T-Mobile to Donate Up to $1 Million to Hurricane Recovery this MLB Postseason
October 18 2022 - 8:16AM
Business Wire
The Un-carrier pledges $5K per home run toward
hurricane recovery efforts from veteran-led non-profit Team
Rubicon
Anyone can text ‘RELIEF’ to 595959 through the
World Series to trigger an additional $5 donation from T-Mobile
Home runs mean more this Major League Baseball Postseason.
T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) today committed up to $1 million to support
communities impacted by Hurricane Fiona and Ian and other natural
disasters with Team Rubicon — a veteran-led humanitarian
organization that serves global communities before, during and
after disasters strike. Throughout the MLB Postseason, T-Mobile
will donate $5,000 for every home run — and with games already
underway, that’s $265,000 already in the pot. Also starting today
through the Fall Classic, everyone (T-Mobile customer or not) can
help out by texting “RELIEF” to 595959 and T-Mobile will donate $5
on your behalf, all up to $1 million.
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“When Hurricanes Fiona and Ian hit, we deployed our Emergency
Response teams to aid victims and help ensure their communications
stayed up, but after seeing the devastation communities were
facing, we knew we had to do more. That’s why we’re accelerating
Team Rubicon’s recovery efforts,” said Mike Sievert, CEO of
T-Mobile. “Team Rubicon shares T-Mobile’s commitment to serving
communities in their times of need, and it’s a privilege to support
their life-changing work.”
Today’s commitment follows T-Mobile’s previous efforts with Team
Rubicon during the 2017 and 2018 MLB Postseasons, which helped
expand Team Rubicon’s Rebuild program — enabling the rebuilding of
over 500 hurricane-resilient roofs in Puerto Rico following
Hurricane Maria in 2018, as well as 40 hurricane-resilient homes in
Immokalee, Fla. Along with donations following the Un-carrier’s
#HatsOff4Heroes campaign during All-Star Week in 2018, T-Mobile has
donated over $5.8 million to Team Rubicon to-date. Fans can expect
to see more from the Un-carrier supporting Team Rubicon’s efforts
through this World Series whether they’re at the stadium or tuning
into the broadcast from home.
"T-Mobile’s support of our mission has been critical to Team
Rubicon’s growth and impact since we first joined forces five years
ago," said Art delaCruz, CEO of Team Rubicon. "Their contributions
helped us launch multiple large-scale response operations following
Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Fiona, providing relief for thousands
of people. Equally important, their campaign in 2018 enabled us to
build 502 hurricane-resilient roofs that have weathered multiple
storms, including Hurricane Fiona. We couldn’t be more grateful to
T-Mobile for their partnership and support of our veteran-led
volunteers, as well as all the baseball fans joining in to serve
and invest in their communities."
T-Mobile has a history of supporting communities when natural
disasters strike, including more than doubling its fleet of
generators in the past three years, making dramatic improvements to
its network infrastructure in Florida, as well as other frequently
hit places like Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Most
recently, ahead of Hurricane Ian making landfall, T-Mobile took
preparatory measures to help ensure customers stayed connected by
refueling generators daily and staging equipment near the storm’s
path, including portable generators and temporary network solutions
to provide additional wireless capacity to hardest-hit areas. Team
Magenta continued to deploy necessary equipment like Wi-Fi
trailers, a Mobile Command Center and trucks that provide Wi-Fi,
charging stations, charging cords and more to communities in need.
For more on T-Mobile’s ongoing response, visit
t-mobile.com/news/community/hurricane-ian.
About Team Rubicon
Team Rubicon is committed to providing impacted families with
the immediate response and long-term recovery services they need,
including debris removal and management from communities and homes
to reduce the risk of mold, providing vulnerable homeowners
services at no cost, as well as chainsaw operations to remove
downed trees from roofs and properties.
Founded following the Haiti earthquake in 2010, Team Rubicon has
grown to more than 150,000 volunteers across the country and
launched over 1,100 operations domestically and internationally. To
drive equity across disaster and humanitarian services, Team
Rubicon focuses on three areas of impact: disaster services from
mitigation to immediate response to recovery; rebuild services
while maintaining the fabric of communities through resilient
building methods; and international services, providing emergent
and surge medical services, WASH and disaster risk reduction. Visit
www.teamrubiconusa.org for more information.
For more information on T-Mobile’s partnership with MLB, visit
www.t-mobile.com/mlb. Follow T-Mobile’s Official Twitter Newsroom
@TMobileNews to stay up to date with the latest company news.
By texting “RELIEF” to 595959, T-Mobile will make a one-time
donation of $5 on your behalf, up to $500,000, to Team Rubicon.
Text messaging charges may apply. T-Mobile also will donate $5,000
per home run hit this postseason, up to $500,000, for a total
donation of up to $1 million.
About T-Mobile
T-Mobile US Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is America’s supercharged
Un-carrier, delivering an advanced 4G LTE and transformative
nationwide 5G network that will offer reliable connectivity for
all. T-Mobile’s customers benefit from its unmatched combination of
value and quality, unwavering obsession with offering them the best
possible service experience and undisputable drive for disruption
that creates competition and innovation in wireless and beyond.
Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile provides services through its
subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile, Metro by
T-Mobile and Sprint. For more information please visit:
http://www.t-mobile.com.
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