Team

Player(s) Scheduled To Appear

Brief Description of Activity

Arizona Cardinals

RB Damien Anderson; Team mascot "Big Red"

Anderson along with Big Red will participate in the Gatorade Junior Training Camps at Wildflower Elementary School.

Arizona Cardinals

CB Coby Rhinehart; Team mascot "Big Red"

Rhinehart and Big Red will participate in a Cardinals Kids Clinic held at the team's training facility.

Arizona Cardinals

Cardinal’s players will read to a group of students at Litchfield Elementary School as part of the team's literacy outreach program.

Atlanta Falcons

LB Chris Draft; WR Jimmy Farris; G Travis Claridge

The players will present gently-used sports equipment which was donated by the public to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta. They will also speak to the kids about the staying physically fit, nutrition and the importance of staying physically fit and nutrition.

Atlanta Falcons

DE Patrick Kerney

Kerney, the Falcons United Way spokesperson, will participate alongside Falcons owner & CEO Arthur Blank and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin in a groundbreaking ceremony for field renovations at Central Park in downtown Atlanta. The funds for the football fields were secured through a grant given by the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation and the United Way.

Baltimore Ravens

DE Marques Douglas

Douglas will speak to students at Deer Park Middle School.

Carolina Panthers

DT Brentson Buckner

Brentson will have the opportunity to teach elementary and middle school students at St. Michael's Catholic School important lessons both on and off the field. The topics he will discuss include the importance of teambuilding and leadership.

Chicago Bears

DT Bryan Robinson; DE Phillip Daniels

The Bears will join community leaders along with Local Initiatives Support Corporation/Chicago (LISC/C) for the ribbon cutting, kickoff and inaugural game at the recently renovated football field located at the New City YMCA in Chicago. More than 100 children from neighboring communities will join in the celebration and play football with Bears players coaching. The New City YMCA received a grant for the field from the NFL, with support and management provided by LISC/C.

Chicago Bears

WR Ahmad Merritt; WR Dez White; S Bobby Gray; CB Jerry Azumah; G Terrence Metcalf

Each Tuesday during the football season, Bears players visit Chicago Public Schools to speak to, motivate, and interact with students. Players will visit Herbert School, Irving Park Middle School and South Loop Elementary. The theme for player visits is character development, goal setting, and commitment to excellence. More than 7,000 students benefit annually from this program.

Chicago Bears

DT Bryan Robinson; TE Dustin Lyman; CB Jerry Azumah

The Chicago Bears will kick off the 15th Annual Chicago Bears Coat Drive at Halas Hall with player spokesmen. New or gently used coats will be donated to needy families during the holiday season. Donations will benefit The Salvation Army and public schools in the greater Chicagoland area. Coats can be dropped off at all Sears stores and Salvation Army locations in Illinois and at the Bears vs. Cardinals game on November 30 at Soldier Field. The coat drive, sponsored by Sears, will run through January 15.

Cincinnati Bengals

G Scott Rehberg; TE Brad St. Louis

The players will speak with the Tiger Cubs for the Boys Scouts of America about their professional football careers. They will also participate in games and activities with the Boy Scouts.

Cincinnati Bengals

LB Dwayne Levels; S Marquand Manuel; LB Riall Johnson; S Mark Roman

Players will visit a local juvenile facility to speak on topics of purpose and career on behalf of the Abstinence Education Network of Greater Cincinnati.

Cleveland Browns

QB Kelly Holcomb

Holcomb will attend the “Outstanding Achievers” luncheon to recognize and congratulate top students in the Outback Road Trip with the Browns program. Outback Road Trip with the Browns is an educational program designed for 6th graders to enhance written communication and research skills with a focus on geography and language arts, as well as encourage education through a fun and innovative program.

Cleveland Browns

CB Anthony Henry; CB Lewis Sanders

Henry and Sanders will visit Central Intermediate School in Wadsworth as part of the Giant Eagle Jr. Training Table program. The Giant Eagle Jr. Training Table is a unique health and fitness program the Browns bring to area schools. This year, Central Intermediate beat out 600 other schools to win a presentation of the Giant Eagle Jr. Training table and visit by Browns players by completing and submitting an application.

