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Mets to help fund new Sept. 11 charity program

Published Jun. 22, 2011 7:04 a.m. ET

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The New York Mets are helping to fund a new charity program for families affected by the Sept. 11 attacks.

In a news conference Tuesday at Citi Field, the Mets and Tuesday's Children announced that the team will help pay for The First Responder Alliance Mentoring Program, which will provide trained mentors for children whose parents died due to illness attributed to their time working at ground zero or Fresh Kills Landfill.

The Mets say it's the third program they have helped fund for Tuesday's Children, a non-profit organization committed to helping people affected by the 9/11 attacks and terrorism worldwide.

For the 10th consecutive year, Mets players will meet and greet the families of Tuesday's Children, signing autographs and taking photos during pregame receptions throughout the season.

The first session was scheduled for Tuesday.

Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon was at the news conference and said in a statement that families are still in need even though a decade has passed since the 2001 attacks. He said the team is ''honored to have worked with Tuesday's Children since its inception.''

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