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Winners receive travel and tickets to national
sporting events including New York City’s ESPN
Heisman Ceremony, BCS National Championship at the
Rose Bowl
BOISE, Idaho, June 27, 2005 – McCall sports
enthusiasts of all ages can win a trip for two to
New York City for December’s ESPN Heisman Ceremony
and other prominent sporting events including the
BCS National Championship at the Rose Bowl, by
participating in Idaho’s World Sports Humanitarian
Hall of Fame Fantasy to Reality Football Raffle.
Tickets can be purchased for $5 each (six for $20 or
26 for $100) at Lardo’s Restaurant in McCall, 600 W.
Lake Street, or by contacting the Hall of Fame at
208-343-7224 or visiting
www.sportshumanitarian.com
. The Fantasy to Reality Football Raffle runs
through the summer with winners being drawn Aug. 27
at the Optimists Football Jamboree at Bronco Stadium
in Boise.
The Humanitarian Hall of Fame annually brings
role-model world class athletes to Idaho to
recognize their accomplishments. In early June,
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Drew Bledsoe, 1936
Olympic runner Louis Zamperini and three-time
equestrian Olympian Kathy Kusner were enshrined at
the Hall’s 11th annual induction ceremonies in
Boise. Since 1994 when President Gerald R. Ford
served as its honorary chairman, the Humanitarian
Hall of Fame has enshrined 33 world class athletes,
and through its Don Simplot Idaho Humanitarian Award
recognizes Idahoans whose contributions to sports in
the state should not go unnoticed.
Fantasy to Reality Football Raffle prizes include
two tickets, travel and accommodations to a number
of prominent national sporting events including
mid-field seats at this year’s BCS Championship Game
in the Rose Bowl, and tickets and airfare to the
ESPN Heisman Announcement Ceremony in New York City.
Other prizes include tickets, travel, and
accommodations to a handful of prominent football
match-ups around the country including the
Florida-Tennessee game Sept. 17 in Gainesville, the
Oklahoma–Texas Christian game Sept. 3 in Norman, a
Dallas Cowboys home or away game, and the
Bronco–Georgia game Sept. 3 in Atlanta.
About The World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame
The World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame (www.sportshumanitarian.com),
located on the Boise State University campus in
Boise, Idaho, recognizes individuals and
organizations from the world of amateur and
professional athletics who, through their
humanitarian efforts, distinguish themselves as role
models in the community.
Since 1994 over thirty role models with world-class
athletic ability and exceptional humanitarian
achievements have been inducted to the World Sports
Humanitarian Hall of Fame. Each spring the induction
ceremony includes recipients of an annual
humanitarian awards program that recognizes
community achievement in all corners of the sporting
world through its President’s Award, Pro Team
Community Award, Don Simplot Idaho Humanitarian
Award, the Tradition of Excellence Award presented
to a Heisman Trophy winner, and the Nell and John
Wooden Humanitarian Lifetime Coaching Achievement
Award. Each year the Hall of Fame, in partnership
with Boise’s MPC Computers Bowl, honors a player
from each team with its Student Humanitarian Award.
The World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame is a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is open
weekdays to visitors and humanitarians of all ages.
WHAT: Fantasy to Reality Football Raffle
sponsored by the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of
Fame. Raffle prizes include tickets, travel, and
accommodations to prominent national sporting events
including the ESPN Heisman Trophy Award Ceremony in
New York and the BCS National Championship Game at
the Rose Bowl.
WHY: To benefit the World Sports Humanitarian
Hall of Fame, Optimists Youth Football programs, and
the funding of a new sports-ethics curriculum at
Boise State University.
WHEN: Throughout the summer with winners
being drawn Aug. 27 at the Optimists Football
Jamboree at Boise State University’s Bronco Stadium.
HOW: Tickets can be purchased for $5 each
(six for $20 or 26 for $100) at Lardo’s Restaurant
in McCall, 600 W. Lake Street, or by contacting the
Hall of Fame at 208-343-7224 or visiting
www.sportshumanitarian.com
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