DTLR Atlanta Football Camp
DTLR, Atlanta Falcons players Chauncey Davis and Jonathan Babineaux along with Atlanta native and former Baltimore Raven Daniel Wilcox will host the 4th Annual DTLR Football Clinic on Saturday, June 12, beginning at 9 a.m. The camp will be held at Decatur High School (310 N. McDonough Street). This free one-day football camp, benefitting 300 area youth, will include comprehensive football drills for student-athletes entering grades 8 – 12 during the 2010 – 2011 school year. The camp will also offer a complimentary lunch for participants, a fun morning warm-up for parents and a recruiting seminar for parents and student- athletes.
“DTLR realizes sports is often time the dreams of many urban youth,” said DTLR Community Outreach Manager Sherri Goodall. “We want to help them reach their goals; so, we have partnered with several outstanding football players to help them increase their skills on the field. It only makes sense to bring sports, professional athletes and DTLR’s community efforts together in a way benefits everyone involved.”
Camp participants will perform agility drills, offensive and defensive fundamentals broken down by position and seven-on-seven passing drills.
“This camp offers students a unique hands-on training experience that will expose them to the same techniques and drills I used in college and that I continue to use today in the NFL,” added Davis. “It remains a priority for me and my foundation to give back and make a positive impact in the lives of young people.”
Check out scenes from last year’s camp - http://www.youtube.com/
After lunch, parents and students will receive an overview of the college recruiting process by a representative from National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) and have an opportunity to engage Davis, Babineaux and Wilcox during a question and answer session.
“It takes more than on-the-field action to get from high school to the pros,” said Wilcox, who is excited to host the camp at his alma mater, Decatur High School. “It was important that the camp offered comprehensive on-the-field drills and information on what is required academically for them to succeed past high school; they are students before they are athletes.”
Adds Babineaux: "DTLR, Chauncey, Daniel and I wanted to offer a football camp to ensure that kids in our community have the opportunity to participate in a quality sports camp with NFL players; it was especially important that it was free for those kids who may not be able to afford a camp because of these tough economic times. I look forward to helping the kids have fun while learning football skills.”
Parents are strongly encouraged to pre-register their child for the camp. You can pre-register on Wednesday, March 26, during the camp registration event at the DTLR store in South Dekalb Mall (2731 Candler Road) from 6 – 8 pm. In addition to being able to register, participants can meet host players.
Interested student-athletes can also pre - register online at http://www.active.com/
Additional camp partners include The Athletic Group and Atlanta's Y-Sportz Magazine.
Media Interview Opportunities:
Interviews with players prior to the camp will be scheduled by the player’s respective publicists. For interviews with:
• Chauncey Davis, contact Erik Burton at 770-294-8475.
• Daniel Wilcox, contact Eddie Rhodman at 404.423.4493.
• Jonathan Babineaux contact Cherry Bañez at (404)607-8032
Media interviews the day of the camp with all participating NFL players, sponsors and corporate representatives will be held at 8a.m.-9a.m., noon-1p.m. and 3p.m.
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About DTLR
For more than 25 years DTLR, a Baltimore- based, independent urban retail chain has been a leading retailer in the urban fashion industry. DTLR sells urban footwear, apparel, and music and currently operates in regions throughout the East coast and mid-west. DTLR has more than 70 stores in seven regions: Atlanta; Baltimore; Chicago; Norfolk; North Carolina (Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro and Winston-Salem);
About EMPOWERMENT M.I.N.D.S.
Established by Daniel Wilcox in 2004, The Empowerment M.I.N.D.S. Foundation (Motivating and Inspiring Neighborhoods Determined to Succeed) seeks to open up the horizons of disadvantaged youth in the inner city through partnering with schools & community based organizations to create & support programs to increase youth access to reading materials, technology, and cultural opportunities.
About The Chauncey Davis Foundation
Established in 2007, Atlanta Falcons Defensive End Chauncey Davis started The Chauncey Davis Foundation with a focus on educating youth about health and wellness issues. Each year, the foundation provides a number of educational workshops, seminars and activities to promote healthy living, physical health, mental health and lifestyles with a specific concentration in Diabetes awareness, detection and prevention.
About the Babineaux Family Foundation
The Babineaux Family Foundation, started by two current NFL stars, Jonathan (Atlanta Falcons) and Jordan (Seattle Seahawks) is dedicated to helping raise funds for lupus research as well as building a community center at their hometown of Port Arthur, Texas. In addition, Jonathan has donated $20,000 towards his "Babineaux's Unit" in home game tickets and special t-shirts to more than 30 community organizations in Atlanta. Jonathan has delivered meals on wheels to senior citizens homes, spent Christmas holiday with homeless teens, prepared meals with the Boys Scouts and donated shoes to women from the Atlanta Day Shelter for Women & Children and is a spokesperson for the Lupus Foundation of America, Georgia Chapter and the Raise Me Up Campaign. For more information on the Babineaux Family Foundation, please visit www.babineauxbrothers.org
About The Athletic Group (TAG)
TAG is dedicated to the promotion of amateur athletics and the betterment of student-athletes by providing innovative, computer-based solutions that will expose them to the largest possible audience during the college recruiting process. For more information, visit www.tagcastsports.com.
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