|
Team |
Player(s) Scheduled To Appear |
Brief
Description of Activity |
|
Arizona Cardinals |
Team mascot "Big
Red"; C Nathan Hodel |
Hodel and Big Red
will participate in one of the many Gatorade Junior Training Camps with
students from Kingswood Elementary at the team's training facility.
|
|
Arizona Cardinals |
Team mascot "Big
Red"; LB LeVar Woods |
Woods and Big Red
will visit with children in one of many scheduled Gatorade Junior
Training Camps held at the Cardinals training facility. |
|
Arizona Cardinals |
QB Jeff Blake
|
Blake will read to
students from the Thomas J. Pappas school as part of the Cardinals'
literacy outreach program. |
|
Atlanta Falcons |
LB Keith Brooking
|
Brooking will
participate in a ribbon cutting at his alma mater, Eastside Elementary
in Coweta County, where he donated funds for playground fitness
equipment through Project Fit America. |
|
Carolina Panthers |
T Jordan Gross; CB
Ricky Manning |
Gross and Manning
will visit students at the Union County Library in Monroe to speak about
the importance of reading and education. The players will also read
their favorite books to the children. |
|
Chicago Bears |
RB Anthony Thomas
|
Thomas will visit a
Barnes and Noble bookstore as part of a 50-day "Back to School Essay
Contest" to encourage children to read and write. Thomas will visit the
school that submits the highest tally of essay entries into the contest.
|
|
Cincinnati Bengals |
LB Dwayne Levels; LB
Kevin Hardy; LB Khalid Abdullah; CB Reggie Myles; WR T.J.Houshmandzadeh;
TE Tony Stewart |
Bengals players and
members from the "Minorities in Mathematics, Science and Engineering"
will visit the Hughes Center and Western Hills Design Technology.
Through concepts, demonstrations and hands-on experiments, students gain
confidence and interest in these fields and are making commitments to
remain in math, science and engineering fields. |
|
Cincinnati Bengals |
DE Justin Smith
|
Smith will speak to
the Oak Hills football team to discuss his career, education, and living
a drug-free lifestyle. |
|
Cleveland Browns |
CB Anthony Henry; CB
Lewis Sanders |
Browns players and
Air Force members will visit patients at Tod's Children's Hospital to
conclude their "Hats Off to Our Heroes" program. |
|
Cleveland Browns |
WR Andre' Davis
|
As one of six visits
through the Giant Eagle Jr. Training Table, Browns players, including
Andre' Davis, will visit area schools to talk about health and nutrition
during a 60-minute interactive assembly. This year, St. Mary Academy
beat out 600 other schools to win a presentation of the Giant Eagle Jr.
Training table by completing and submitting an application. |
|
Dallas Cowboys |
Rookies |
The Cowboys Rookie
Club will kick off its third annual program with the players making one
of their four visits to Children's Medical Center. The Rookie Club is
designed to introduce rookie players to the importance of community
service, as well as working as a team off the field to gain confidence
and interact with the community as professional athlete role models. |
|
Detroit Lions |
LB Wali Rainer
|
Rainer will attend a
Drug and Alcohol Prevention event for children in Inkster, MI.
|
|
Detroit Lions |
LB Wali Rainer; TE
Bradford Banta; CB Chris Cash; LB Earl Holmes; LB James Davis; TE
Mikhael Ricks; LB Barrett Green |
Several Lions'
players will visit the Detroit Lions Academy, a middle school for
students who had trouble succeeding in the traditional system, to
welcome in the new class of sixth grade students. Entering its third
year, the Academy has expanded into a new facility, which now holds more
than 120 students. |
|
Green Bay Packers |
P Josh Bidwell
|
Bidwell will talk
with Putzmeister employees about United Way. |
|
Houston Texans |
WR Jabar Gaffney; S
Matt Stevens |
The Houston Texans
and Continental Airlines will partner for a special promotion for
Continental's One Pass Members. 120 members have been selected to
participate in a Corporate Field Day which includes a tour and dinner at
Reliant Stadium, and field activities with several Texans players,
including Gaffney and Stevens, at the their practice facility.
