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MARVIN LEWIS
COMMUNITY FUND |
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| SSG MATT MAUPIN DOG TAGS |
Shayne Graham's brainstorm has turned into reality. Two dog tags honoring Army Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin killed while captured in Iraq are now available for $15 with all proceeds going to the Fallen Heroes Foundation. Click here to order your official memorial dog tag. | | |
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DAVID POLLACK
EMPOWER 99 CLUB |
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 UPCOMING BENGALS IN THE COMMUNITY EVENTS |
Bengals, National City Looking for Exceptional Breast Cancer Survivors
The Bengals and National City are teaming up to honor breast cancer survivors before the September 28 game vs. the Cleveland Browns at Paul Brown Stadium. This is the fourth consecutive year the Bengals and National City have partnered to honor breast cancer survivors. Forty survivors will be chosen to participate in a pregame ceremony honoring the strength and courage of all breast cancer survivors. Each survivor will receive two free tickets to the game and, with their guest, will be invited to attend a special reception at Paul Brown Stadium the Thursday before the game. Click here for more information and to submit your nomination.
Uncorked Connoisseur Night hosted by Leon Hall
Bengals cornerback Leon Hall will host Uncorked Connoisseur Night to benefit the Leon Hall Foundation of the Institute for Science and Health on Monday, September 29 from 7-10 p.m. at Grand Banquet Hall, Madison Avenue & West 5th Street, Covington, KY. The evening will feature various wine tasting stations as well as food tasting stations from some of Cincinnati’s top restaurants.
The event will also feature performance by Saturday Night Live alum Dean Edwards, music by The Chozen, and a live and silent auction featuring unique memorabilia, trips and experiences. Leon will be joined by many of his Bengals teammates and friends from around the NFL for the event. Click here for registration information.
| PREVIOUS BENGALS COMMUNITY-RELATED EVENTS |
Graham teams up with Ronald McDonald House
Graham | August 15, 2008 - Shayne Graham has announced a newly formed partnership between the Shayne Graham Foundation and Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati. Graham has named Ronald McDonald House a beneficiary of his Foundation and is serving as a designated spokesperson for Cincinnati's Ronald McDonald House. "I am especially moved by the care and support that Ronald McDonald House provides for families traveling to Cincinnati seeking medical attention for their critically ill children," Graham said. "I am pleased to name Ronald McDonald House a beneficiary of the Shayne Graham Foundation. I look forward to speaking publicly on behalf of all the families who call Ronald McDonald House their home away from home." Read more...
Bengals big hit with youth in Jamaica
July 24, 2008 - It is well-know that the citizens of Jamaica enjoy and are thoroughly talented in the sport of "futbol;" Spanish term for soccer. Year-round, the remote island is targeted as a top tourist vacation location. Well, The Rudi Johnson Foundation enlisted Rudi Johnson, T. J. Houshmanzadah and Eric Henderson of the Bengals to devote a portion of their offseason leisure time to teaching the youth of Jamaica the American sport of football. The trio tagged team with a number of foundations, respective interns, volunteers, and the parents of players to host two sport camps throughout Jamaica. The event is highly anticipated and this year marks the fifth year of its continuance. Read more...
Lockland fields grant
July 9, 2008 - Another Cincinnati high school literally took the field when Lockland High School received a $200,000 grant from the Bengals and the NFL for a synthetic field that is going to be ready for the 2008 season. Lockland joins Oak Hills and Withrow with new fields that have been recently funded in large part by the Bengals/NFL grant. "This marks the third new field we have been involved in the last four years and reinforces our commitment to youth football in the greater Cincinnati community," said Bengals executive vice president Katie Blackburn. Read more...
Dreams without borders
July 9, 2008 - Last month Chinedum Ndukwe zipped into his luggage blood pressure machines, tools for diabetics, and medications to take along on his first anxious trip as an adult to his parents' homeland of Nigeria. By the time he picked off the nearly two empty bags a week later at the carousel in the middle of the heartland in Columbus, he had breathed new life into Nnenna and Stephen Ndukwe's dreams of making their country a better place to live. Read more...
