|
Team |
Player(s) Scheduled To Appear |
Brief Description of Activity |
|
Arizona
Cardinals |
K Bill
Gramatica |
Gramatica will
read to students at Hohokam Elementary School as part of the
Cardinals literacy outreach program. |
|
Arizona
Cardinals |
WR Kevin
Kasper; Team mascot "Big Red" |
Kasper, along
with mascot Big Red will participate in the Cardinals Kids Clinic
held at the training facility. |
|
Baltimore
Ravens |
G Edwin
Mulitalo; TE Todd Heap |
Mulitalo and
Heap, along with several Ravens, will host the annual Gridiron
Halloween Party on Monday (10/27). The proceeds will benefit
Goodwill Industries. |
|
Baltimore
Ravens |
LB Edgerton
Hartwell; DE Anthony Weaver; P Dave Zastudil; FB Alan Ricard; DE
Marques Douglas |
The players
will host a Ravens Gatorade Jr. Training Camp at the Towson YMCA. |
|
Carolina
Panthers |
LB Brian Allen
, RB Rod Smith |
Allen will
visit Cox Mill Elementary School and Smith will visit Castle
Heights Middle School for the schools Alcohol and Drug Awareness
Week. They will talk to the students about making healthy
lifestyle choices and living drug-free. |
|
Chicago Bears |
DT Ian Scott;
DT Cliff Washburn; DT Tron LaFavor |
Players will
visit Children's Memorial Hospital. They will participate in a
bingo games show, which will be aired on closed circuit television
throughout the hospital. This will give children, who are unable
to leave their rooms, a chance to join in the fun! |
|
Chicago Bears |
DE Michael
Haynes; Director of Special Projects - Patrick McCaskey
|
Each Tuesday
during the football season, Bears players visit Chicago public
schools to speak to, motivate, and interact with students. The
theme for player visits is character development, goal setting,
and commitment to excellence. More than 7,000 students benefit
annually from this program. |
|
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 |
K Kris Brown
|
Brown will
serve as a guest speaker at the Houston Texans Business Lunch
Series. The event is presented by the Houston Business Journal and
Administaff. Proceeds will benefit the Houston Texans Foundation.
|
|
Houston Texans |
CB Marcus
Coleman; C Steve McKinney |
Coleman and
McKinney will serve as guest speakers at the Touchdown Club of
Houston. |
|
Houston Texans |
FB Greg
Comella |
Comella will
visit the hospitalized patients at the Shriner's Hospital. He will
also participate with patients in an arts and craft projectat the
hospital. |
|
Houston Texans |
T Seth Payne
|
Payne will
make an appearance at the Carnegie Library as part of the Reliant
Energy Power Readers Program. Payne is a spokesman for the program
which focuses on increasing literacy among youth. |
|
Indianapolis
Colts |
LB Jim Nelson
|
Nelson will
visit Hickory Elementary School to assist with the school's "Red
Ribbon Week" activities encouraging students to pledge to be
drug-free. |
|
Indianapolis
Colts |
LB Rob Morris |
Morris will
visit the Indianapolis Colts Courage House and participate in
Halloween activities. |
|
Minnesota
Vikings |
TE Hunter
Goodwin |
Goodwin will
visit the computer lab at Hopkins High School as part of the PLATO
Rush to Read program. |
|
Minnesota
Vikings |
S Jack Brewer
|
Brewer will
serve as the keynote speaker at the Rocori Football Banquet. |
|
Minnesota
Vikings |
G Lewis Kelly
|
Kelly will
visit students at Bancroft Elementary School. |
|
Minnesota
Vikings |
LB Greg
Biekert; WR Nick Davis; WR Kelly Campbell; LB Mike Nattiel; TE
Steve Farmer; WR Keenan Howry |
Biekert, along
with his teammates will host the MDA Beat the Pro Extravaganza at
the Mall of America for children with muscular dystrophy and their
families. |
|
New England
Patriots |
S Je'Rod
Cherry |
Cherry will
serve as 'Principal for a Day' at the Mary Lyon School in
Brighton, MA. He will attend classes in kindergarten through
eighth grade, and finish the day participating in a roundtable
discussion with other Boston leaders who served as principals. |
|
New York
Giants |
S Shaun
Williams |
Williams will
speak at a United Way of Central Jersey campaign kickoff breakfast
to discuss the importance of being active in the community. He'll
also speak about his football career. |
|
New York
Giants |
WR Ataveus
Cash; C Carson Dach; G David Diehl; WR David Tyree; T Dion
Meredith; CB Frank Walker; DE Osi Umenyiora; DE Radell Lockhart;
TE Visanthe Shiancoe; C Wayne Lucier; DT William Joseph; WR Willie
Ponder |
The rookies
will host the annual Rookie Halloween Party at the Tomorrow's
Children's Fund. The players will paint pumpkins and distribute
candy and goodies to children with cancer.
