LOCAL SCHOOLS ARE TEAMING UP FOR SUPER BOWL PROJECT TO HELP NORTH TEXAS CHILDREN IN NEED
NORTH TEXAS – Public and private schools in North Texas are teaming up with the National Football League, Dallas Cowboys, North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee and the Salvation Army for a Super Bowl project that puts books and sports equipment into the hands of local children in need. The project, called Super Kids-Super Sharing, has been implemented in Super Bowl host communities for the past eleven years and has placed tens of thousands of books and pieces of sports equipment into the hands of children who might not otherwise have access to such items.
Super Kids-Super Sharing gives local students an opportunity to be involved in the excitement of Super Bowl, “recycle” items they no longer need, and share them with other children. There is still time for area schools to join in this year’s effort.
Participating schools will ask their students to gather up gently used or new books, sports equipment, board games and school supplies from home and place those items in collection boxes at school. Most school collections will begin in early January. Just before Super Bowl, donated items will be brought to a collection point where they will be sorted, then distributed to pre-selected lower income schools in participating districts, and to organizations serving local children in need.
Joining in the effort so far are: Arlington, Dallas, Irving, Frisco, Lewisville and Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School Districts, the Diocese of Dallas Schools and the Diocese of Fort Worth Schools.
Individual schools must sign up to take part. They may do so by contacting Susan Groh, Super Kids-Super Sharing Project Manager, at (401) 952-0885 or by emailing the name of their school, address and contact information to [email protected]. Interested schools should sign up before the end of October. The NFL provides instructions, posters, flyer templates and other materials to make it easy for schools to implement this project.
Super Kids-Super Sharing is one of the NFL’s environmental initiatives for Super Bowl XLV. The NFL Environmental Program plays an active role behind the scenes at Super Bowl. In addition to Super Kids-Super Sharing, the NFL Environmental Program ensures that tens of thousands of pounds of unserved prepared food from Super Bowl events are distributed to local shelters and community kitchens. The Environmental Program is also responsible for recycling cardboard and other materials from Super Bowl events and donates everything from decorative banners to building materials to local non-profit agencies. Several tree planting projects are being developed as part of Super Bowl. “Green power” will also be used to power Cowboys Stadium for Super Bowl XLV.
The NFL Environmental Program is one of a large number of community events and initiatives implemented each year by the NFL to leave a positive legacy in each Super Bowl host community.
