(NDG Wire) The Fight For Five campaign is launching in Dallas. And ESPN 360 camera crew, NFL players, an NFL pro-bowler, a Hollywood actor, college coaches and players are all involved.
The Fight For Five campaign is to create a global awareness campaign for the Democratic Republic of Congo, where human atrocities take place every day. The first global awareness event will takes place in Dallas, Texas on November 12 at Bengal Coast (Turtle Creek) at 6:00 p.m. Bengal Coast is located at Cedar Springs at Welborn in the Centrum Plaza Building. Food, drinks and entertainment will be provided, and cocktail attire is required. Donations are $100 per ticket. Tickets can be purchased at www.fightforfive.org.
The fight for five campaign is fronted by the Mwanda Family Foundation. The Mwanda family is from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and its foundation’s CEO is former Texas tech and NFL player Patricie Majondo-Mwamba. It also aims to raise funds for the Mwamba Sports and Education Academy. The academy will be built on 20 acres of land in Lubumbashi, Congo and will accommodate 40 students.
Special guest speakers include former Texas Tech football players, Al Wilson (NFL five-time pro-bowler), Jeff Reinebold (SMU football coach) and Youri Yenga (Congolese SMU football linebacker). Other special guests include Montrae Holland (Dallas Cowboys), Matt Doherty (SMU men’s basketball coach), Shin Koyamada (actor, The Last Samurai), and Yaron Deskalo (ESPN 360 producer).
Wilson, who is Fight for Five’s spokesperson, said, “People need to know what is going on in the Congo today. That is why I am committed to going to the Congo next year, and shine a light on what’s happening. Fight For Five is a great campaign and a great effort. I’m glad to be a part of the campaign.”
Dallas is the beginning of a journey that will lead to Lubumbashi, Congo, in March 2010. Along with Brandon Marshall (Denver Broncos), Joselio Hanson (Philadelphia Eagles), Karlton Paymah (Minnesota Vikings), Gerrard Warren (Oakland Raiders), and Atari Bigby (Green Bay Packers), Al Wilson has committed himself to joining Mwamba in the Congo for the ground-breaking of the academy.
A Stanford medical team headed by Ellie Taft Reinebold (Director of the CVICU) will also accompany Mwamba. ESPN 360 will film the Fight Fight For Five campaign and will accompany Mwamba to the Congo in early March. The special will air in April 2010 on ESPN 360.
Other Fight For Five fundraisers will be held in central California and Miami. The campaign will end in Dallas during All Star Week in mid-February with a fundraiser that includes Texas Tech Alumni football players. Those players currently include Wes Welker (New England Patriots), Michael Crabtree (San Francisco 49ers), Darcel McBath (Denver Broncos), Keyunta Dawson (Indianapolis Colts) and Joselio Hanson (Philadelphia Eagles).
Other special guests so far include head coach Mike Leach and 17 other Texas Tech Alumni football players who played with Patrice Majondo-Mwamba at Texas Tech University. Dallas was chosen due to the tremendous amount of Texas Tech Alumni residing in Dallas.
For more information, visit www.fightforfive.org.
The response level to local and national disasters is great but it’s a real shame that so many people take advantage of the negative situations.
I mean everytime there is an earthquake, a flood, an oil spill – there’s always a group of heartless people who rip off tax payers.
This is in response to reading that 4 of Oprah Winfreys “angels” got busted ripping off the system. Shame on them!
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/19/crimesider/entry5251471.shtml