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Revolution players shake things up in Providence for charity

Revolution stars Kevin Alston, Darrius Barnes, Stephen McCarthy and Lee Nguyen traded their cleats for cocktail shakers on Thursday night in Providence at local hot spot Ri Ra to raise money for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. The all-stars were mixing and pouring cocktails for fans that stopped by between 6:30-8:30pm.

 

All tips the players received during the event, cash or credit, will be donated directly to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a volunteer-driven and donor-centered charity dedicated to funding childhood cancer research. Since 2005, St. Baldrick’s has awarded more than $125 million to support lifesaving research, making the Foundation the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants.

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The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is an organization especially close to the Revolution this season. Revs defender and guest-bartender Kevin Alston- who returned to the team in July after an indefinite leave of absence battling chronic myelogenous leukemia- knows firsthand the importance of raising funds for such a worthy cause.

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