Dallas Cowboys

QB Quincy Carter

Carter will participate in his second “Time Out Tuesday” visit to John H. Regan Elementary School (Dallas Public Schools). Carter aims to help tackle illiteracy and share the joy of reading with seventy-five 4^th, 5^th, and 6th grade students. As a part of “Time Out Tuesdays,” a reading initiative he began in 2002, Carter spends time reading to the students and sharing his opinions on why reading is an important tool in his life today. “Time Out Tuesday” takes place in an elementary school on designated Tuesdays during the football season.

Denver Broncos

LB Ian Gold

Gold and some of his teammates will visit, read, and play games with members of the Denver Broncos Boys and Girls Club.

Detroit Lions

DB Rod Babers, LB Boss Bailey, RB Avon Cobourne, DB Julius Curry, LB James Davis, TE Casey Fitzsimmons, DB Terrence Holt, OL Ben Johnson, WR David Kircus, RB Artose Pinner, DECory Redding, WR Charles Rogers

On Monday (11/3) the Detroit Lions Rookie Club will serve as celebrity waiters at the “Celebrities for Cystic Fibrosis” fundraiser being held in The Hall of Legends at Ford Field. The Lions’ rookies, along with several Lions, and NFL Alumni and other local celebrities, will serve as celebrity waiters, competing against each other as well as other celebrity waiters to earn the most tips of the evening. All proceeds will benefit Cystic Fibrosis

research.

Detroit Lions

LB Wali Rainer

Rainer will speak to 180 football players and cheerleaders, and pass out awards at the Livonia Junior Athletic League Football Banquet.

Green Bay Packers

WR Donald Driver

Drive will speak to donors at the new Community Shelter annual banquet about the importance of giving to the shelter.

Green Bay Packers

QB Doug Pederson

Pederson will attend East River's Pop Warner Football Banquet and discuss the importance of teamwork.

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.

Green Bay Packers

WR Robert Ferguson

Ferguson will read to students at Granville Elementary School in Milwaukee.

Houston Texans

T Seth Payne

Payne will be reading to youngsters and their parents at the Stimley -Blue Ridge Library in Houston as part of the Reliant Energy Power Readers Program.

Indianapolis Colts

RB Brian Allen; LB David Thornton

Allen and Thornton will participate in the Colts/Vectren Power Volunteer Day in Muncie. They will work with the volunteers at both the Boys and Girls Club of Muncie painting, refurbishing the building and with the Motivate our Minds program by helping kids with their homework and tutoring in reading and math.

Jacksonville Jaguars

CB Fernando Bryant

The I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless will be unveiling its holiday card “Nights of Shelter” billboard at the center. Bryant, currently serving as spokesperson for the center, will be in attendance to show his support of the program designed to help raise awareness for the homeless shelter. Anthony Nelson, 15 year-old designer of the 2003 Holiday Card will also be in attendance. A local billboard company has donated several billboard spots around town where Anthony's card will be on display.

Jacksonville Jaguars

LB Akin Ayodele

Ayodele will tape a public service announcement encouraging people to not use tobacco products as part of the Anti-Tobacco program for Baptist Medical Center.

Kansas City Chiefs

Hall will visit Central Middle School in Kansas City to launch a new youth fitness program, "Kansas City Step With It!"  Already in place in other cities throughout the nation, the program challenges children to take 10,000 steps a day. The program was designed by several youth fitness organizations and is sponsored by Coca-Cola.

Kansas City Chiefs

TE Tony Gonzalez; Carol Vermeil, wife of Head Coach Dick Vermeil

Gonzalez will be joined by Carol Vermeil at a metro-Kansas City elementary school on behalf of the Shadow Buddies Foundation. Gonzales, the spokesperson for this organization that offers condition specific dolls to allow those inflicted with illness to have a "friend" that shares the same condition, will "reintroduce" a third grade student who is suffering from cancer back to his school. Gonzalez's visit will help show those classmates that cancer isn't something to be afraid and of it they should not treat anyone differently.

