Red Sox to host open house at JetBlue Park on Feb. 18

Visitors asked to participate in community blood and food drive

The Boston Red Sox will host a family-friendly open house at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers Saturday, Feb 18, from 11 a m to 3 p m The free event with free parking will include activities for kids such as face painting, inflatables, a magician, scavenger hunt and discounted concessions

In addition to the activities taking place for families, the open house will continue a long-held tradition of hosting a blood drive, in partnership with One Blood, to help with the ongoing blood shortage in Southwest Florida

Through a partnership with Community Cooperative, the open house will also serve as a canned food drive Visitors are asked to bring non-perishable food items including meat-based canned soups/stews, nut butters, bags or cans of dried beans and peas, whole-grain cereals, bags of plain rice and pasta, barley and quinoa, canned fruits, canned vegetables and more

Anyone that brings a donation will have the chance to gains tickets to the Red Sox Feb 24 game vs Northeastern University The mission of Community Cooperative is to eliminate hunger and homelessness in Southwest Florida while simultaneously inspiring and supporting sustained positive change in its clients by delivering innovative food, education and social service programs

There will also be Red Sox players onsite for autographs and photos