SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres today announced the return of their annual holiday tour (presented by Gallagher) as part of their Holiday Giving tradition. Throughout the following weeks, the Padres will support various organizations and have a presence at several community events throughout the San Diego and Baja region. Padres players, coaches, alumni, executives, staff and broadcasters, along with Pad Squad, the Swingin’ Friar, the Paw Squad and the Padres Volunteer Team will attend several community events as they help spread holiday cheer. The 2022 Padres roster has also donated a postseason share to Monarch School and the San Diego Rescue Mission as part of their charitable contributions.

The Padres Holiday Giving Tour began last week with the organization’s annual Turkey distribution event and will continue into December, beginning with Padres front office volunteers serving lunch to MCRD recruits and their families on Thursday, December 1. As part of the 2022 holiday tour, the Padres will also head south of the border to partner with the City of Tijuana and IMDET (Municipal Institute of Sports in Tijuana) to host a youth baseball clinic for kids 12 and under. Also new this year, the holiday tour will visit the Ronald McDonald House to bring and serve meals to the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House. The Padres will also head to Edgemoor Hospital for the first time where the Paw Squad, the club’s trio of golden retrievers, along with the Friar and Pad Squad, will visit with patients at the hospital.

Other events and organizations that will be touched during the holiday tour include the annual Shop With A Cop event, participating in the Armed Services YMCA’s Operation Holiday Joy event, preparing and serving lunch at Father Joe’s Village, a surprise bike distribution at a local elementary school, hosting a Rally Camps youth baseball clinic at the Jackie Robinson YMCA, hosting a group at the Rooftop Cinema for a special holiday movie screening, adopting a Monarch School classroom and providing gifts for the class, participating in a food distribution alongside the Bomberos de San Diego organization, and sorting and distributing food at the San Diego Food Bank.

Select events during the tour will be open for media coverage with coverage specifics to be distributed at a later date.