Miami Dolphins

S Shawn Wooden

Wooden will be on hand when WCI Communities donates appliances to Habitat for Humanity. The appliances will be used in the Habitat for Humanity homes.

Miami Dolphins

FB Obafemi Ayanbadejo; S Sammy Knight; DE Jay Williams

Ayanbadejo, Knight and Williams will speak to and answer questions from 100 at-risk youths in the courtroom of Judge Howard Zeidwig at the Broward County Courthouse.

Miami Dolphins

S Trent Gamble

Gamble will read to students at Larkdale Elementary School in Ft. Lauderdale as part of Wachovia's Reading Celebration.

Minnesota Vikings

DT Billy Lyon; LB E.J. Henderson; LB Mike Nattiel; FB Charles Stackhouse

The players will host 175 Boy Scouts from the metro area at the Vikings Winter Park Training Facility.

Minnesota Vikings

RB Michael Bennett

Bennett will visit Westview Elementary School on Election Day. He will speak to the Student Council and a school assembly.

New York Giants

RB Tiki Barber; WR Amani Toomer; WR Ike Hilliard; CB Will Allen; CB William Peterson

The Giants will headline Esquire Magazine's Breast Cancer NY Sports Charity Night.

New York Giants

LB Dhani Jones; DE Michael Strahan; RB Tiki Barber

Dhani Jones will be at Madison Square Garden on Monday (11/2) to receive the Starlight Shining Star Award from the Starlight Children's Foundation at their annual Celebrity Sports Auction. The award is given in recognition of a player who goes above and beyond to perform numerous charitable works with children in the New York Metropolitan area. Barber and Strahan will also be in attendance to support the charity with which they are both highly involved.

New York Giants

T Jeff Hatch

Hatch will visit Butler High School (Butler, NJ) to join the Butler Bulldogs youth football program for practice. He will help coach seventy five 1^st through 8^th graders in the fundamental aspects of football and encourage them to work as hard in the classroom as they do on the football field.

New York Jets

QB Chad Pennington

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will honor Pennington as the New York Athlete of the Year at their annual Dinner with Champions. Dinner with Champions is one of the premiere charitable events of the New York sports scene. It attracts approximately 300 guests and many current and retired athletes from New York Teams including the Jets, Yankees, Mets, Knicks and Rangers. To date, the event has raised more than $1 million to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The event creates public awareness about blood-related cancers and their devastating effects on families and raises funds for the ongoing work of the NYC chapter.

New York Jets

LB Marvin Jones

Jones will attend the Starlight Foundation's 14th Annual Celebrity Sports Auction. The mission of the Starlight Children’s Foundation is to brighten the lives of seriously ill children.

New York Jets

T Alan Harper; DE Bryan Thomas; DT Chester McGlockton; DT Dewayne Robertson; T James Reed; DE John Abraham; DE Matt Walters; DE Shaun Ellis; T Jason Ferguson

The Muscular Dystrophy Association's Muscle Team is a high profile gala and auction held in early January where metro New York’s top professional athletes help MDA raise funds to find a cure for neuromuscular diseases. On November 3rd at the Muscle Team Kickoff Event the athletes will be introduced to their MDA Buddies. The Jets defensive line will attend this event. In addition to attending the event the defensive line has participated in a performance based donation to benefit MDA. For every sack during the 2003 season the defensive line will donate $200 and the Jets will match their donation. As of game 7, $10,400 has been raised.

New York Jets

CB Aaron Beasley; RB Curtis Martin; CB Ray Mickens; S Sam Garnes; WR Santana Moss; QB Vinny Testaverde

The players will attend a fundraiser to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The event will feature a video game challenge between the players and guests along with a sports auction.

