Partners in Patriotism a Whole New Game Patriots Kick Off 2020 Season N Sunday, Sept
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Q3 | 2020 Inside this issue • Town, Stadium team up for COVID training • Chesney, Rammstein announce new dates • Residents take in Jurassic Quest experience • Patriot Place adds Starbucks, Citizen Crust • Pats LB Brandon Copeland hosts Town BINGO Quarterly Insight into the Progress and Philanthropy of Kraft Sports + Entertainment Partners in Patriotism a whole new game Patriots kick off 2020 season n Sunday, Sept. 13, the New season looked different than the OEngland Patriots kicked off hundreds of other ones before. the 2020 season against the We deeply missed our fans, Miami Dolphins, especially our securing the hometown RESIDENTS TAKE IN REVS 21-11 win. Foxborough DRIVE-IN WATCH PARTIES Although the faithful game took who have After their season was put on pause place against steadfastly due to COVID-19, the New England Revolu- a familiar made the drive tion and Major League Soccer resumed division foe down the road play with the MLS Is Back Tournament. Held throughout July at the ESPN Wide and within to the stadium World of Sports Complex in Florida, the the friendly to support Revs qualified for the knockout stage be- confines the team year fore falling 1-0 to the Philadelphia Union. of Gillette after year. As Even though the matches were held in Stadium, this we continue to Orlando, Revolution fans still packed Gil- home opener The Patriots kicked off the season vs. the Dolphins and navigate this lette Stadium. The Revs held three drive-in was different secured a 21-11 win. Although fans were not permit- new normal, watch parties on the Gillette Stadium field, from all the ted in the stands, we know the Foxborough faithful we deeply allowing fans to gather and cheer on their were rooting on the team from just down the street. team in a safe and socially distanced fash- others. appreciate ion. Fans parked on the stadium field and Instead of the packed stands your constant support of our watched the game on the north and south on a typical fall Sunday, the organization, rooting on the end zone video boards. Patriots secured their first win hometown team no matter the of the season in front of just a circumstances. See REVS, Page 6 handful of essential gameday We look forward to when we personnel and media members, can welcome our dedicated fans Find Partners in Patriotism on Social Media with the only crowd noise coming back to Gillette Stadium, and Find Partners in Patriotism on Twitter by following @PIPFoxboro and on Facebook by liking “Partners from NFL-supplied audio at the cannot wait to have you back in in Patriotism.” These accounts are dedicated to league-regulated 70 decibels. the stands, cheering on the team. news and information important to the Foxbor- Due to COVID-19, Gillette Stadium We are excited to see you soon ough community and pro- vides the Kraft Group with cannot host fans through at least and appreciate your continued another way to regularly September, meaning the first support of the Patriots, wherever engage with its neighbors. two home games of the 2020 you’re cheering from. Partners in Patriotism PIP Fund Donates $8,000 to Town Non-Profit Organizations As part of ongoing efforts around its neighbors unlike to help Foxborough during anywhere else, and we are an unprecedented time, the honored to build on that Kraft family and Partners tradition with this donation.” in Patriotism Fund (PIP The full list of Foxborough Fund) recently donated a affiliated organizations total of $8,000 to non-profit receiving funds is as follows: organizations affiliated with Alzheimer’s Association, Foxborough. Each of the 32 Angelcat Haven, Boy Scouts organizations that received Troop 32, Boy Scouts Troop funds were scheduled to 7, Boy Scouts Pack 70, FHS fundraise at this year’s Alumni, FHS Class of 2021, Founders Day events before FHS National Spanish Honor Founders Day was canceled Society, Foxboro Cable due to the ongoing COVID-19 Access, Foxboro Community pandemic. Farm Stand, Foxboro Garden “With the cancellation of Club, Foxboro Jaycees, Founders Day, many of our Foxboro Music Association, town’s organizations lost out Foxboro Rotary Club, on their biggest fundraising Foxboro YMCA, Foxboro day of the year,” said PIP Youth Baseball & Softball, After COVID-19 forced the cancellation of Founders Day and eliminated one of the biggest Fund Grants Committee Vice Foxboro/Sharon Knights fundraising days of the year for Foxborough organizations, the PIP Fund decided to help Chairman Mark Powers. of Columbus, Foxborough with a special, one-time donation to the groups scheduled to fundraise. “The opportunity to help so Agricultural Commission, Club, Marilyn Rodman PAC/ This wide-reaching and many of these key groups Foxborough Historical Cultural Council, PIE Foxboro unique donation was made in our community during Commission, Friends of Regional Charter School, on a