LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright, who raised money for basic needs programs through a fantasy football fundraiser, has opened a Celebrity Bracket Challenge in order to generate awareness and funding to charities bringing clean water to Flint, Mich.
The initiative fits the mission statement of Wainwright's nonprofit organization, Big League Impact, which was created as an outlet to provide food, clean water, medical care and shelter to various communities around the world. A water contamination crisis has been going on in Flint since 2014, and there are still many in that area without safe drinking water.