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NFL Players and Teamsters to Join Feed The Children to Distribute Food to New Orleans Families

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Current and former NFL players and their families and members of Teamsters Union from across Louisiana and Mississippi will unload and distribute food and personal care items donated by the two organizations as part of their participation in Feed The Children's Americans Feeding Americans caravan on Tuesday, Sept. 7 from 3:30 -7 p.m.

The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the School of the Legends (SOTL) have sponsored a delivery of food and personal care items for families in need in the New Orleans area identified by the Baptist Crossroads Foundation. The boxes will be delivered to the Franklin Avenue Baptist Church by a Teamsters Union truck. NFL players and their families, Teamsters and NFLPA and SOTL staff will be on hand to distribute boxes to the families invited to the event. The School of the Legends national tour bus will also be on site.

    WHO:     Current and former NFL players and their families
             Teamster volunteers from Louisiana and Mississippi
             New Orleans families
             Suzanne Werdann, Feed The Children
             Ken Wood, Teamsters Southern Region International Vice President
             The National Football League Players Association
             The School of the Legends

    WHAT:    Food donation and distribution to area families

    WHEN:    Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2010, 3:30-7 p.m.

    WHERE:   Franklin Avenue Baptist Church
             2515 Franklin Ave., New Orleans, La. 70117

              Players and Teamsters volunteers unloading food from trucks and
    VISUALS:  donating food to families

SOURCE International Brotherhood of Teamsters; National Football League Players Association; Feed The Children