**MEDIA ADVISORY**

 

Habitat for Humanity Super Bowl Build

Super Bowl St. Roch Initiative

 

WHO:            Tom Benson, New Orleans Saints Owner
                      Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu
                      Louisiana State Representative Arthur A. Morrell
                      City Councilperson Marlin Gusman
                      Lisa Mazique, Executive Director of the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority

 

WHAT:          The NFL is building a lasting Super Bowl legacy in the form of a new Habitat for Humanity house in the St. Roch neighborhood of New Orleans. 

                    The event kicks off a week long “Super Bowl Blitz Build” with Habitat for Humanity. State and local 
                    government officials and representatives from Habitat for Humanity and the New Orleans Redevelopment
                    Authority will be on hand for the groundbreaking ceremony of the NFL-sponsored house. 

                    On Thursday, January 31, New Orleans Saints QB Aaron Brooks and San Diego Chargers DE
                    Marcellus Wiley exchange their helmets and pads for hammers and saws to help build the NFL house.

                     On Saturday, February 2, a New Orleans-area family will receive keys to their first home.

           

WHERE:        1836 Mandeville St (parallel to Elysian Fields and north of N. Claiborne) 

 

WHEN:          10:00 A.M. on Saturday, January 26
 

CONTACT:    Brian McCarthy, NFL, 504-636-5435
                     mccarthyb@nfl.com

                     Meghan Powers, NFL, 504-636-5435
                     powersm@nfl.com