Editing Philadelphia Phillies (section)

===Education and anti-drug programs===
The Phillies have a reading incentive program called Phanatic About Reading, which is designed to encourage students from kindergarten to eighth grade to read for a minimum of 15 minutes a night. This reading program is designed to help students with their literacy skills and comprehension. Phillies Phundamentals is another educational program, offered through after-school and summer camps, that is designed to make learning fun and support academic skills by using baseball.

The Phillies celebrate teachers during their annual Teacher Appreciation Night.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/community/teacher_allstars.jsp|title=16th annual ENGIE Teacher Appreciation Night|website=philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com|quote=Each year, the Phillies select 10 area teachers nominated by current and former students, parents and peers to honor as Teacher All-Stars.|access-date=June 6, 2016|archive-date=June 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625142204/http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/community/teacher_allstars.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The "Cut Out Overdoses" anti-drug campaign, sponsored by Mothers Against Prescription Drug Abuse (MAPDA) and Emergent Biosolutions, manufacturer of the overdose antagonist [[Narcan]], highlights the drug overdose problem through special communications programs at Citizens Bank Park, home of the Phillies. (There are identical programs supported by both the [[Boston Red Sox]] and [[Cincinnati Reds]].) In 2020, the stadium, fan-empty due to the coronavirus pandemic, featured "cut-out" cardboard figures of fans filling the stands. Clicking on one of the silhouettes leads to the anguished story of the overdose death of an individual, written by family members. The story also encourages readers to take a stand by learning more about opioid-reversal medication and making a donation to MAPDA. The site reports that an American dies from an accidental opioid overdose every 15 minutes, over 35,000 people annually.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bulik |first1=Beth Snyder |title=Emergent steps to the plate with Major League Baseball and virtual experience for opioid overdose awareness |url=https://www.fiercepharma.com/marketing/emergent-steps-to-plate-major-league-baseball-and-virtual-experience-for-opioid-overdose |website=Fiercepharma |publisher=Questex |location=New York NY |date=August 31, 2020}}</ref>