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Detroit, MI (PRWEB) June 12, 2008

Gonicofish.com announced today that it has partnered with News America Marketing

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Ann Arbor, MI (PRWEB) October 16, 2008

Last month, the North Schuylkill, PA school district became the latest in a long string of school districts in the US and abroad to consider banning flip-flops and other kid-popular fashions in the interest of student safety.

Parents now find themselves facing a battle on two fronts. While they encourage their children to make appropriate choices in footwear fashion, and acknowledge school safety issues surrounding trendy footwear like Crocs, Heelys, and flip-flops, they are faced with trying to convince those same kids to choose from a safer selection of that age-old stand-by: sneakers.

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Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) May 20, 2010

Fan Cans, LLC recently announced several MLB, NFL and NCAA teams across the country that have placed the innovative sports-themed recycling bins in their facilities this year. The latest shipments of Fan Cans are sponsored by Pepsi, and are designed to grab fan attention and boost the recycling rates of beverage bottles and cans.

The unique and eye-catching recycling bins will be placed in high-traffic areas to encourage greater recycling collection at targeted team facilities, including: the Minnesota Twins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings, University of Florida Gators and University of New Mexico Lobos.

Among other environmental initiatives, PepsiCo has outlined a goal to increase the recycling rate of U.S. beverage containers to 50 percent by the year 2018. Strategic relationships with new companies like Fan Cans, LLC are a key component in PepsiCo’s recycling activation plans. Liam Fuller, marketing vice president at PepsiCo explains, “Fan Cans present a unique opportunity to reach out to sports fans and make a positive social impact. It’s a win for the environment, fans, our teams and the Pepsi brand”.

PepsiCo’s “Performance with Purpose” program is the company’s promise to pursue business success while remaining good corporate citizens and stewards of Earth’s natural resources.

“PepsiCo is fully invested in environmental sustainability,” explains Tim Carey, PepsiCo’s sustainability director. “We’re tracking our environmental footprint and working to find new ways to reduce it. Fan Cans help deliver an important team and brand emotional connection with fans. The unique design of the baseball and football recycling bins draws in fans and gives them a reason to stop and recycle that empty bottle or can.”

The Pepsi Fan Cans have been produced in each team’s colors, and include team logos as well as Pepsi’s “Please Recycle” logo prominently displayed. The recycling bins are topped with either baseball batter or football player helmet lids that include special inserts with cut-outs for bottle and can recycling collection.

“We recognize the investment that PepsiCo is making to raise the sustainability bar to a higher level,” explains Ramsey Crosby, Fans Cans’ chief operating officer. “Fan Cans aren’t your typical off-the-shelf recycling receptacles,” he continues. “Fan Cans are designed and constructed to be a vehicle for change, delivering unmatched value for our clients. Our distinctive baseball and football affinity receptacles attract fan attention and drive response within high-traffic sports facility areas. Fan Cans make it easy for clients to activate their green initiatives.”

The Fan Cans product line includes 45-gallon recycling and waste receptacles that utilize up to 50% post-consumer and industrial plastic, and all Fan Cans are 100% recyclable at the end of their life cycle. In addition to the baseball batter and football player helmet designs, a motor sports driver helmet design is also on the way.

About Fan Cans, LLC : Fan CansTM, LLC is a Maryland-based company that has designed and patented sports affinity commercial waste and recycling container lids, and has a strategic manufacturing relationship with Toter, Inc. Fan Cans is the recipient of SmartCEO’s “Eco Award”, and was nominated for the 2010 National Sports Forum’s “Sales Advertising Marketing Management Idea of the Year (SAMMY)” Award, as well as Baltimore Business Journal’s “Green Entrepreneur and Green Product of the Year” in 2009. For details, please visit http://www.fancans.com.

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New York City, NY (Vocus/PRWEB) January 29, 2011

The odds of making the NFL are hard enough. To think that 3 brothers are competing in the same league, at the same time, is mind boggling. Not since the 1920’s has the National Football League played host to three brothers during the same era. As the Gronkowski’ continue to build their legacy in the NFL, they’re also building their fan-base with their unique personalities off the field and they want everyone to be apart of all the behind-the-scene action. “Are you ready to be Gronk’d?” Today, is the official web-store launch of their lifestyle brand, GronkNation.com. Whether a die-hard Broncos, Cowboys, or Patriots fan or just a fan of excessive energy, the Gronk’ brothers want to share their nation with the world! Stop on by and check out the GronkNation Tee’s available now.

About GronkNation.Com

“Gronk yourself” means to get hyped, get jacked, or to get pumped up. Doing anything to the extreme. GronkNation.com is a website where fans can find out all information about the three NFL brothers, and now, even purchase their lifestyle products such as their newly designed GronkNation Tee’s and autographed memorabilia.

