1. The Influence of Professional Sports in Pittsburgh
The major contributing force in the Pirates clubhouse, however, is the Pirates Wives organization, which holds events such as the Pirates Wives Auction and Raffle, with proceeds benefiting the West Penn Hospital Summer Camp for Burned Children, a retreat that provides the camping experience, in many cases, for the first time, to children whose lives have been affected by burns. ... Combining all three sports teams in Pittsburgh, the force created proves to be a unified front for charity quite unmatched by most other charitable ventures the city has to offer its residents. ...
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