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title: "Spartanburgers Launch Sparkle Week: Players to Serve Four Upstate Nonprofits May 5-8"
url: https://www.herespartanburg.com/spartanburgers-sparkle-week-nonprofits-may-2026/
date: 2026-05-02T08:27:01-04:00
modified: 2026-05-02T08:27:01-04:00
author: "Reginald Orr"
categories: ["Business"]
site: "HERESpartanburg"
attribution: "HERESpartanburg"
---

# Spartanburgers Launch Sparkle Week: Players to Serve Four Upstate Nonprofits May 5-8

*Source: [HERESpartanburg](https://www.herespartanburg.com/spartanburgers-sparkle-week-nonprofits-may-2026/) — May 2, 2026 by Reginald Orr*

The Hub City Spartanburgers have designated May 5-10 as Sparkle Week at Fifth Third Park in Spartanburg, a new community-service initiative in which players, coaches, and front office staff spend each morning during the homestand assisting one of four Upstate nonprofits. The week-long program is organized in partnership with Fifth Third Bank, the naming rights holder for Fifth Third Park.

Four Spartanburg-area organizations are each paired with a single day of volunteer service from Spartanburgers personnel:

- Habitat for Humanity of Spartanburg — Tuesday, May 5

- Spartanburg Humane Society — Wednesday, May 6

- Spartanburg Soup Kitchen — Thursday, May 7

- Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve — Friday, May 8

Each night after the morning service, the partnered nonprofit will have a table at Fifth Third Park, an opportunity to throw out a first pitch, and time on the Spartanburgers Radio Network to discuss their work. The Spartanburgers host the Wilmington Blue Rocks, the High-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, throughout Sparkle Week.

Sparkle Week closes Friday, May 8, with a canned food drive benefiting the Spartanburg Soup Kitchen. Donors can drop off non-perishable items outside the left field and right field gates starting at 5:45 p.m. before and during that evening’s game against Wilmington.

The initiative builds on a broader partnership between Hub City and Fifth Third Bank that includes a financial literacy curriculum for local students, special kids’ booklets distributed on Education Day, and the Spartanburg Pastimes alternate identity series. Fifth Third Bank’s South Carolina and Coastal Georgia Market President David Torris described the initiative as a model for team-bank collaboration on community service.

The Spartanburgers are the High-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and the reigning South Atlantic League South Division champions. The team opened Fifth Third Park at 300 West Henry Street in Spartanburg in April 2025. General Manager Tyson Jeffers described Sparkle Week as the beginning of a new tradition the organization intends to build on in coming seasons. Tickets for all Sparkle Week games are available at HubCitySpartanburgers.com or by calling 864-594-0701.