KC Royals pitcher Brad Keller closes Sun Life Home Run to Health youth fitness program with free game tickets for kids

KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 9, 2018

"The Royals are a great part of the Kansas City culture, so what better way to get kids excited and enthusiastic about health and fitness?" said Heather Yows, event co-host and product marketing director at Sun Life. "As a benefits provider, we want to help people lead healthier lives. We are thrilled to partner with the Royals to spread Sun Life's message of the importance of embracing health and wellness, and bring this to the Kansas City community."

The Home Run to Health program's activities include tracking servings of fruits and vegetables, opting for water instead of soda or juice, limiting screen time, and various physical exercises. Over the four weeks, participants ate 7,500 servings of fruits and vegetables, played outside for 45,000 minutes, and racked up over 36,000 jumping jacks, 54,000 squats, and 100,000 mountain climbers. The program is part of Sun Life's broad focus on helping local communities around the country embrace healthy living in an effort to raise awareness and reduce diagnoses of type 2 diabetes. As part of their partnership, Sun Life and the Royals also engage in the #StrikeoutDiabetes campaign, a season-long effort that raises $21 for the diabetes cause each time a Royals pitcher gets a strikeout.

"The Royals are thrilled to partner with Sun Life on a program that promotes fitness and healthy living to the kids of our community," said Ben Aken, vice president of Community Relations for the Royals. "The students worked hard to learn the exercises and healthy habits and we hope these lessons will stay with them as they grow up."

Sun Life actively participates in community service and events with a focus on health and promoting diabetes awareness and education. Other partners include the Boston Celtics, YMCA of the USA, the American Diabetes Association, and many grant recipients through Sun Life's Team Up Against Diabetes grant program. Sun Life was also a founding supporter of the YMCA of Kansas City's Diabetes Prevention Program. To learn more, visit www.sunlife.com/usdiabetes.

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Sun Life Financial is a leading international financial services organization, providing a diverse range of insurance, wealth and asset management solutions to individuals and corporate Clients. Sun Life Financial has operations in a number of markets worldwide, including Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, India, China, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bermuda. As of December 31, 2017, Sun Life Financial had total assets under management of C$975 billion. For more information please visit www.sunlife.com.