Today, Cardinals Care, the charitable foundation of the St. Louis Cardinals, has announced the start of an 11-day online auction of commemorative St. Louis Blues-themed batting practice jerseys/sweaters.
The online auction, which begins today and continues through Sunday, May 1 at 11:59 p.m., features 31 autographed jerseys worn by the Cardinals prior to the club's inaugural Blues Theme Night on September 21, 2015 at Busch Stadium.
Proceeds from the online jersey auction will benefit Cardinals Care in their mission to help kids throughout the St. Louis community. Those wishing to bid on the rare jerseys can do so by visiting www.cardinals.com/community.
Cardinals Care was established to give fans a way of teaming up with Cardinals players and the organization to help children in our community - both on and off the baseball field. Since it was established in 1997, Cardinals Care has distributednearly $21 million to support St. Louis area non-profit youth organizations and built 21 youth ball fields in local under-resourced neighborhoods. 2016 marks the 13th year of Cardinals Care's innovative Redbird Rookies program, a free baseball league for kids who otherwise might not have the opportunity to play. In addition to providing all the uniforms, gloves, bats, balls and other equipment needed for each team, Redbird Rookies also provides extensive off-field support in the areas of health, education, mentoring and the cultural arts for each of the nearly 4,500 kids who participate in the program each year.