effort by MCU to get its staff and financial
services closer to the members that it serves. As civil
servants don sports uniforms and clash for a cause, MCU
uses the opportunity to reach out and interact with its
members. MCU staffers welcome game goers with special
offers and give-aways and often field questions about
MCU services and products.
For more about the Municipal Credit Union, visit
www.nymcu.org.
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