After the Milwaukee Brewers announced last month they’d be establishing a $1 million fund to provide financial assistance to Miller Park game-day employees whose jobs have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, some of the team’s most familiar faces are stepping up to the plate to help as well.

Ryan Braun was the first to commit with a $100,000 contribution to the initial $1 million fund and Bob Uecker followed suit with $50,000, the team announced on Monday. Christian Yelich, Lorenzo Cain, Corey Knebel, Josh Lindblom and Brent Suter are also taking part for a total pledge of $300,000 from the group of seven.

“Milwaukee is a second home to us, and the fans and staff at Miller Park are like family,” Braun said in a statement released by the team. “This pandemic has created difficult financial situations for many of them, and I know I speak for my teammates in saying that we want to do our part to help address the critical needs. We know this doesn’t solve the problem, but along with the contribution from the Brewers and the Attanasio family, we believe this fund can help support those who are most in need.”

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Added Uecker: “This is more than supporting those who work at Miller Park. In my 50 years with the team, I have become friends with many of these individuals, and some of them have been around the ballpark nearly as long as me. We’re all limited in what we can do to return to our normal lives, but we want to help people be as comfortable as possible until we can get back to starting up.”

Braun and Yelich have been consistently visible in their charity efforts in recent years in both Milwaukee and their native California. Most recently they made financial contributions to provide thousands of meals to health-care workers at Froedtert Hospital & Medical College of Wisconsin, Aurora Health Care (the official health care partner of the Brewers), Ascension Wisconsin and Children’s Wisconsin.

The first donation event occurred this past weekend at Froedtert, with 1,000 meals distributed to healthcare workers to take home and enjoy with their families at Easter.