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On January 13th, Education Advantage Foundation (EAF) will be
hosting its first celebrity basketball game at Beverly Hills High
School. All of the money raised from this event will go directly to
the resource centers and life enrichment activities for the
children.
EAF celebrity spokesperson, Actor/Comedian Rob Corddry, star of W.,
What Happens in Vegas, The Daily Show and Harold & Kumar Escape from
Guantanamo Bay, will be hosting and refereeing the game. The event
will also include a silent auction, raffle and half-court challenge.
Education Advantage Foundation is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) committed
to promoting and facilitating higher education in low-income
neighborhoods with the help of Learning Links Centers (LLC), a
socially responsible investment/property management company. EAF
specially renovates one unit in each apartment building to serve as
a study suite called the “Resource Center,” where they provide free
after-school tutoring, mentoring and scholarships for children in
the program. Resource Centers offer residents a safe haven from
drugs, crime and gangs and provide a positive alternative to
excessive television, video game use and other distractions. Each
center is supplied with a mini-library and reference materials such
as educational books, earth and science related materials, arts and
craft materials as well as computers with supervised Internet
access, and teaching tools for the students and tutors within each
building. More information can be found at
www.educationadvantage.org.
Celebrity Participants Include:
Rob Corddry – Actor/Comedian, W., What Happens in Vegas, The Daily
Show
Mark Walberg – Host of FOX's Moment Of Truth, PBS’s Antiques
Roadshow
Matt Lillard – Actor, Scream, Scooby Doo
Nick Swardson – Actor, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
Nick D’Agosto – Actor, NBC’s Heroes
Brian White – Actor, Stomp the Yard, upcoming releases Fighting and
12 Rounds
Nathan Corddry – Actor, The Daily Show, The Ugly Truth, Studio 60 on
the Sunset Strip
The Stunners – Columbia Records recording artists will be singing
the National Anthem |