|
|
Indianapolis Colts |
DT David Pugh; RB
Tom Lopienski |
Pugh and Lopienski
will visit the Sallie Mae Headquarters to help kick off Sallie Mae's
United Way campaign at their employee appreciation picnic/festival. |
|
Indianapolis Colts |
T Ryan Diem; DB
Darrell Rideaux; CB David Macklin; T Jim Newton; DB Willie Miles; DE
Raheem Brock; DT Larry Tripplett; LB David Thornton |
Colts players will
be visiting four schools throughout Indiana to celebrate "Colts Day on
Campus". Players will visit elementary and grade schools in Fort Wayne,
Russiaville, New Albany and Crawfordsville to congratulate the students
on completing their ISTEP exams (scholastic achievement testing) and to
help celebrate the beginning of the Colts season. |
|
Jacksonville Jaguars |
LB Mike Peterson
|
Peterson will travel
to his hometown of Gainesville, FL to visit to a 21/2-year-old boy who
has undergone surgery to correct a very rare brain disorder.
|
|
Jacksonville Jaguars |
P Chris Hanson; C
Joe Zelenka |
Hanson and Zelenka
will visit a special education classroom at Sheffield Elementary School.
This classroom of 13 students suffer from ADD, ADHD and other behavioral
problems and are often unable to attend the school's special events and
field trips due to their disorders. |
|
Minnesota Vikings |
K Aaron Elling
|
Elling, as part of
the Vikings/United Way "Two Weeks To Make A Difference" campaign
promoting volunteerism and the Community Quarterback Award, will meet
and greet employees at Medica Corporation for their corporate United Way
giving campaign. |
|
Minnesota Vikings |
RB Doug Chapman;
Justice Alan Page |
Chapman will join
Justice Alan Page (Viking NFL Hall of Famer) at Minneapolis North High
School to visit their "Play It Smart" study hall. Chapman and Page will
make students aware of the Page Education Foundation as a way to help
fund their post secondary education. In addition, the Vikings will
present High Coach Rufus Bess with a $1000 check for the athletic
department for wining the NFL/Vikings High School Coach of the Week
award. Bess is recognized not only for his excellence on the field, but
also for promoting education off it. |
|
Minnesota Vikings |
Head Coach Mike Tice
|
Tice will visit
Epiphany Catholic School in Coon Rapids as part of being named NFL
Staples Coach of the Week program. |
|
Minnesota Vikings |
G Lewis Kelly
|
For the third
consecutive year, Kelly will begin his visits to Bancroft Elementary to
distribute books donated by the NFL including "The Road To The NFL"
which features Lewis' teammate David Dixon. |
|
New England Patriots |
|
The New England
Patriots are expecting 2,000 people at Gillette Stadium as part of the
2003 Save A Life Tour of New England. Citizens from all five New England
states will be at the stadium to donate blood to the American Red Cross.
Patriots' players, cheerleaders, coaches and senior staff will welcome
guests all day. Dunkin' Donuts, Pepsi, Gillette, and Papa Gino's are all
sponsors of the American Red Cross Blood Drive. |
|
New York Giants |
T Jeff Hatch; S Ryan
Clark; TE Darnell Dinkins; LB Kevin Lewis |
Several members of
the New York Giants Giants will visit residents of the New Jersey
Developmental Center, a care facility for adults and kids with
developmental disabilities. |
|
New York Jets |
LB Marvin Jones
|
Jones will donate 25
tickets for children at the Kips Bay Boys Club of the Bronx to attend
the Jets home game. |
|
New York Jets |
RB Little John
Flowers; WR Kevin Swayne |
Swayne and Flowers
will visit patients at Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ.
|
|
New York Jets |
CB Aaron Beasley
|
Beasley will donate
23 tickets for children from the St. Mary's Children and Family Services
to attend the Jets home game. |
|
New York Jets |
|
The New York Jets
will host the second of three "Jerseys off their Backs" fundraiser to
benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Sunday, September 28 at
the Meadowlands for their game against the Dallas Cowboys. The event is
geared towards creating public awareness and financial support for the
MDA. MDA Raised $28,000 at their first fundraiser held at the Jets first
home game. |
|
New York Jets |
CB Aaron Beasley; WR
Jonathan Carter |
Beasley and Carter
will participate in the Newark Star-Ledger kid reporter of the week
program. At every home game, the Jets will Jets host two reporters.
