On a hot New York summer day, teams from 12 insurance/ reinsurance companies and agencies donned their game caps to face off in the seventh annual 2015 Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) Charity Softball Tournament held on July 30. The 16-year-old softball tradition, which became a charitable event in 2008, supports many charities. This year the selected charity was the children of military families in the New York tri-state region as part of Our Military Kids. The organization provides assistance to children when parents are deployed or injured serving our country.
There are more than 35,000 children ages three to 18 directly affected by the deployment of National Guard or Reserve parents serving in the war on terrorism. Another 54,000 have a parent recovering from a severe injury sustained in service. Our Military Kids offers grants to children to cover fees associated with athletic, fine arts, and tutoring programs. This program is offered to all children of deployed National Guard and Reserve military personnel, and to children of wounded and fallen warriors in all branches of service. Helping to make sure their kids are well supported is a powerful way to show appreciation to the men and women in our military, who each day lay their lives on the line for our freedoms.
Teams in the tournament contribute $5,000 annually to play three consecutive games and compete for the winning title. This year, a group of 17 Munich Re employees with varying skill levels played their hearts out. Although their results on the field did not “bring home the prize,” it was a big win in other ways.
Munich Re players recalled some memorable moments from the day involving several exciting plays by teammates, including a dive for home plate, superior bat control, and smash singles up the middle.
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