|
Team |
Player(s) Scheduled To Appear |
Brief
Description of Activity |
|
Arizona Cardinals |
DE Fred Wakefield;
TE Freddie Jones; T Derrick Ransom; FB James Hodgins; CB Jason Goss; G
Tony Wragge; LB Levar Fisher; LB LeVar Woods; DT Russell Davis; TE Steve
Bush; C Pete Kendall; CB Coby Rhinehart; QB Josh McCown; S Michael
Stone; Cardinals Cheerleaders; Team Mascot "Big Red" |
The Arizona
Cardinals will host their annual “Teddy Bear Express.” Cardinals
players, wives, cheerleaders, team mascot "Big Red" and front office
personnel will visit two local hospitals. During the visits, patients
will have the opportunity to speak with players, get autographs and will
receive Cardinals teddy bears, hats and T-shirts. |
|
Atlanta Falcons |
K Jay Feely; TE
Derek Rackley; C Todd McClure |
The players will
visit two local hospitals, Scottish Rite Children's Hospital and
Shepherd Spinal Center, to wish the patients a happy holiday and a
speedy recovery. |
|
Atlanta Falcons |
LB Artie Ulmer
|
Ulmer will attend
the Falcons FAN-Atics meeting to speak to the team’s fan club about his
NFL career and the Falcons before answering questions from the group. |
|
Baltimore Ravens |
CB Corey Fuller; CB
Lamont Brightful |
Fuller and Brightful
will visit students at the Charles Hickey School. Fuller will give
Ravens jerseys to young men who met his challenge of earning their GED. |
|
Baltimore Ravens |
S Gary Baxter; T
Damion Cook; WR Randy Hymes; WR Javin Hunter |
The players will
spread cheer at the Big Brothers, Big Sisters Holiday Party at M&T Bank
Stadium. |
|
Buffalo Bills |
RB Sammy Morris; LB
Dashon Polk; G Ruben Brown; DT Lauvale Sape; S Izell Reese; LB Dominique
Stevenson; LB Dominique Stevenson; DE Ryan Denney; QB Alex Van Pelt
|
Bills players will
participate in the team's annual "Shop with a Jock" program at a local
sporting goods store. They will pair up with children from Big Brothers,
Big Sisters, the Salvation Army youth programs and Seneca Nation to help
them spend $100 gift cards. |
|
Buffalo Bills |
FB Sam Gash
|
The Bills and
BlueCross Blue Shield of Western New York will host the grand prize
winning classrooms of the 2003 Rush for Reading Challenge at Ralph
Wilson Stadium. |
|
Carolina Panthers |
T Jordan Gross; DT
Kris Jenkins; WR Kevin Dyson; FB Nick Goings; S Colin Branch
|
(10/8) Panthers
players will host their 8th Annual Community Christmas Party for 200
local, underprivileged children. Together they will play Christmas
bingo, create spin art and decorate cookies. The children will also
visit Santa and receive a gift. |
|
Chicago Bears |
DE Michael Haynes
|
Each Tuesday during
the football season, Bears players visit Chicago Public Schools to speak
to, motivate, and interact with students. Haynes will visit a local
school to discuss character development, goal setting, and commitment to
excellence. More than 7,000 students benefit annually from this program. |
|
Cincinnati Bengals |
LB Dwayne Levels
|
Lewis will address
the Woodward High School Athletics Club on the importance of setting
goals and receiving an education. |
|
Cincinnati Bengals |
TE Brad St. Louis;
RB Brandon Bennett; LB Dwayne Levels; LB Khalid Abdullah; TE Tony
Stewart |
Bengals players will
visit the Children's Hospital annual holiday party for kidney transplant
recipients and patients with kidney failure staying in the dialysis
unit. |
|
Cincinnati Bengals |
K Shayne Graham
|
Graham will serve as
the guest speaker at the 2003 Cincinnati Chapter American Red Cross
Volunteer Recognition Dinner. He will discuss the importance and value
of community volunteerism as well as the Bengals season. |
|
Cleveland Browns |
G Craig Osika; T
Joaquin Gonzalez; LB Chaun Thompson |
The Browns will host