Before the game they will watch pre-game warm-ups from the field before
receiving a tour of the Meadowlands press box. |
|
Oakland Raiders |
DE Akbar
Gbaja-Biamila |
Gbaja-Biamila will
speak to teenagers at STARS Behavioral Health Group, a non-profit
rehabilitation center for teenagers in San Leandro California. He will
discuss education, violence and drugs and sign autographs and hand out
pennants to the teens. |
|
Oakland Raiders |
|
A player will speak
at the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) in Oakland. KIPP provides
underserved, low-income, middle school students with a college
preparatory curriculum in Oakland and San Lorenzo. |
|
Philadelphia Eagles |
DT Paul Grasmanis;
Tammy Reid; SWOOP |
Grasmanis, Reid and
SWOOP will visit a local Verizon Wireless location to greet fans, help
collect used cell phones for Verizon Wireless' HopeLine Program, and
remind fans to bring their cell phones that are no longer in use to
Sunday's game. |
|
Philadelphia Eagles |
CB Sheldon Brown; LB
Carlos Emmons |
Brown and Emmons
will attend the Eagles Fridays pep rally party to meet fans and sign
autographs. |
|
Philadelphia Eagles |
QB A.J. Feeley
|
Feeley will visit
patients and staff at Roxborough Memorial Hospital. |
|
Pittsburgh Steelers |
FB Verron Haynes
|
Haynes will visit
the Boys & Girls Club after-school program, which he plans to do on a
regular basis throughout the season. |
|
Pittsburgh Steelers |
WR Hines Ward; TE
Mark Bruener |
Co-chairs Bruener
and Hines will host the "Caring Program for Children" Kickoff Luncheon
at Heinz Field. The program provides health insurance to uninsured
children as well as funding the Caring Place, a center for grieving
children and their families. The program is funded in large part by
students raising money to help their peers. Many of these students will
attend this luncheon to kick off their fundraising season. |
|
Pittsburgh Steelers |
|
Players will appear
on the McDonalds/Steelers KidZONE Show before a live audience and
features boys and girls. The show includes children interviewing the
players, segments on health, safety, giving back to the community and
everyday heroes. |
|
San Diego Chargers |
|
All Chargers players
will participate in their Annual Back to School Shoe Distribution.
Charger players "work" at five different Payless shoe locations in San
Diego County to help distribute over 1,000 pairs of shoes to needy
elementary school students. |
|
San Diego Chargers |
CB Sammy Davis; CB
Drayton Florence |
Davis and Florence
will be at the Junior Charger Gatorade Camp, a project of the Chargers
Rookies Club, at the South Bay Recreational Center. |
|
Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
S Jermaine Phillips;
DT Ellis Wyms; LB Ryan Nece |
McKay will serve as
the keynote speaker at the Champions for Children Breakfast Fundraiser
and will be joined by Nece, Philips and Wyms. |
|
Tennessee Titans |
QB Steve McNair; RB
Chris Brown; C Ken Amato; QB Billy Volek; QB Jason Gesser |
The players will
visit patients at a local hospital to sign autographs and offer
inspiration. |
|
Tennessee Titans |
WR Darrell Hill; T
Fred Miller |
The players will
visit students at local middle schools to speak on the importance of
making good choices. Along with the program, the players will meet with
a select group of students who have gone above and beyond the call of
duty in school. |
|
Washington Redskins |
QB Patrick Ramsey;
Owner Dan Snyder; Washington Post CEO Don Graham |
The Redskins will
dedicate a football field at Central High School in Capitol Heights,
Maryland. Snyder and Graham will attend the dedication and Ramsey will
conduct football clinics on the field. |