WHAT:
Press Conference: Lift Up America continues its mission by kicking off the 2006 collaboration with sports teams. Lift Up America partners companies including Tyson Foods, Give the Gift of Sight (a Luxottica Group foundation), Starkey Hearing Foundation and Interstate Batteries with professional (NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLS) and college sports teams along with local nonprofit agencies to provide the gifts of food, sight, hearing and comfort to our nation's less fortunate.
WHO:
Executives: Sara Lilygren, vice president federal government relations, Tyson Foods, Inc.; Kerry Bradley, COO, Luxottica (LensCrafters/Pearle Vision); Bill Austin, owner, Starkey Hearing Aids; Carlos Sepulveda, CEO, Interstate Batteries; Lee Roy Mitchell, CEO, Cinemark Theaters; and Darrell Scott, founder and president, Rachel's Challenge.
Sports celebrities: Spencer Tillman, sports analyst, CBS; Chris Mortensen, sports analyst, ESPN; John Mara, owner, New York Giants; and Wayne Huizeng...