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January
11, 2007
JACKSON -- Come
visit the Hangar Dome on the campus of Millsaps College on Friday,
Jan. 26, as the Majors play host to the visiting Centre College
Colonels, where all area youth are invited to attend its upcoming
scheduled Take A Kid to the Game Day.
Kids will have an opportunity
to experience the college gameday atmosphere when Millsaps hosts
NCAA Basketball’s 11th annual
Take A Kid to the Game (TAKG) day celebration. Youth of all ages
as well as all adults will receive free admission to watch the
Millsaps Majors take on the Centre Colonels.
Millsaps is hosting
one of more than 700 games that will be played across the nation
this season as part of the Take A Kid to the
Game program. This project is a grass roots initiative that attracts
the nation’s youth and encourages adults to take kids to
area college basketball games.
“We are pleased to extend the invitation to the community
as we invite adults to bring children to experience a collegiate
athletic event,” athletic director and head men’s basketball
coach Tim Wise said.
“It is our hope that there will be a
record turn out as more and more children are able to take advantage
of this truly memorable experience and worthwhile program. Millsaps
is excited about the intense basketball action that you will have
a chance to be apart of.”
NCAA Basketball is a national sponsor of the Take A Kid to the
Game program. To learn about other NCAA Basketball initiatives,
please visit www.ncaa.org/bkbmarketingresource.org for more information.
TAKG is a grassroots marketing campaign created by Host Communications,
Inc. to encourage alumni and fans to take their kids out to stadiums
and arenas to experience intercollegiate athletics.
Tickets for this special game as well
as ALL home basketball, baseball, softball,
tennis, volleyball and soccer games are free of charge.
The women’s game tips off at 6 p.m. with the men’s
game to follow immediately after at 8 p.m. Kids will have the opportunity
to enjoy a fan fare from 5 – 6 p.m., while door prizes and
other chances to win prizes will be available throughout the event.
The first 25 kids in attendance will receive a Millsaps College
t-shirt (Limited sizes available in: Youth S, Youth M, Youth L
and M) and a gift bag full of surprises.
If you have any questions and/or comments, please feel free to
call Sports Information Director Kevin Maloney at 601-974-1394.
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