Gold Star Chili brings taste of Cincinnati
July 1, 2008 - As the Official Chili of the Cincinnati Bengals, Gold Star Chili flew west to bring a taste of Cincinnati to the Carson Palmer Open in Dana Point, Calif. Marc Rulli, local Gold Star Chili franchise-owner (left) helped serve Cheese Coneys to Carson Palmer (right) while he golfed. Gold Star was part of a Cincinnati-themed hole featuring local favorites - chili and cornhole. The event raised money for Hillview Acres Children's Home, a comprehensive 24-hour residential treatment center for some of the most abused and neglected children in Southern California. Children ages six through 18 as well as teen mothers and their young children find refuge at Hillview Acres.
Rudi Johnson Foundation announces '08 Mother of the Year
Rudi Johnson with 2008 RJF Mother of the Year, Kristin Dusterberg (Easley Blessed Photography) |
June 11, 2008 - At the 3rd annual Rudi Johnson Foundation Mother's Day Luncheon, Kristin Dusterberg was presented with the Mother of the Year award. Kristin was chosen to receive this honor because of her passion and dedication to Starfire, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving teens and adults with disabilities by providing social and community service activities. Dusterberg's daughter Jeannie was a founding member of Starfire. The activities that Starfire provided for Jeannie jumpstarted Krisitn's passion: Volunteering 40-hour weeks, gathering funding through various sources, and creating special events, all to allow Starfire to keep helping people like Jeannie.
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Leon Hall Football Clinic
May 17, 2008 - Bengals cornerback Leon Hall hosted a free football clinic at South Avondale Field for 300 kids. The free clinic provided youth the opportunity to work on their football skills, sportsmanship, and teamwork skills, while building self-esteem both on and off the field. Each participant received a T-shirt and refreshments as well as had the opportunity to meet Leon and some of his teammates. During the clinics, Mercy Hospitals provided free health screenings for all parents. The Leon Hall Football Clinic was sponsored by Mercy Health Partners and vitaminwater.
Ask the kids
May 16, 2008 - Every spring, Marvin Lewis always seems to find them in the most unlikely of places. Like an Easter egg plucked from a tree or a starter yanked from the seventh round, the Bengals head coach always seems to find the kids that bring the best Cincinnati has to offer. And that means bringing out the best in Lewis and his sprawling charitable foundation that has become a Tri-State institution during six brief years. "He didn't just talk, he talked back to me," says New Miami's Christina Haning. "I was following him even before he got to Cincinnati," says Princeton's Jaymon Ballew. "It was crazy ... it ended up like I was just chilling out with him." Read more...
Good to the bone
May 9, 2008 - Last year, LaDora Twitty was in a strange city with her 12-year-old son curtained off in the isolation ward of Cincinnati Children's Hospital, her career in doubt, romance as distant as a chick flick, no desire to attend a Mother's Day function. Now she's on the cover of the foundation's 2008 calendar, draped in a No. 32 jersey with the nameplate "Mom of the Year" emblematic of just what a difference a year can make. Named the Rudi Johnson Foundation's Mother of the Year, Twitty and the Johnsons continue their drive to call attention to bone marrow donation in honor of Twitty's seventh-grade son Cameron. Read more...
Bengals support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati
May 5, 2008 - Thge Bengals and the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati teamed to raise $200,000 at the 12th annual Outback Steakhouse Golf Outing. The proceeds from the event benefited Big Brothers Big Sisters. Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis was the guest speaker and Hall of Famer Anthony Munoz was at the mic for the live auction. The money Big Brothers Big Sisters receives from the golf outing helps match caring volunteers with at-risk children in our community. The money goes toward making the match, background checks as well as continued support for the families and volunteer for the lifetime of the match. Big Brothers Big Sisters began in Cincinnati more than 100 years ago. History and statistics show children involved with the agency stay in school and away from trouble.
Rudi Johnson Foundation teams with Xavier for donation
April 28, 2008 - The Rudi Johnson Foundation (RJF) made a $4000 donation to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Guest Services from a grant received from the Philanthropy Program at Xavier University through their Sport Management class. Students in the Xavier University Sport Management class have an annual opportunity to donate $4,000 to any charity or foundation of their choice. For the second year in a row, they have chosen the Rudi Johnson Foundation.