a holiday celebration for more than 900 children from the Special
Olympics at their training facility. Browns alumni and current players
will visit with the children who will enjoy holiday festivities
including a DJ playing holiday music, a visit from Santa and lunch in
the players cafeteria. |
|
Denver Broncos |
T Ephraim Salaam
|
Salaam will host the
second annual "Shop With a Jock" in support of the Denver Children's
Home. Salaam and several other teammates will take a group of youth from
the Denver Children's Home on a shopping extravaganza. The players will
have dinner with the children prior to shopping at a local store. |
|
Detroit Lions |
WR David Kircus; TE
Bradford Banta; DE James Hall; TE John Owens; LB Wali Rainer; P Nick
Harris; TE Mikhael Ricks |
The Lions and
Buddy’s Pizza have teamed to help the Capuchin Soup Kitchen by serving a
pizza lunch. |
|
Green Bay Packers |
G Grey Ruegamer
|
Ruegamer visits
students at Elmore Elementary School every Tuesday during the season to
read and discuss productivity, attitude, kindness and respect. The
children who have written a book report can enter to win Packers' game
tickets, compliments of Ruegamer. |
|
Houston Texans |
WR J.J. Moses; CB
Demarcus Faggins; FB Greg Comella; T Chester Pitts; FB Moran Norris; C
Bryan Pittman; QB Mike Quinn; CB Jason Simmons; G Fred Weary; Texans
cheerleaders; Team mascot TORO |
The Texans will
partner with a local store for a special holiday event with 25
youngsters from a Houston area women's shelter. Texans players will be
paired with the children to help spend their $50 gift certificates in
the store. Texans cheerleaders and mascot TORO will also be on hand.
|
|
Houston Texans |
RB Domanick Davis
|
Davis was selected
as the Foley's Player of the Month by fans for his performance on the
field and his community contributions. He will greet fans and sign
autographs at Foley's at a local mall. |
|
Indianapolis Colts |
DE Brad Scioli; G
Rick DeMulling |
DeMulling and Scioli
will serve as "Santa's helpers" at a local mall to collect donated toys
for underprivileged children through the WISH Tree Toy Drive. Toys are
collected by the Salvation Army and distributed to needy children
throughout the Indianapolis area. |
|
Miami Dolphins |
|
(12/8) Dolphins
players will appear at a local grocery store for a U.S. Marines Toys for
Tots Drive
for underpriviliged children. Those that donate a new, unwrapped toy can
receive a free cold and flu shot. |
|
Miami Dolphins |
|
The Junior Seau
Foundation is sponsoring Shop With A Jock at a local department store.
One hundred underprivileged children from the Boys and Girls Clubs will
receive a $100 gift certificate to shop for Christmas gifts. Each child
will be paired up with a Dolphins player, alumni, cheerleader or college
athlete. |
|
Minnesota Vikings |
C Matt Birk
|
Birk will host a
pizza party for the winner of the Vikings Gridiron Geography program. |
|
Minnesota Vikings |
QB Daunte Culpepper;
T Bryant McKinnie; S Jack Brewer; WR Keenan Howry; WR Kelly Campbell; WR
Kenny Clark; RB Onterrio Smith; RB Onterrio Smith; WR Randy Moss; TE
Steve Farmer |
Culpepper will host
his 5th annual holiday party for the African American Adoption Agency at
a local center. Several teammates will be on hand to spread holiday
cheer. |
|
New England Patriots |
Patriots Chairman &
Owner Robert Kraft; Patriots Vice Chairman Jonathan Kraft; Rhode Island
Governor Donald L. Carcieri; Patriots players; Patriots cheerleaders;
Patriots mascot "Pat the Patriot" |
To underscore the
Patriots' commitment to the people of Rhode Island, the Patriots, along
with the state's Governor will spend the day in Rhode Island visiting
hospitalized children and reading books to elementary school students.
