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Mark Your Calendar for These Upcoming Events
Saginaw Hosts its First Wheelchair Daze
Wright & Filippis® is happy to announce that for the first time its Saginaw location will be having its very own Wheelchair Daze on Saturday, June 9, 2007. The event will start at 11am in Saginaw Township and last until 3pm. This free event is for people of all ages with any form of disability and their family and friends. Saginaw's Wheelchair Daze promises to be just as fun and successful as all of our others have been!
Lions' Celebrity Bocce Tournament in Honor of the Late Tony Filippis
The Detroit Lions' Tony Filippis Memorial Bocce Tournament will be held on Wednesday, May 16, hosted by Palazzo di Bocce in Orion Township, Mich. The fund-raising event is being held in association with the Athletes with Disabilities Hall of Fame.
Proceeds from the tournament will go to Detroit Lions Charities to benefit the Athletes with Disabilities Hall of Fame and various other charities in Michigan. More than $540,000 has been raised from the tournaments in the past three years.
The tournament has been named in honor of the late Tony Filippis, long-time advocate for the disabled community who died at age 91 earlier this year.
This year's tournament will be led by honorary chairmen Tony Battaglia, AJ Filippis, Hoot McInerney, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and former Lions' lineman Mike Utley.
The chairmen will be joined by several other celebrities including many current and former Lions' players in a tournament open to the public and fun for all ages and skill levels. The event also will include live and silent auctions of various unique items including sports memorabilia.
Sponsorships for the bocce tournament are available including Silver sponsorships for $10,000 and Honolulu Blue team sponsorships for $2,500. Banner sponsorships for $1,000 include signage and tickets to the event. A limited number of individual tickets also will be available at $150 each. For more information, contact Detroit Lions Community Affairs at 313-216-4171.
Saginaw Hosts its First Wheelchair Daze
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The Detroit Lions' Tony Filippis Memorial Bocce Tournament will be held on Wednesday, May 16, hosted by Palazzo di Bocce in Orion Township, Mich. The fund-raising event is being held in association with the Athletes with Disabilities Hall of Fame.
Proceeds from the tournament will go to Detroit Lions Charities to benefit the Athletes with Disabilities Hall of Fame and various other charities in Michigan. More than $540,000 has been raised from the tournaments in the past three years.
The tournament has been named in honor of the late Tony Filippis, long-time advocate for the disabled community who died at age 91 earlier this year.
This year's tournament will be led by honorary chairmen Tony Battaglia, AJ Filippis, Hoot McInerney, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and former Lions' lineman Mike Utley.
The chairmen will be joined by several other celebrities including many current and former Lions' players in a tournament open to the public and fun for all ages and skill levels. The event also will include live and silent auctions of various unique items including sports memorabilia.
Sponsorships for the bocce tournament are available including Silver sponsorships for $10,000 and Honolulu Blue team sponsorships for $2,500. Banner sponsorships for $1,000 include signage and tickets to the event. A limited number of individual tickets also will be available at $150 each. For more information, contact Detroit Lions Community Affairs at 313-216-4171.