ESPN Featured Video:

Growing up Gronkowski

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5953917

About The Gronkowski Family

It’s no Smith or Jones or Thompson. By itself, though, Gronkowski won’t command anyone’s attention aside from being tough to spell. When watching them buzz around an 80,000-seat stadium, they’re the same fun-loving, roughneck hellions who lumped up each other in whatever new game their imaginations could concoct. As they got older, they spent more time in the basement pumping iron on equipment that puts your gym to shame. Gordy Gronkowski is the founder of G&G Fitness, one of the country’s biggest fitness equipment retailers.

With the way the Gronkowskis approach the game they’re not only building careers, but also a brand that’s popular amongst fans, GronkNation.

About Dan Gronkowski

Dan Gronkowski is an American football tight end for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He played college football at Maryland.

About Rob Gronkowski

Rob Gronkowski is an American football tight end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Patriots in the second round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He serves as one of the two starting tight ends, along with teammate Aaron Hernandez. He played college football at the University of Arizona.

About Chris Gronkowski

Chris Gronkowski is an American football fullback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He played college football at Arizona.

Media Links

// Rob Gronkowski CBS Pre Draft Appearance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djieM5ZJlx0&feature=related

// ESPN: Growing Up Gronkowski

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5953917

// Rob Gronkowski preps for NFL Draft

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU-yBEO5KIo

Highlights

// James Laurinaits gets Gronk’d!

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http://vimeo.com/15235075

// Chris Gronkowski’s first NFL touchdown

http://vimeo.com/15235853

Keep up with the Gronkowski brothers on Twitter

@RobGronkowski | @ChrisGronkowski | @DGronko

Facebook Pages

Rob Gronkowski

Chris Gronkowski

Dan Gronkowski

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Detroit, MI (PRWEB) August 30, 2003

The Motown Alumni Association has converted it’s for-profit company to a nonprofit corporation. “The company that started in 1995 is a very different company today,” said Billy Wilson, founder of the Motown Alumni Association. “We need to step up, and produce programs that reflect our love for communities, families, and Motown music.”

The organization that started as a labor of love based around Wilson’s close friendship with Martha Reeves (of Martha and the Vandellas), has become a force to be dealt with, in that Motown’s alumnus have a free ticket to worldwide publicity through the organizations massive Internet access to the media, and it’s 10,000 membership fan base. Wilson said that the organization is still the only one of it’s kind in the world, and they plan on proving their worth this coming year.

MAA coordinating executive Mary Motley said that the MAA converted to a nonprofit format because the organization needed to generate larger sums of money to create the massive programs planned for 2004.

Motley is referring to the development of the Motown Walk Of Fame, the Paul Williams Music Conference, and the MAA Music Festival that is expected to be created by April of 2004.

Motley said that “The MAA Music Festival is going to be the biggest ‘MotorTown Revue’ that has ever existed.”

Organizers say that over 70 Motown alumnus, artists, past and present will be asked to participate in what is expected to be a 2 day event.

Each artist and or group will sing approximately 2 songs per performance.

The Motown Walk Of Fame is expected to see the light of day too, during the same time of the Music Festival. Over 50 Motown artists is expected to be honored with their own Walk star. Though at the beginning stages, organizers are planning on the Walk being either in front of the new Tigers Baseball Stadium (Commerica Park) or in front of the famed FOX Theater on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, where all of the Motown stars have performed at one time or another.

The Paul Williams Music Conference is the brainchild of the brother of deceased Temptation member Paul Williams; Joe Williams (the youngest brother of Paul) is creating an informative music confernece in honor of his brother. “Paul was a great man, and brother” said Joe, “and I think he should be honored for his greatness.” The conference is expected to draw many of Motowns former producers, writers, and artists.

Planners are vage on where the music forums should take place, but the general consensus is that, organizers want everything to take place at the new Ford Field arena, that was built to house the Detroit Lions football team.

Joe Williams, who lives in Detroit also, works for the Ford Field authorities, and feels that all the events should take place at their facility.

The estimated cost of the proposed events is expected to reach $ 500,000 + says organizers.

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Nashville, TN (PRWEB) February 3, 2006

Amoro Management Corp. has been asked to sponsor entertainment icon Snoop Dogg’s ?Snoop Youth Football League? (SYFL) by creating and managing an Endowment Fund to raise over $ 1,000,000 for the league.

Amoro will present Snoop with a ?Seed Check? of $ 10,000 to kick off the national program at Snooper Bowl II on February 4th, 2006, before an expected halftime crowd of 20,000 fans. Snooper Bowl II will take place at the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, one day before NFL?s Super Bowl XL. Last year?s Snooper Bowl event was widely considered one of the most successful officially NFL-sanctioned events of Super Bowl week. Proceeds from the endowment fund will go towards funding football programs for youth, possibly even college scholarships.

