{"id":420273,"date":"2026-01-21T19:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/420273\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T19:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:20:14","slug":"pittsburgh-penguins-charity-game-to-honor-teams-legends-with-unique-items-for-grabs-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/420273\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Penguins Charity Game to honor team\u2019s \u2018Legends\u2019 with unique items for grabs \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The 15th annual Penguins Charity Game is set for Feb. 26, benefiting the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation and the Mario Lemieux Foundation, with a fundraising goal of $2 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Penguins Foundation Executive Director Yvonne Maher announced that this year\u2019s charity game theme is \u201cLegends,\u201d honoring iconic figures in Penguins history with uniquely branded, retro-inspired items. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cThis is our biggest event of the year. In only one night, we hope to raise $2 million for charity,\u201d Maher said, expressing gratitude for the support received from fans across the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Penguins will face off against the New Jersey Devils during the charity game. More than 5,000 Penguins Charity Bags will go on sale starting at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 26, exclusively online through the Penguins Foundation website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">For the first time since 2020, limited Black Penguins Charity Bags will be available for purchase on-site at PPG Paints Arena starting at 6 p.m. Fans wishing to buy a Black Charity Bag in person must hold a valid ticket for the game against the Devils.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Three tiers of charity bags will be available: Platinum, Gold and Black. Each bag will include an autographed photo by a member of the 2025-26 Penguins roster or Hall-of-Famer Lemieux. The Black Charity Bags feature exciting items, including a chance to win an autographed 2025-26 Third Jersey, a retro viewer commemorating the 2016 Stanley Cup Champions and a Penguins Retro Canvas Duffle Bag, among other items. Gold Charity Bags will include all items from the Black bags, along with a guaranteed autographed 2025-26 Third Jersey and a commemorative framed photo. Meanwhile, the Platinum Charity Bags will feature all items from the previous tiers plus exclusive autographed memorabilia from Lemieux and Marc-Andr\u00e9 Fleury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Penguins Charity Games on SportsNet Pittsburgh have amassed nearly $23 million for the Penguins Foundation and the Lemieux Foundation over the past 14 seasons, highlighting the significant impact this annual event has had on supporting local communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 15th annual Penguins Charity Game is set for Feb. 26, benefiting the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5113],"tags":[2105,24821,7566,2184,9148,436,5,52405,52406,52404,5711,4,118,26879,1469,100,5216,403,130,2317],"class_list":["post-420273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-charity","tag-charity-game","tag-foundation","tag-fundraiser","tag-fundraising","tag-goal","tag-hockey","tag-items","tag-legens","tag-mario-lemieux-foundation","tag-memorabilia","tag-nhl","tag-penguins","tag-penguins-foundation","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-pittsburghpenguins","tag-players","tag-team","tag-tickets"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115934712872212557","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}