The Chris Canty Foundation Announces Champions Gala 2011 and The Chris Canty Camp of Champions Sponsors
Charlotte's Business Community Lends its Support to Help the City's Youth.
- Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC (1888PressRelease) June 01, 2011 - The Chris Canty Foundation is proud to announce the sponsors for The Champions Gala, the foundation's inaugural black-tie fundraiser and The Chris Canty Camp of Champions, a free youth football camp. The football camp will run from Wednesday June 15 through Friday June 17 on the campus of Charlotte Latin School. The gala, which will occur on the evening of June 17, 2011 at the beautiful Ballantyne Hotel and Lodge in South Charlotte, will honor civic leaders and organizations doing great works with our youth in our community. This will be the culminating event for the foundation's weeklong activities. Chris Canty of the New York Giants, who is the founder of the Chris Canty Foundation and recently named 2011 New York United Way Man of the Year, has invited more than 25 current and former NFL players who will lend their support at both the camp and the gala.
The city of Charlotte has truly shown its support of the Chris Canty Foundation. Wells Fargo is the title sponsor of The Champions Gala. Other major sponsors for both the gala and camp include: Verizon, Snyders-Lance, Arboretum Obstetrics and Gynecology, The National Football League, Dicks Sporting Goods, Viz Press, Brand RPM, Cadillac of South Charlotte, Mercedes-Benz of South Charlotte, Omega Sports, Smoothie King, Play It Again Sports, and Heritage Printing. This year's media partners are WGIV (103.3 FM) and WPEG (Power 98). The Chris Canty Foundation would like to thank all of its corporate and media sponsors for their tremendous support. Because of all of the sponsors' generous support and commitment to our youth, many lives will be touched in significant ways.
The Champions Gala is a formal black tie event complete with a red carpet entrance, cocktail reception, a full course gourmet dinner, live entertainment, a silent and live auction, awards ceremony and more. The keynote speaker will be ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, and this year's honorees include Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe and Bishop George Edward Battle Jr. of the historic A.M.E. Zion Church. The foundation will also recognize several programs and organizations that share the same passion and commitment to positively impact the lives of youth including Johnson C. Smith University, the Police Activities League and United Way of Central Carolinas.
To learn more about the Chris Canty Foundation, The Chris Canty Camp of Champions, The Champions Gala, or to make a donation, visit www.chriscantyfoundation.com. Individual tickets to The Champions Gala are $100.00 and are still available for purchase at http://thechampionsgala.eventbrite.com. One hundred percent of the proceeds of this event will benefit the foundation's educational, athletic and mentoring programs for the youth in our community. For media inquiries or interview requests, contact Jameka Whitten at 704.261.5290 or Jameka ( @ ) jswmediagroup dot com dot
About The Chris Canty Foundation
The Chris Canty Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the total development of youth in our communities. Our goal is to utilize the platform of sports to affect positive change in the lives of children through mentoring, educational programs, and physical activities thus promoting health and well being. We seek to inspire our youth to be in service to our communities and our communities to be in service to our youth by providing support to these initiatives. www.chriscantyfoundation.com.
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