Amoro Management specializes in large-scale real estate development and redevelopment projects in major U.S. cities. ?Our investors are used to double and triple digit returns on their investments,? said company founder, Ephren Taylor. ?Individuals who wish to support Snoop Dogg?s SYFL program can invest in the Endowment Fund, and the returns from their investment will continue to fund the SYFL for decades to come. Even if someone has no funds to spare but has great credit, with our unique ?Credit-For-Charity? program they can use their credit alone to help support Snoop Dogg?s program, with no cash out of their own pocket.?

?Taking Kids Off The Street And Into The Stadium?

Platinum Artist Snoop Dogg started the Snoop Youth Football League in 2004 to make football more affordable for all kids who want to play. ?It?s too easy for kids to join a gang. I want to make it even easier to play football. I have a passion for teaching youth life skills through football.? The NFL helps support the SYFL through various youth initiatives such as the Junior Player Development and Play Safe! Programs. Players have to maintain strict academic requirements to remain eligible.

Snoop Dogg?s Junior All-Stars will face the Detroit PAL All-Stars, sponsored by Think Detroit Police Athletic League and the Detroit Lions football team. Think Detroit PAL is the largest youth athletic football program in the country. The event is being produced by Jacksonville FL based Axcess Sports & Entertainment and The Firm, and will include a live performance by hip hop superstar Bow Wow. Other sponsors include Spirit Airlines, Amp?d Mobile, Tiffany & Co., XM Satellite Radio and Natural Resources Media, who will be videotaping the event in HDTV, a first for any youth sports program. The winning team will receive the Snooper Bowl Trophy created by world-renowned Tiffany & Co., makers of the Vince Lombardi Super Bowl Trophy for the NFL.

For more information about the Snoop YFL Endowment Program, or to learn more about Amoro Management Corporation and their various private investment programs including the ?Credit-For-Charity? program, contact Melissa Grimes at 877.367.1463.

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Detroit, Michigan (PRWEB) October 1, 2006

Gonicofish.com announced today that it is has launched a new product category entitled, ?Everything Halloween.? During October, shoppers at this free web source will be able to view holiday themed merchandise in one, easy-to-navigate location.

Founded by Gina Bassman, Gonicofish.com is a central site where online shoppers can identify the best and latest deals, discounts, and coupons on the web. Bassman designed the site?s unique layout and software so that customers can quickly pinpoint the web’s best current price for any particular item. Visitors can search by specific product name, select a favorite store from among five hundred merchants, or browse one of nineteen different product categories.

?I love working with Fortune 500 retailers and quality boutiques to bring shoppers savings online,? says Bassman, former Senior Financial Officer for the Detroit Lions. ?My aim is to provide a fun and easy place for customers to ?catch? a deal.?

In order to achieve this goal, Bassman has partnered with merchandisers such as Costume SuperCenter, OneStepAhead, Eddie Bauer, Target, Lillian Vernon, Office Depot, The Sports Authority, Joann.com, and Vista Print. The number of shoppers who utilize her site has been steadily doubling each month since Gonicofish.com has been in operation.

Bassman represents of one of the country?s hottest business trends. According to the Year 2000 U.S. Census, 4.2 million people worked at home. This represents a 23 percent increase from the 3.4 million who worked at home at the time of the 1990 census.

Like many who leave the corporate world, Bassman wanted to spend more time with her family. Not all who jump on the work-from-your-house bandwagon have succeeded as well as Bassman has. Depending on which source is cited, various experts believe that twenty-five to fifty percent of all home business fail each year.

Bassman is ahead of the game when it comes to turning her dream into a profitable organization. Her eighteen years of experience in the Detroit area corporate financial world has given her the ability to spot a consumer need and to fill it creatively. She has a clear vision of her company?s mission, and understands her market focus.

Bassman credits her business savvy to the examples of her great-grandfather, her father, her mother, and her husband. Each of these family members founded and operated businesses in the Detroit area.

Could it be that Bassman and her husband, Robert, who owns his own CPA firm, are raising a fifth generation entrepreneur? Bassman found inspiration for the title of her company in her five?year-old son, Nico. Because his entry into this world was difficult, Bassman calls him her ?miracle? child.

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Grayson, KY (PRWEB) November 4, 2006

Carl Rogers announces the publication of “Pictures of Highway Shields: Michigan!”, in conjunction with Lulu (http://www.lulu.com), the world’s fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books, and Calrog.com, a cutting-edge repository of International highway shields.

