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New York, NY
–New York Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin
will host his sixth annual charity gala on Friday,
October 1, at Cipirani’s in midtown Manhattan.
All proceeds from the
“Champions for Children” gala will benefit the
Tom Coughlin Jay Fund, which provides financial
assistance and emotional support to families of children
with cancer. The special honorees of the evening are
Charles W. Allen, President and CEO of Athlon Sports
Communications Inc; and Jerald F. Irving, Senior Vice
President and Managing Director of ICAP Securities USA LLC,
who will be honored for their philanthropic work for
children. Both honorees exemplify excellence and teamwork in
their fields of endeavor as well as outstanding civic
leadership.
Mr. Allen is being
honored for his and Athlon’s generous and continued
partnership with The Champions For Children Gala and its
fundraising journal since its inception. Their efforts over
the years have helped raise significant monies for The Jay
Fund. A 1974 graduate of Tennessee Technological University,
Allen heads the Nashville-based media company that publishes
preseason, single-title sports annuals, covering
professional and college athletics. The company’s newest
venture, Athlon Sports, will be a monthly publication
offering unique perspectives and opinions, telling
compelling stories of athletes and teams and providing
analyses of all sports. Debuting in October with a
circulation of seven million via daily and community
newspapers, the magazine will be the largest sports
publication in the United States.
Mr. Irving will be
recognized for his ongoing contributions to the work of the
Jay Fund and the exceptional philanthropic leadership of
ICAP to benefit children’s charities. ICAP, the world’s
premier voice and electronic interdealer broker and provider
of post trade risk and information services, founded ICAP
Charity Day – a day when all revenues and commissions are
given away to charities. Donations include contributions
from ICAP brokers who turn over their commissions that day,
as well as 100% of that day’s ICAP revenues. Over the past
17 years, more than $119 million has been donated to
charity.
For information about
corporate tables and supporting the event, call
212-627-1000 or email
jayfund@resevt.com. Organization information can
be found at
www.tcjayfund.org.
Scores of current and
former New York Giants are expected to attend the event,
which has raised over $3 million since its inception
in 2005. Player/celebrity commitments will be announced in
the coming weeks along with major silent auction donations
as the foundation pursues a fundraising goal of $600,000.
The event will begin
promptly at 6:30 p.m. with a red carpet cocktail party and
silent auction, followed by a formal sit-down dinner and
live entertainment. WNBC-TV Sports anchor Bruce
Beck will serve as master of ceremonies.
Following the
“Champions For Children” gala, the Giants will take on the
Chicago Bears at the Meadowlands on Sunday, October 3rd.
The season opener is September 12th at home
against the Carolina Panthers.
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About The Tom
Coughlin Jay Fund
Founded in 1996, The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation was
created in the honor of Jay McGillis, a member of the Boston
College Football team who developed leukemia while a member
of the team.
Then-Boston College
head coach Tom Coughlin was inspired by the courage,
compassion and faith he and his family demonstrated during
the course of his illness. It is the mission of The Tom
Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation to assist children with
leukemia and other cancers and their families by providing
emotional and financial support to help improve the
children’s quality of life and to help reduce the family
stress associated with going through this crisis. This
allows the families to focus on what matters most – the
health of the child.
The Jay Fund has
expanded its outreach to pediatric oncology patients in the
New York area by adding therapeutic diversion programs at
the NYU Langone Medical Center; sending 10 pediatric
oncology patients to Camp Happy Times this summer; and
establishing an emergency fund at the Children’s Hospital of
New Jersey to aid families in crisis with transportation and
household expenses.