Taylor Hooton Foundation Founder Don Hooton and Colorado Rockies Strength and Conditioning Coach Gabe Bauer will present Rockies center fielder Charlie Blackmon with a canvas print of his 2019 “ALL ME” public service ad. The presentation will be made at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick before the Rockies host the Kansas City Royals at 1:10 p.m.

The Taylor Hooton Foundation is widely acknowledged as the leader in the advocacy against the use of Appearance and Performance Enhancing Substances by the youth of America.

Blackmon has served as a member of the Hooton Foundation’s “Advisory Board” since 2016. At present, there are 32 members of the “Advisory Board” which includes at least one player from 25 of the 30 major-league teams. The five remaining teams—all of which had representatives in 2018—are working to secure new members to replace those who were traded or became free agents in the off-season so that every MLB team will again be represented.

As members of the “Advisory Board”—formed in 2014 and fully endorsed by Major League Baseball – the players are participating in the THF’s 2019 public-service campaign, “ALL ME.” For the campaign, a print PSA featuring each of the Foundation’s “Advisory Board” members has been created—with images provided by THF national partner, Getty Images – and will be made available to each player’s respective team for its program/magazine and other team platforms for the ‘19 season. In addition, ALL-ME-themed print PSAs will appear in Major League Baseball’s 2019 All-Star-Game, League-Championship-Series and World-Series programs.

In addition to their participation in the public-service-ad campaigns since 2015, members of the “Advisory Board” also take part in the THF’s educational activities in their local communities. Board members have also provided their input on the most-effective ways to educate North America’s young people about the dangers of Appearance and Performance Enhancing Substances.   

To date, the Taylor Hooton Foundation has spoken to and educated nearly two-million people. It has a Latin American outreach and travels throughout the Caribbean, speaking to thousands of RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) athletes, coaches and parents in partnership with Major League Baseball. Additionally, the THF introduced a new eLearning program in 2014 – narrated by Bob Costas – to Little League Baseball that is offered to its one-million adult coaches and other volunteers.

2019 Members of the Foundation’s MLB “Advisory Board” – to date – include:

Jake Arrieta (Philadelphia Phillies)

Elvis Andrus (Texas Rangers)

Charlie Blackmon (Colorado Rockies)

Matthew Boyd (Detroit Tigers)

Jay Bruce (Seattle Mariners)

Matt Carpenter (St. Louis Cardinals)

Matt Duffy (Tampa Bay Rays)

Adam Duvall (Atlanta Braves)

Eduardo Escobar (Arizona Diamondbacks)

Brett Gardner (New York Yankees)

Lucas Giolito (Chicago White Sox)

Alex Gordon (Kansas City Royals)

Kyle Hendricks (Chicago Cubs)

Derek Holland (San Francisco Giants)

Jared Hughes (Cincinnati Reds)

Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles Dodgers)

Jason Kipnis (Cleveland Indians)

Trey Mancini (Baltimore Orioles)

Nick Markakis (Atlanta Braves)

Mark Melancon (San Francisco Giants)

Aaron Nola (Philadelphia Phillies)

Joe Panik (San Francisco Giants)

Dustin Pedroia (Boston Red Sox)

Josh Reddick (Houston Astros)

Anthony Rendon (Washington Nationals)

Chris Sale (Boston Red Sox)

Marcus Semien (Oakland Athletics)

Jameson Taillon (Pittsburgh Pirates)

Neil Walker (Miami Marlins)

Tony Watson (San Francisco Giants)

Christian Yelich (Milwaukee Brewers)

Mike Zunino (Tampa Bay Rays)