New Orleans Native Robert Royal of the Buffalo Bills Hosts Free Football Camp for Kids

New Orleans, LA, July 06, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Buffalo Bills Tight End, Robert Royal will host his 1st Annual T.E.A.M. Football Camp for Kids as a tribute to his beloved hometown at the NFL YET Center located at 1140 S. Broad Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Royal, a New Orleans native who attended Karr High School, then LSU on a football scholarship, graduating in 2001 with a degree in Kinesiology, vowed if he ever made it in the NFL, he would return to New Orleans to make a difference in the lives of the City’s youth.

This first annual camp offers a unique combination of fundamental football techniques and mentoring sessions. The “Chalk Talks” provide participating NFL players and the young campers an opportunity to discuss a range of topics, i.e., overcoming adversity, remaining positive, staying drug free, rejecting negative attitudes as well as subjects specific to the young campers experiences as Katrina survivors. T.E.A.M. 84's goal is to provide encouragement and instill the idea of hard work as a key to success.

Participating NFL players include Antonio Pierce (New York Giants), Patrick Surtain and Dwayne Bowe (Kansas City Chiefs), Takeo Spikes (Philadelphia Eagles), Ryan Clark (Pittsburgh Steelers), Craig Buster Davis (San Diego Chargers), Santana Dotson (Green Bay Packers - retired), Fred Smoot and Marcus Washington (Washington Redskins) and others to be announced.

Invited campers are members of the New Orleans Boys and Girls Clubs, many of whom are still living in FEMA trailers awaiting permanent housing. “These kids need to know that if they survived Hurricane Katrina they can survive anything.” Robert further states, “I wanted to be able to give them a fun filled day of football instruction, meeting their football heroes and some positive encouragement. I believe that I have been blessed so that I can be a blessing to others.”

The Robert Royal T.E.A.M. camp has been sponsored in part by Coca Cola USA, Coca Cola Bottlers Louisiana, Powerade, Dasani, General Mills, Honey Nut Cheerios, Whole Foods, Colgate, Raising Canes Chicken Fingers, Boys and Girls Club of Southern Louisiana, NFL YET Center, New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, the Buffalo Bills, and the NFL Players Association.

The Robert Royal T.E.A.M. 84 Camp is Produced by Shawnda Nichole Wilkinson, Purple Talk Consultants, Inc., (202) 409-6587, in association with Vern Goff, Emerald City Communications (Marketing/Sponsorship), (202) 488-1124, and Katrina Leonce , Profiles PR (Logistics/Media Relations) (770) 222-2229.

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