The Yankees and the Women?s Sports Foundation will celebrate ?Daughters Day at Yankee Stadium? when the team returns to the Bronx for a three-game series against the Blue Jays starting Monday night.
As part of Monday?s events, Olympics gold medalists Christie Rampone, captain of the 2012 U.S. women?s national soccer team, Sarah Hughes (2002 figure skating) and former WNBA New York Liberty star Kym Hampton will take part in a pregame ceremony in which the Yankees Foundation will make a contribution to support the Women?s Sports Foundation?s efforts to provide positive recreational outlets for girls throughout New York?s five boroughs.
Rampone and Hughes will throw out the game?s ceremonial first pitches, and Hampton will sing the national anthem. Joining Rampone, Hughes, Hampton and Women?s Sports Foundation chief executive officer Kathryn Olson at the game will be fellow female athletes Cameron Myler (four-time Olympics luger), Phaidra Knight (2010 rugby Player of the Decade), Andra Douglas (owner of the Women?s Professional Football League?s New York Sharks), Natalie Vie (2010 national champion fencer) and Alexis Page (International gold medalist in rhythmic gymnastics).
Founded in 1974 by tennis legend Billie Jean King, the Women?s Sports Foundation advances the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity. From advocacy to research to funding to grassroots programming, the Women?s Sports Foundation has increased opportunities for millions of girls and women across the United States. The organization recognizes the importance of getting girls active and celebrates the positive impact of the Women?s Sports Foundation?s GoGirlGo! New York City program which works to improve the health of sedentary girls by getting them involved in sports and physical activity in a safe and positive environment.
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Source: http://cutoffman.mlblogs.com/2012/08/24/daughters-day-at-yankee-stadium-monday-night/
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