Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson presents the Brooks Robinson Community Service Award to Mariners third base coach Manny Acta at our 2016 Legends for Youth Dinner.
    <br>Established in 1999, the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA) created the Legends for Youth Dinner to recognize former Major League players for their on-field accomplishments and their off-field contributions to communities across the nation.<br>The event, held annually in New York City, also serves as the primary fundraiser for MLBPAA's youth programs and honors baseball's legends with MLBPAA Lifetime Achievement Awards. Past Lifetime Achievement Award recipients include Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra, Wade Boggs, George Brett, Gary Carter, Orlando Cepeda, Roberto Clemente, Carl Erskine, Bob Feller, Whitey Ford, Jim "Catfish" Hunter, Al Kaline, Harmon Killebrew, Juan Marichal, Mickey Mantle, Buck O'Neil, Tony Perez, Gaylord Perry, Bobby Richardson, Robin Roberts, Brooks Robinson, Jackie Robinson, Tom Seaver, Lee Smith, Ozzie Smith, Rusty Staub, Bobby Valentine and Dave Winfield.<br>In 2016, the Brooks Robinson Community Service Award was given to <strong>Manny Acta</strong>, and <strong><forge-entity title="Todd Frazier" slug="todd-frazier-453943" code="player">Todd Frazier</forge-entity> </strong> accepted the Heart and Hustle Award.<strong>Phil Niekro</strong> received the Lifetime Achievement Award.<br>The MLBPAA allocates proceeds from the event to the Legends for Youth Baseball Clinic series. The Legends for Youth program is a series of free baseball clinics designed to provide children with positive role models, teach young players baseball fundamentals and promote the game of baseball. Former players, such as George Foster, Bobby Grich, Ferguson Jenkins, Phil Niekro, Brooks Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Orlando Cepeda and Tom Seaver, have participated in past clinics.<br><b><u>Guest Agenda</u></b><br><b>5:45 p.m.</b> - Registration Opens<br><b>6:00 p.m.</b> - Cocktail Reception<br><b>6:45 p.m.</b> - Call to Dinner Program<br><b>7:00 p.m.</b> - Awards Dinner<br><b>9:30 p.m.</b> - Dinner Program Ends<br>Celebrities who attended the 2016 dinner:

*2016 Heart and Hustle Team Nominee
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            <td><strong>Schedule of events</strong></td>
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            <td>5 p.m.</td>
            <td>VIP cocktail reception</td>
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            <td>6 p.m.</td>
            <td>Cocktail reception</td>
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            <td>6:45 p.m.</td>
            <td>Call to dinner program</td>
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            <td>7 p.m.</td>
            <td>Dinner program</td>
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            <td>9:30 p.m.</td>
            <td>Dinner program ends, VIP post-dinner cocktail reception begins</td>
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<p>The MLBPAA has created three table levels: an Honoree Table, Hall of Fame Table and a Legends Table for the Legends for Youth Dinner. This opportunity offers a significant client entertainment or internal sales incentive platform and the ability to mingle in a first-class setting with baseball's legends. In addition, the Legends for Youth Dinner fulfills cause-related marketing/philanthropic objectives because of the youth program beneficiaries. Whatever your objectives, cause-related, client entertainment, incentive programs or business development, this opportunity meets those goals.</p>

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            <td>Legends for Youth Dinner Honoree Table</td>
            <td>$20,000</td>
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            <td>Legends for Youth Hall of Fame Table</td>
            <td>$11,000</td>
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            <td>Legends for Youth Legends Table</td>
            <td>$7,000</td>
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            <td>Individual Plates (per plate)</td>
            <td>$750</td>
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            <td colspan="2"><em>Please note: A portion of the sponsorship proceeds are tax-deductible as the MLBPAA is a non-profit, 501 (c) 3 organization.</em></td>
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