By showing the reader pictures of highway markers (i.e., highway shields) for Michigan’s freeways, expressways and streets, one’s future travel-plans to the Great Lakes state become more simplified and clear. The book focuses largely on the Detroit metropolitan area, including the western and northern suburbs. Also included are photographs of Port Huron, located in Saint Clair County, and international crossings into Canada.

Rogers designed “Pictures of Highway Shields: Michigan!” because the state is a gateway to diverse Americana and economic interconnectivity with Canada. “Pictures of Highway Shields: Michigan!” is available for purchase at http://www.lulu.com/content/490051 .

“Michigan is a hot-bed of economy, national past-time and tourism,” states Rogers. “Almost anyone who drives a vehicle knows the history of metro-Detroit’s automobile industry. The championed Detroit Tigers baseball club and the Detroit Lions football team add an exciting flair to a state that enjoys both rural and urban demographics. There really isn’t a better way to get tourists into the excitement and prestige of Michigan than by providing a book that lets you know what the roads of southeastern state have to offer. Thanks to Lulu Publishing, we now have a travel guide ready for vacationers wishing to make a trip into the Great Lakes state.”

About the author

Carl Rogers is a highway-photographer and historian. His hobbies include studies of road layouts, numbering assignments for highways, international border-crossings and different variations of terrain. When he is not studying road-related material, his other realms of interest include analysis of Interpersonal Psychology and Personal Computer trends. He is fluent in French & semi-fluent in German. With these linguistic skills under the belt, he leverages these tongues when taking highway-photography trips throughout western and central Europe. Carl was born an American citizen, and currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.

About Lulu

Founded in 2002, Lulu is the world’s fastest-growing provider of print-on-demand books for digital do-it-yourselfers. Please see http://www.lulu.com for more information.

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Carl Rogers

http://hwy-shields.calrog.com

Lulu

Melissa London

http://www.lulu.com

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San Diego, Calif. (PRWEB) June 11, 2007

Freestyle Audio, creator of the world’s only waterproof and shockproof sport MP3 Player designed to fuel an active lifestyle, today announced its participation in the events of NFL Irrelevant Week in Newport Beach, California, the week of June 18-22.

Irrelevant Week, founded in 1976 by former USC football standout Paul Salata, is a weeklong celebration of the Underdog, the last player selected in the NFL draft. This year’s Mr. Irrelevant is Ramzee Robinson, a three-year starter at cornerback for the University of Alabama who was selected with pick #255 by the Detroit Lions. As a result of being chosen with last overall pick, Robinson will be the guest of honor at the 30th annual Irrelevant Week festivities.

“This event means doing something nice for someone for no reason. Freestyle Audio embodies that spirit and will be donating product and also a portion of Irrelevant Week Event product sales to local U.S. military families,” stated Lance Fried, Freestyle Audio’s founder. “Mr. Irrelevant himself, Ramzee Robinson will receive a waterproof and shockproof sport MP3 Player that will no doubt come in handy when he takes surf lessons during his visit to Newport Beach,” continued Fried.

Freestyle Audio Board Member Joe Katz, who is an alumnus of the University of Alabama and former member of the athletic department, added, “Alabama natives, fans and alumni that live here in Southern California are excited that Mr. Irrelevant XXXII is one of our own and look forward to welcoming him. We know that Ramzee is going to have a great time and with the support of Tide Nation this will be one of the best Irrelevant Weeks ever.”

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Detroit, MI (PRWEB) February 6, 2008

With Detroit featured on the New York Times “Must-See” List at #40 and well-known groups flocking to the city for meetings and conferences, only one of the downtown Detroit hotels is now poised to accommodate such a blitz. In addition to a prime downtown location with spectacular views of the river and an array of nearby attractions, the Detroit Marriott at Renaissance Center offers 100,000 square feet of meeting rooms in Detroit and one of the single largest meeting rooms in Michigan–a flexible space for events of up to 2,200 attendees.

The Detroit hotel event space includes 27 downtown hotel meeting rooms with a maximum of 27 breakout meeting rooms as well as the 25,801-square-foot Renaissance Ballroom for conference-size groups or exhibition halls. The Detroit Marriott also features unique outdoor reception space, ideal for cocktail receptions, with stunning views of the river and Windsor, Canada setting the tone for an elegant evening at this Detroit luxury hotel.

Enhancing these adaptable and attractive meeting rooms in Detroit, the Marriott hotel is conveniently situated within GM Renaissance Center, which, like a city all its own, features downtown Detroit restaurant dining, a movie theater, shopping, and GM model and specialty cars exhibits. Large groups and conferences need not worry about transportation or entertainment with the Detroit People Mover located nearby, connecting to attractions such as Greektown Casino, restaurants, and sports arenas for the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings.

The Marriott at Renaissance Center features 1,298 Detroit luxury hotel guest rooms with excellent business amenities and plush d

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