- MEDIA ADVISORY -
CONTACTS: Jasmine Crowe- 404-478-7216
Sparkle Wells - 678-471-2641
April 23, 2008
Hip-Hop and Sports are uniting as San Diego Chargers Pro-Bowler, Offensive Lineman, Marcus McNeill hosts a Celebrity Studded Charity Weekend in Atlanta, GA April 25-26th.
WHAT: Hip-Hop and Sports unite April 25-26th when San Diego Chargers Pro-Bowler, Offensive Lineman, Marcus McNeill hosts a celebrity studded charity weekend in Atlanta, GA. McNeill who is a native of Atlanta is giving back to the very community that gave to him as a youth and groomed him for his NFL success. The celebrity charity weekend will include: Friday Night Light’s – a celebrity mixer at the W hotel, the Players Bowl, a charity bowling event at 300 Atlanta with celebrity DJ Cannon and end with a party at the Atlanta hotspot Dreamz Nightclub. All activities during the celebrity filled weekend will benefit the Mack’s Miracle’s Foundation. The celebrity charity weekend event will feature several top athletes and entertainers, who are joining forces with McNeill for a great cause. Confirmed celebrity guests include: Shawne Merriman, Clinton Portis, Antonio Gates, Antonio Cromartie, Michael Turner, Josh Smith, AllHipHop.com Co-Founder Greg “Grouchy” Watkins, BG, BloodRaw, Chingy, Jim Jones, Tony Neal the CEO of Core DJ's, and more.
WHEN: Friday and Saturday April 25-26th
WHERE: Friday W Hotel Perimeter 7pm-10pm; Saturday 300 Atlanta & Dreamz Nightclub
WHY: McNeill started this foundation with an awareness of the effects of childhood obesity, as it has affected those close to him. His goal is to educate youth on leading a healthy lifestyle and to fight childhood obesity. McNeill plans to launch his Mack’s Miracle Camp, for children this summer in Atlanta, GA. The camp will feature many of McNeill’s athlete friends and provide a fitness workshop and healthy snacks for the Atlanta area youth who attend. In addition to the celebrity athletes helping facilitate the camp, McNeill’s camps will also feature well known hip-hop artists performing at the conclusion of the camp.
About Marcus McNeill:
At age 24, 6’8 and 330 pounds, Marcus McNeill is a second year starter with the San Diego Chargers. McNeill was selected as a starter at the Pro Bowl two years in a row, 2007 and 2008. His Pro Bowl selections were accompanied by several All-Pro and All-Rookie honors. McNeill has been proclaimed by Commentator Len Pasquarelli of ESPN as "one of the elite left tackles" in the NFL. McNeill finished 4th in voting for the 2007 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, a remarkable finish for an offensive lineman. Marcus McNeill is a genius on the field and a true asset to the San Diego Chargers offensive. Off the field, McNeill enjoys spending time with his family in Decatur, Georgia. The easygoing McNeill particularly likes to spend time with his father, James, who was his high school coach at Cedar Grove high school and now teaches and coaches at Cedar Grove Middle School, and his mother, Leola, who is a nurse and a Colonel in the Air Force at Dobbins Air Force Base in Marietta, Georgia.
About the Mack’s Miracle’s Foundation: Marcus McNeill created the Mack’s Miracle’s Foundation in 2007 to improve the lives of children by educating them on leading a healthy lifestyle and fighting obesity. The foundation is a nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization. Through the foundation Mack’s Miracle’s hopes to implement programs that will encourage children to fight obesity, through fitness and healthy eating. The bowling event will be the first charity fundraising event for the foundation and will go to benefit the Mack’s Miracle’s Youth Camp this spring. The camp will feature many of McNeill’s celebrity friends and provide a fitness workshop and healthy snacks for Atlanta area youth. For more information on Mack’s Miracles please email info@macksmiracles.com or visit www.macksmiracles.com.
* Media participation is welcomed there is no charge for media. Passes are limited; please contact Jasmine Crowe at 404-478-7216 or Sparkle Wells 678-471-2641.
