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and The Foundation have again teamed up to give local youth
a fun-fi lled day of sports, games, prizes and
entertainment. On Wednesday, July 13, Rheem and the Kevin
Harvick Foundation hosted a group of 50 youth from the Boys
and Girls Club of Manchester at the Northeast Delta Dental
Eastern League All Star Game.
As part of the event, Rheem
presented a donation of $50,000 to the Kevin Harvick
Foundation so that it can further its efforts to enrich the
lives of children in the U.S. The event featured a private
tour of the Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester for
the members of the Boys & Girls Club, a homerun derby
featuring Kevin and DeLana Harvick and members of the New
Hampshire Fisher Cats, and a special appearance in which
Harvick drove the No. 33 Rheem Chevrolet Impala around the
warning track to the area near home plate to throw first
pitch and accept check presentation from Rheem to the Kevin
Harvick Foundation.
The children from the Boys
& Girls Club of Manchester featured in the check
presentation ceremony were: Jasmine Berg, Dylan Feliciano,
Elvin Barbosa, Josh Lee and Craig Taylor.
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and The Kevin Harvick Foundation also provided tickets to
the youth of the Boys & Girls Club of Manchester for the
NASCAR Nationwide Series race at New Hampshire Motor
Speedway on Saturday, July 16. Kevin Harvick, a two-time
NASCAR Nationwide Series champion, is one of the top drivers
in NASCAR today. Harvick drives the No. 29 Chevrolet Impala
for Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series. He has three wins thus far this season and is
currently ranked second in the Sprint Cup Series Driver’s
Point standings.
Harvick and his wife DeLana
co-own Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI), which they founded 10 years
ago. With two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
championships to their credit, KHI has built a reputation of
integrity and competitiveness within the NASCAR community.
This season, the organization fields three full-time Truck
Series teams and two full-time NASCAR Nationwide Series
teams. KHI’s No. 2 Nationwide Series team with driver
Elliott Sadler is contending for the 2011 Nationwide Series
Driver’s Championship while KHI’s No. 33 Rheem Chevrolet
team contends for the series Owner’s Championship. In
addition, KHI's No. 33 Truck Series team is contending for
the 2011 Driver’s Championship and the No. 2 KHI team is
currently ranked second in the Truck Series Owner’s Point
standings.
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