Oakland Raiders

DE Akbar Gbaja-Biamila; DE Sam Williams

Gbaja-Biamila and rookie defensive end Sam Williams will speak at Castlemont High School in East Oakland. Gbaja-Biamila, who played high school football at Crenshaw in Los Angeles, and Williams, who played at Claymont in Concord, will address the Castlemont varsity football team. Castlemont High is well known for its “College Prep Small Learning Communities” curriculum and serves over 1800 students from various ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds

Oakland Raiders

T Barry Sims

Sims will lead the Raiders Gatorade youth camp a free program for children grades 2 through 5 that features recreational and educational in a safe and fun environment. Sims will address the students about the importance of staying in school, setting goals, staying healthy and participating in athletics and will conduct a football skills clinic. 

Philadelphia Eagles

C Hank Fraley; LB Carlos Emmons; QB Koy Detmer; QB A.J. Feeley; CB Bobby Taylor; P Dirk Johnson

The Eagles will host NFL 101: NFL For Women. Each Eagles player will teach a different aspect of the game - offense, defense, special teams - to more than 800 women in attendance over the two-evening sessions.

Pittsburgh Steelers

WR Antwaan Randle El; LB Joey Porter; S Brent Alexander; RB Jerome Bettis; T Barrett Brooks; RB Dante Brown; TE Mark Bruener; T Josh Burr; LB James Farrior; LB Jason Gildon; LB Clark Haggans; T Casey Hampton; FB Verron Haynes; DE Chris Hoke; S Chris Hope; LB Alonzo Jackson; FB Dan Kreider; QB Tommy Maddox; WR Lee Mays; P Josh Miller; C Jimond Pugh; K Jeff Reed; T Oliver Ross; CB Chad Scott; QB Brian St. Pierre; CB Ivan Taylor; CB Deshea Townsend; DT David Upchurch; DE Kimo Von Oelhoffen; RB J.T. Wall; WR Hines Ward; CB DeWayne Washington; QB Charlie Batch

Steelers players and their families will take part in the team's annual fashion show on Wednesday (11/5). The show, presented by Heinz, benefits the UPMC Orthopaedic Patient Education and Resource Center and the Cancer Caring Center and features players and their families modeling fashions from Lazarus-Macy's downtown. Porter and Randle El are serving as the co-captains with former players Tunch Ilkin and Craig Wolfley serving as honorary co-captains.

San Diego Chargers

DB Hanik Milligan; K Mike Scifres

Milligan and Scifres will participate in Jr. Chargers Gatorade Camp, a project of the Chargers Rookie Club.

St. Louis Rams

LB Robert Thomas

As part of the Rams Reader Team, Thomas will read at Orchard Farms Elementary. The Rams Reader Team, a program that targets kids from kindergarten to high school, encourages young readers to visit their local library, sign up to be a Rams Reader Team member, and choose a book from the reading list created from suggestions from the Rams players, head coach and owner. After registering to become a member of the Rams Reader Team, members will receive a reading list. After reading books, members will receive a full-color poster that includes the reading list on the back as well as a bookmark and a magnet and be registered to win tickets to a Rams' home game and a party at Rams Park.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

S John Lynch

Lynch will sign a Statement of Support for the National Guard and Military Reserve on behalf of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at MacDill Air Force Base.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

G Jason Whittle; S Jermaine Phillips; T Roman Oben; LB Ryan Nece; LB Shelton Quarles

Nece, Oben, Phillips, Quarles and Whittle will host roundtable discussions with the inmates at the Polk County Correctional Facility and address the importance of making informed decisions and the impact faith and decision making can have on their futures.

Tennessee Titans

RB Dwone Hicks; G Benji Olson

The players will visit students at a local middle school to speak on the importance of making good choices. They will also meet with a select group of students who have gone above and beyond the call of duty in school.

Tennessee Titans

DE Jevon Kearse; S Lance Schulters; S Tank Williams; FB Robert Holcombe; WR Darrell Hill

The players will visit patients at a local hospital to sign autographs and offer inspiration.