special, one-time basis a challenging time really Boyden Library, Friends Relay for Life, St. Alban’s by the PIP Fund to help resonated with myself and of Foxboro Recreation, Lodge, St. Mary’s Parish, The assist Foxborough-affiliated the other members of the Golden Opportunities for Arc of South Norfolk, Union non-profit organizations committee. During difficult Independence, Kings Wood Church and the Veterans during extenuating times, Foxborough rallies Montessori School, Lions Support Group. circumstances. Kenny Chesney, Rammstein announce 2021 rescheduled Gillette Stadium concert dates After his 2020 tour was The 18-stop Chillaxification their 2021 rescheduled the rescheduled dates, and postponed due to COVID-19, Tour will feature the same dates, including their debut tickets are still available at country superstar Kenny lineup of special guests show at Gillette Stadium Ticketmaster.com. Chesney recently announced Florida Georgia Line, Old Sept. 8, 2021. The group, Justin Bieber also his rescheduled 2021 dates, Dominion and Michael Franti known for their breath-taking announced his Gillette including two shows at Gillette & Spearhead and culminates pyrotechnics, will perform in Stadium show, originally Stadium. Chesney will headline at Gillette Stadium. Original the Boston market for the postponed from Sept. 17, the birthplace of “No Shoes tickets are automatically valid first time as part of their 2020, has been canceled. Nation” for his venue-record for the rescheduled dates. nine-stop North American Purchased tickets have 20th and 21st times on Aug. German rock band tour. All tickets for the original automatically been refunded 27 and Aug. 28, 2021. Rammstein also announced shows will be honored at from point of purchase. 2 Partners in Patriotism Foxborough Families Enjoy Jurassic Quest For the month of September, a slice of the 02035 was transported back in time. Gillette Stadium hosted the Jurassic Quest drive-thru experience in Lot P10 from Sept. 4 through Sept. 27, featuring over 70 moving and roaring dinosaurs. The safe and socially distanced experience features some of the largest dinosaurs to ever roam the earth, including a 50-foot Megalodon and 80-foot Spinosaurus. Paired with an online audio tour, Jurassic Quest is an educational and exciting experience offering fun for the whole family. The Kraft family teamed up with the Foxboro Working Mothers group to send 17 Foxborough families to this prehistoric event free of charge. Among the families in attendance was The entire Charbatji family enjoyed Jurassic Quest courtesy of Partners in Patriotism. lifelong resident Jenna Carew, her three-year old daughter Vivian and her mother, who is also a resident. faces of foxborough Vivian particularly enjoyed the HOLLIE MENDILLO Megalodon and seeing Hollie Mendillo is the Production Coordinator the baby dinosaurs, for Kraft Sports + Entertainment and has been and Carew relished a Foxborough resident for the past six years. In the opportunity to her role, Mendillo manages various aspects of television enjoy a safe activity and digital content production, handling everything from with her family. scheduling, to quality control to assisting with video requests “It was awesome, from other departments. Mendillo has been a part of two we haven’t really been Super Bowl title runs, but points to the people she works able to go out in a with as the best part of her job. while,” Carew said. “It “My favorite thing about my job is definitely my co- was good to be able workers,” Mendillo said. “We have tried to stay as connected to get out in a safe as possible while working from home, but I miss seeing environment and my them in person.” daughter loved it.” The lifelong New England resident has family scattered Maurine Charbatji throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and settled on and her entire family, Foxborough even before landing a job with KS+E because of including her two the town’s central location and reputation as a great place Sarah Caracciolo attended Jurassic Quest with two children and dog, also sons and her friend Carolyn Cahill and her sons. to raise a family. Mendillo enjoys walking with her family in had a blast at Jurassic her neighborhood and around the center of town, and her Quest. Charbatji described the experience as the perfect way to son loves sitting in the spend safe time together as a family before the start of school. Common and watching “It was something we’d never done before, and it was really cars navigate the rotary. nice because we were all together with no distractions,” “The best thing about Charbatji said. “I felt so honored that we got selected to go, and we were so happy to do something different as a family.” Foxborough is the location Sarah Caracciolo attended with her friend and fellow resident by far,” Mendillo said. “It’s Carolyn Cahill. The two Foxborough moms were born and raised the perfect mix of a small in town, and attended Jurassic Quest with their young sons.