"We are happy to be able to assist Cincinnati Children's with this grant from Xavier University," said RJF Executive Director Janice Johnson. "It is our hope that the work done by Guests Services will continue to support Children's Hospital families in their time of need, like that of our 2007 Mother of The Year, LaDora Twitty and her son Cameron."
Assist: Henderson
Henderson | April 14, 2008 - When Norwood firefighter and paramedic Jeff Lackmeyer rang the bell for a fundraising effort last week to honor two fallen Colerain Township firefighters, an unsung Bengal answered the call. Eric Henderson has yet to play an NFL snap, but the linebacker got a quick assist at the last minute when he donated two autographed footballs and other Bengals items that helped the Indian Mound Cafe in Norwood raise $3,500 for the funds in memory of Capt. Robin Broxterman and firefighter Brian Schira. Read more...
Graham IDs heroism
Graham | April 9, 2008 - Shayne Graham, the most accurate kicker of his generation, hit the sweet spot again a few weeks ago when he was trying to think up a birthday present for his dad. In order to brainstorm, he asked Tom Graham to send him the dog tags he wore in Vietnam. But those shiny, tiny love letters to a country turned, instead, into a gift for the Cincinnati community and America when his son created the commemorative Matt Maupin dog tags to honor the Clermont County soldier whose name, rank and serial number have become lasting legacies of the war after Vietnam. Read more...
Marvin Lewis Coach of the Year Award
February 21, 2008 - The Marvin Lewis Coach of the Year Award is presented to the top high school football coach in the Tri-State area. One hundred forty-four area schools may nominate an athlete for this award. The winner is chosen based on his teaching skills, sportsmanship, dedication to players, and commitment to education. The award is handed out at the annual Greater Cincinnati Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athletes Banquet. The 2007 recipient was Kevin Siple of Indian Hill High School.
Under his guidance, the Braves have seen eight OHSAA playoff appearances, earned five league championships and had two back to back undefeated seasons. Numerous players have earned league, area and state honors - many continuing their football careers at the collegiate level.
Wilson takes part in Super Bowl festivities
February 6, 2008 - Bengals running back Quincy Wilson gets the North Savages (Phoenix) prepared for victory with his pregame Pep Talk before the Donruss Pop Warner Classic in Phoenix, AZ. San Francisco 49ers great Dwight Clark (to the right behind Wilson) worked with Wilson as a coach and looks on. Wilson participated in the event along with Clark, Dolphins QB Cleo Lemon and Cleveland Browns WR Josh Cribbs as part of Super Bowl XLII festivities. The North Savages defeated the Gilbert Generals 24-8. (Photo by Donruss/Michael Chansley)
Friend for life
January 28, 2008 - Frostee Rucker has a new offseason workout partner. Devon Curling was buried in his No. 92 jersey that first week of 2008, but Rucker is still wearing the boy's 11-year-old heart on his sleeve. Come to think of it, their hearts are what made their differences seem so inconsequential at the end. "Both Devon and Frostee," says Mike Curling, "have hearts the size of Texas." Read more...
Local girl winner at PPK finals
January 15, 2008 - Four million youngsters competed, but only 32 qualified for the 2007 NFL Pepsi Punt, Pass & Kick National Finals. Hollee Morris, an 11-year-old fifth-grader from O.R. Edgington Elementary School in Englewood, Ohio who represented the Bengals, was the national winner in the 10/11 year-old girls division. Read more...
Bengals recognize groups
January 8, 2008 - The Bengals have recognized 11 charities for their work in Greater Cincinnati by teaming with NFL Charities to distribute $15,000. "As with any large metropolitan area, Greater Cincinnati has many needs," Bengals executive vice president Katie Blackburn said Tuesday in a news release. "Fortunately, we are blessed with many organizations that work tirelessly to meet these needs. We applaud these organizations for the fine work they do, and we want to take this opportunity to recognize them." Read more...
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