|
|
New York
Giants |
T Jeff Hatch
|
Hatch will
visit Giants Academy, located in the Louise A. Spencer Middle
School in Newark, NJ, to welcome the new sixth graders to the
program. Giants Academy is a program started by the Giants
Foundation and Communities in Schools to give kids who are
identified as being at-risk for dropping out of school more
personalized attention in a fun and educational environment. |
|
New York Jets |
Jets Women's
Organization |
Members of the
Jets Women's Organization, which includes wives, fiancees and
significant others of players, coaches and select football staff,
will visit Ludlum Elementary School in Hempstead to read to the
students. The women will dress in costumes relating to the books
they are reading. They will read to children in first through
fourth grades. |
|
New York Jets |
K Doug Brien
|
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 Jets
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 we provide
school visits during the season. Brien will speak to 90 students
at George Westinghouse High School in Brooklyn about topics such
as the importance of education. |
|
New York Jets |
DT Dewayne
Robertson; LB Sam Cowart; Former Player Freeman McNeil
|
The New York
Daily News,
together with the Associated Builders and Owners of Greater New
York, Inc. are hosting the 9th Annual Bill Gallo Awards Dinner
benefiting Scouting for Children with Disabilities of the Learning
for Life Program. To celebrate the event’s 9th anniversary they
are honoring the 40th Anniversary of the New York Jets. |
|
New York Jets |
T Lance Nimmo;
G Brent Smith; DE Bryan Thomas; G Dave Yovanovits; DE Matt Walters
|
The players
will visit patients at Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New
Jersey. The hospital houses 55 beds for patients ranging from
newborn up to 21 years old. The players visit patients in their
rooms to sign autographs, take pictures and hand out Jets
merchandise. |
|
Oakland
Raiders |
TE Teyo
Johnson |
Johnson will
represent the Oakland Raiders at the Project YES grand opening.
Johnson will address how Project YES gives East Oakland youth an
alternative to inadequate educational resources, health and
violence issues. He will also talk about what it takes to get into
college and life skills. |
|
Philadelphia
Eagles |
LB Ike Reese;
QB A.J. Feeley; RB Correll Buckhalter; LB Carlos Emmons; SWOOP
|
The players
will celebrate Halloween at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Players will dress up in Halloween costumes and visit the children
in a playroom and in their rooms. |
|
Pittsburgh
Steelers |
WR Antwaan
Randle El |
Randle El was
the grand prize in the Unilever Bestfoods-sponsored "Take A Player
to School" sweepstakes offered at Pittsburgh-area Giant Eagle
supermarkets this past August. He will visit St. John Neumann
Regional Catholic School to meet John Henry Coyne, whose aunt won
the sweepstakes, his eighth grade classmates, sign autographs,
speak before a student assembly and have lunch with John and his
guests in the school cafeteria. |
|
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.
|
|
Pittsburgh
Steelers |
G Alan Faneca
|
On Monday
(10/27) Alan Faneca, his wife Julie will host the second annual
Bid for Hope to benefit the Glimmer of Hope Foundation and breast
cancer research. The event features a number of Faneca’s teammates
signing autographs, along with silent and live auction items to
benefit the charity. Glimmer of Hope is affiliated with Magee
Women's Hospital's breast cancer research institute which
participates in studies that are revolutionizing the care of
breast cancer. |
|
San Francisco
49ers |
RB Kevan
Barlow; T Derrick Deese; T Scott Gragg; T Kwame Harris; G Eric
Heitmann; WR Cedrick Wilson |
49ers players
will participate in the annual "Halloween Heroes" event at the
Zeum in San Francisco, benefiting Bay Area children. The youth can
enjoy Zeum’s carousel, mini pumpkin decorating, face painting,
teddy bear making, soap-making, a Sony PlayStation kiosk and more,
alongside 49ers players and the team's mascot, “Sourdough Sam”.
Parents can enjoy gourmet food and wines, gifts and prizes, and a
silent auction filled with one-of-a-kind items and unique sports
experiences. |
|
San Francisco
49ers |
WR Cedrick
Wilson; TE Brian Jennings |
Wilson and
Jennings and other 49ers players will visit 500 elementary school
children to discuss safe trick-or-treat practices for Halloween
night. Each child will receive a goodie bag of 49ers memorabilia
and information on safe trick-or-treating. |
|
St. Louis Rams |
DE Grant
Wistrom |
Wistrom is
celebrating his favorite holiday at his first-ever Halloween
fundraiser, Grant's Gridiron Halloween Bash. The event will
benefit the Grant Wistrom Foundation. The foundation was created
last year to provide fun and recreational activities for children,
especially those with cancer. The foundation coordinates various
programs including a week-long ski trip and one day special events
in the St. Louis area. |
|
St. Louis Rams |
G Andy King
|
As part of the
Rams Reader Team, King will read at a local school. This fall, the
Rams are encouraging children to tackle reading by visiting local
libraries to join the Rams Reader Team. The program targets kids
from kindergarten to high school and encourages young readers to
choose a book from the reading list created from suggestions from
Rams players, Head Coach Mike Martz and team owner Georgia
Frontiere. After registering to become a member of the Rams Reader
Team, members will receive a full-color poster that includes the
reading list on the back as well as bookmarks and a magnet.
Members will also be registered to win tickets to a Rams home game
and a party at Rams Park. |
|
St. Louis Rams |
QB Kurt Warner
|
Warner and the
First Things First Foundation are holding a Punt, Pass & Kick
clinic at Rams Park for Special Olympics children. |
|
Tampa Bay
Buccaneers |
Buccaneers
Student Advisory Board Members; RB Aaron Stecker; QB Chris Simms;
FB Darian Barnes; DE Dewayne White; G Jason Whittle; WR Joe
Jurevicius; S John Howell; C John Wade; LB Justin Smith; LB Ryan
Nece; TE Will Heller |
The Buccaneer
players, along with Buccaneers Student Advisory Board members,
will help children who live at the Children’s Home choose and
carve pumpkins and decorate trick-or-treat bags. At the Halloween
party, there will also be a face painting and temporary tattoo
station, as well as, a contest for the best pumpkin and
trick-or-treat bag design. |