Strike Out Hunger with the Gwinnett Braves!

Fifth Third Bank (Georgia) Launches Annual Strike Out Hunger!

Food Drive; Partners with Local Baseball Teams

ATLANTA – Fifth Third Bank (Georgia) today announced it is once again going to bat with the Gwinnett Braves and the Kennesaw State University Owls to kick-off the annual Strike Out Hunger food drive. The community food drive will take place Tuesday, April 26 and April 29-30 at select partner-team ballparks.

Members of the community are encouraged to donate three or more non-perishable food items – such as canned vegetables, fruits and meats, peanut butter and boxed cereal – at the following home games:

· Tuesday, April 26 – Kennesaw State University vs. Georgia Southern (Stillwell Stadium)

o Community/fans are encouraged to bring three or more non-perishable food donations to benefit the CARE Center Food Pantry and receive a discounted adult ticket price of $5.

o Fifth Third Bank will also donate $53 to the CARE Center for every strike out pitched by a KSU pitcher during the game.

** Disclosure: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Offer available while supplies last. Offer must be redeemed at the Fifth Third Bank marketing table located outside the main gate at Stillwell Stadium on April 26, 2016. Limit (1) $5 discount per person. Fifth ThirdBank, Member FDIC.

· Friday and Saturday, April 29-30 – Gwinnett Braves vs. Columbus (Coolray Field)

o Community/fans are encouraged to bring three or more non-perishable food donations to benefit the Atlanta Community Food Bank and receive $5 Braves Bucks.

** Disclosure: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Offer available to the first 250 people with qualifying donations. Limit (1) $5 Braves Bucks voucher per person per day. Offer must be redeemed at the Fifth Third Bank marketing table located outside the front gate at Coolray Field on April 29 and 30, 2016. Fifth Third Bank, Member FDIC.

“For the past 25 years, the bank has celebrated Fifth Third Day (5/3 on the calendar), thanking our employees and customers, but also giving back to those in need,” said Hal Clemmer, regional president of Fifth Third Bank (Georgia). “We’re proud to give back to families experiencing food insecurity in partnership with Kennesaw State, the Gwinnett Braves and the Atlanta Community Food Bank, and do our part of end hunger right here at home.”

This year’s Fifth Third Day community goal (focused on fighting hunger and feeding those in need) is to provide one million meals across the bank’s 11-state footprint.

“This is a tremendous initiative from Fifth Third Bank and we’re proud to partner with them in an effort to help strike out hunger,” said Vaughn Williams, director of athletics at Kennesaw State University. “It is important for us to give back to the community that has meant so much to our success, and I know our coaches and student-athletes are excited to take part.”

“The Gwinnett Braves are proud to once again partner with Fifth Third Bank and the Atlanta Community Food Bank to fight hunger across the state of Georgia,” said North Johnson, General Manager of the Gwinnett Braves. “Our fans and staff have embraced the mission of Strike Out Hunger! with generous donations in the past, and we look forward to their support of this worthy cause again in 2016. Together, we can help make a difference for food insecure families.”

“Far too many of our neighbors continue to struggle with hunger and food insecurity, and the need for the Food Bank is greater than ever. The donated items from the game will go right to people in our own communities across Metro Atlanta & North Georgia,” said Kyle Waide, President & CEO of the Atlanta Community Food Bank. “Thanks to the generosity of our neighbors we are able to distribute enough food to provide more than 50 million meals through 600 partner agencies each year. We want to extend our gratitude to Fifth Third Bank for their efforts in fighting hunger."

“Many do not think of college students when thinking of homelessness and hunger,” said Marcy Stidum, Director of the KSU CARE Center. “Most don’t consider that not everyone has someone to care for them. The food donated throughFifth Third Bank’s Strike Out Hunger Campaign will help the KSU CARE Center to continue to serve and support the over 100 students who rely on our services to combat hunger each academic year.”

About Fifth Third Bank

Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Company had $142 billion in assets and operates 1,295 full-service Banking Centers, including 99 Bank Mart® locations, most open seven days a week, inside select grocery stores and 2,650 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Georgia and North Carolina. Fifth Third operates four main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, and Investment Advisors. Fifth Third is among the largest money managers in the Midwest and, as of September 30, 2015, had $297 billion in assets under care, of which it managed $25 billion for individuals, corporations and not-for-profit organizations. Investor information and press releases can be viewed at www.53.com. Fifth Third’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ® Global Select Market under the symbol “FITB.” Fifth Third Bank was established in 1858. Member FDIC.

About CARE Center

The Campus Awareness, Resource & Empowerment (CARE) Center offers support to students who are dealing with homelessness or are at-risk of being homeless, food insecurity and/or students previously or currently in foster care. In 2015, the CARE Center was able to provide over 8,000 pounds of food to students in need and assisted 14 students in overcoming homelessness and/or avoiding eviction. This work was made possible through generous donations and fundraising campaigns both by campus groups and through our community partners.

About Kennesaw State University and Athletics

Kennesaw State University is the third-largest university in Georgia, offering 80 graduate and undergraduate degrees, including doctorates in education, business and nursing, and a new Ph.D. in international conflict management. A member of the 35-unit University System of Georgia, Kennesaw State is a comprehensive, residential institution with a growing population of 24,600 students from more than 130 countries. The University sponsors 18 intercollegiate athletic sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level. Seventeen Owls teams compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference, while football plays at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Series (FCS) level and competes as an associate member of the Big South Conference beginning. KSU has won a total of six national championships at the NAIA and NCAA Division II levels. Kennesaw State became an NCAA Division I member prior to the 2005-06 athletics season.

About the Gwinnett Braves

The Gwinnett Braves, Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, are in their eighth season of play in the 14-team International League. The club plays 72 home games at Coolray Field, located at 2500 Buford Drive in Lawrenceville. In seven short years in Gwinnett County, the G-Braves have been successful on the field (winning seasons in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2015, grooming of Braves stars like Freddie Freeman, Julio Teheran and Matt Wisler) and off the field (2-million fan mark reached in 2014, over $1 million in community outreach surpassed in 2012). Follow the Gwinnett Braves at GwinnettBraves.com, facebook.com/GwinnettBraves1 and twitter.com/GwinnettBraves. Tickets, starting at just $8, are on sale now by calling the 678-277-0340 or by visiting GwinnettBraves.com/tickets.

About the Atlanta Community Food Bank

The Atlanta Community Food Bank is one of the largest hunger relief organizations in the Southeast. We support a network of 600 partner nonprofits - community and faith-based organizations - across 29 counties in greater Atlanta and north Georgia. Together, we connect over 750,000 people each year with more than 60 million pounds of food – or more than 50 million meals. But our work isn’t just about food – it’s about community change. We engage, educate and empower the community to fight hunger. The transformational change we catalyze in the community leads to transformational change in the lives of our clients.

The Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB) began operating in 1979 from a small space at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. ACFB now distributes more than 60 million pounds of food and grocery products each year – or more than 50 million meals - from a 129,600 square-foot facility in N.W. Atlanta. The product is accessed by 600 partner nonprofits that provide food assistance to families and individuals in 29 counties across greater Atlanta and north Georgia.
ACFB leads seven distinct projects that reinforce its mission to fight hunger by engaging, educating and empowering our community: Atlanta Prosperity Campaign, Atlanta’s Table, Community Gardens, Hunger 101, Hunger Walk/Run, Kids In Need and Product Rescue Center. ACFB is a member of Feeding America, the national network of more than 200 food banks. For more information on the Food Bank, visit www.acfb.org, and for more information on Feeding America visit www.feedingamerica.org.