Players and cheerleaders will sign autographs and pose for photographs.
|
|
New York Giants |
QB Jason Garrett; LB
Nick Greisen; TE Darnell Dinkins; S Ryan Clark; RB Delvin Joyce; K Matt
Bryant; LB Wesly Mallard; LB Kevin Lewis; WR Willie Ponder |
Garrett will lead
many of his Giants teammates in spreading holiday cheer at Ronald
McDonald House of New York City. The players will hand out presents,
sing carols, lead arts and crafts and spend time with the children and
their families during this annual holiday party. |
|
New York Jets |
QB Brooks Bollinger;
S Derek Pagel |
Jets Geography, now
in its 11th year, is the Jets longest running Newspaper in Education
Program. Every Tuesday there is a Jets Geography page in The New York
Daily News. The page has activities and questions based on the city
and/or state the team’s next opponent is from. Teachers in schools
throughout NYC, Long Island and New Jersey use this page as their social
studies or geography lesson plan. In support of this program Jets
players visit schools during the season. Bollinger and Pagel will speak
to 130 students at PS 148 in East Elmhurst about topics such as the
importance of education. |
|
Oakland Raiders |
WR Tim Brown
|
Brown will appear at
the Raider Image in Southland Mall in conjunction with USMC Toys for
Tots Program. Brown will trade autographs for new toys, as will his
teammates throughout the holiday season. |
|
Oakland Raiders |
TE Teyo Johnson; LB
Eric Johnson; DE Tyler Brayton; DT John Parrella; QB Marques Tuiasosopo
|
The Raiders and ESPN
will appear at The West Side Club at The Net in Oakland. The players
will discuss American football and give a locker-room and sidelines tour
to an all Hispanic audience. |
|
Pittsburgh Steelers |
WR Antwaan Randle El
|
Randle El was the
grand prize in the Unilever Bestfoods "Take A Player to School"
sweepstakes offered at local Giant Eagle supermarkets. He will visit
Penn Trafford High School in Harrison City to meet a student, whose
mother won the sweepstakes. Randle El will meet his classmates, sign
autographs, give a motivational speech to a 9th grade student assembly
and have lunch with the student and his guests in the school cafeteria. |
|
Pittsburgh Steelers |
CB Chidi Iwuoma; LB
Clark Haggans; LB Joey Porter |
Children’s Hospital
of Pittsburgh has teamed with Parkway Center Mall and several Steelers
players to organize the 2nd Annual Pittsburgh Celebrity Toy Drive. The
players will lead the toy drive and sign autographs in exchange for a
toy donation to benefit the Child Life division of Children’s Hospital,
a nationally recognized childcare facility. |
|
Pittsburgh Steelers |
CB DeWayne
Washington |
Washington will
participate in his program, “Gridiron to Classroom with Steelers DB
Dewayne Washington - Play to your Strengths.” This is an interactive
program designed to educate inner-city, middle school students about
African Americans who have made an impact throughout history.
Washington’s goal is to further reinforce important character traits
that lead to success in life, including honesty, perseverance, caring
and integrity. |
|
San Francisco 49ers |
|
49ers’ players wives
and significant others will build teddy bears and other stuffed animals
at the Ladies First 2nd Annual Build-A-Bear Event. The following
Tuesday, the ladies will deliver the toys with their husbands to Packard
Children's Hospital at Stanford. |
|
Seattle Seahawks |
QB Matt Hasselbeck;
P Tom Rouen; QB Seneca Wallace; LB Solomon Bates |
The group of
Seahawks players, "Captain's Blitz," will visit cancer patients at the
University of Washington Medical Center and Children's Hospital to give
out teddy bears. |
|
Seattle Seahawks |
Coach Mike Holmgren
|
Coach Holmgren will
be the Salvation Army celebrity "Bell Ringer" at a local department
store. |
|
St. Louis Rams |
WR Torry Holt
|
Holt is attending
the Bear Essentials holiday party, which supports children with a parent
who has been diagnosed with cancer. Holt created the Holt Foundation in
memory of his mother who passed away from cancer. He is involved with
the program as a spokesperson and is also a regular participant in
children's activities. |
|
St. Louis Rams |
QB Kurt Warner
|
Warner will attend
the Rams Community Quarterback reception at Rams Park to speak to
finalists who are outstanding volunteers in their community. |
|
St. Louis Rams |
FB Joey Goodspeed
|
Goodspeed will
attend a vision screening at Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club. He will
read to the kids as part of the Rams Reader Team and sign autographs. |