Patriots Social Responsibility

Children's Holiday Party:
For each of the past 17 years, the Patriots have entertained hundreds of children from Salvation Army centers throughout Massachusetts for a night of holiday festivities at the Children's Holiday Party. Every year, dozens of Patriots players attend the party at Gillette Stadium and participate in the Wrap-a-Pat event, in which kids do their best to wrap up one of the Patriots players. The kids are also able to get autographs from players and cheerleaders, visit with Santa Claus and receive holiday gifts provided by the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation. The Patriots do this because they want to give back to the kids who are not as fortunate as them.

Thanksgiving in a Basket Event:
This event is when CEO of the Patriots Robert Kraft is joined by other Patriots players to help give out more than 200 holiday baskets to local families in need at Memorial Goodwill headquarters in Boston. The people receiving these baskets have disabilities or barriers to employment. The Patriots organization like to do this because Thanksgiving is a time of being thankful and they want people who are less fortunate to be thankful for something.