Mets Community Insider

The Mets hosted their annual Kids Holiday Party at Citi Field with more than 125 students celebrating the holiday season. Brandon Nimmo donned the Santa suit for the second year in a row. He was joined by Robinson Cano, Edwin Diaz and Corey Oswalt in handing out presents to the boys and girls. The children enjoyed a holiday lunch and played games before performing holiday songs for the crowd.

The Kids Holiday Party is an annual tradition and part of MetsGiving, a series of programs featuring players, front office staff and fans all working together to give back and help those in the community during the holiday season.

The Mets and Hain Celestial teamed up for the annual Food Drive benefiting the Mary Brennan Inn, a hunger-relief organization based in Hempstead, Long Island. Fans who donated at least 10 non-perishable items received a voucher good for two tickets to a Mets home game in 2019. The drive generated more than 2,300 pounds of food which will stock the Inn's pantry for three weeks. Mets infielder, Amed Rosario, helped collect the food and hand out the ticket vouchers.

The Inn provides a broad variety of essential services to assist those challenged by hunger, homelessness and profound poverty. They partner with those in need in a dignified and respectful manner to help them achieve self-sufficiency.

The Mets hosted the inaugural Latino Leaders Scholarship dinner presented by WellCare at Citi Field. Thirty local high school students were given scholarships to take college level courses through St. John's University college advantage program. The students were congratulated at the dinner by Mets legend Edgardo Alfonzo and given a tour of Citi Field.

Latino Leaders aims to utilize the appeal of the Mets and its Latino players to motivate, cultivate and empower Latino students to become exemplary leaders in their schools and their communities.