ALS EVENT SUNDAY

As many of you know, Larry O'Rourke of The Morning Call is afflicted with ALS. He and his associates have organized a fundraiser to benefit various ALS organizations. Please stop by if you can. Details follow:

What: Drive Against ALS Sunday Sports Spectacular
To benefit: Organizations that support ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease care, research, etc.
When: Sunday, Dec. 6, noon until we run out of football on the TVs.
The Dec. 6 games include:
Eagles at Atlanta at 1
Indy vs. Tenn. at 1
Cowboys at Giants at 4:15
Patriots at Miami at 8:15
Stay 45 minutes, four quarters, or all day.
Where: Starter's Riverfront, downtown Bethlehem, Pa. http://www.startersriverport.com/ has directions. Starter's has more than 70 TVs.
Admission: Free
Goal: Raise $2,000 with raffles and auctions.
Items: The list is a work-in-progress, but already includes two items autographed by Donovan McNabb, one by legendary racer Mario Andretti, and many Philadelphia Eagles items. The Lehigh Valley's Yankees fan club also has donated items. The final list of items likely will include items autographed by several big-league athletes that have roots in the Lehigh Valley.
Personal appearances:
UPDATE: Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders Janelle and Devan will be participating in the event from 1pm-2pm. http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/cheerleaders/squad.html
Greg Gross of the 1980 World Series-winning Phillies will stop by to chat and sign autographs.


PARTIAL LIST OF ITEMS TO BE AUCTIONED OR RAFFLED:
** JRollins autographed minibat
** Two 1980 World Series Philadelphia Bulletin newspapers,one from the day after the Phillies won the Series and one from the following day, when the city held the parade (that's the paper with the poster-like cover). Both are complete papers, which are almost impossible to find today because most people just kept the front page and sports sections, and ditched the rest of the paper.
** Brian Schneider autographed items
** Baseball bat autographed by Ken Griffey Jr., Albert Belle and Frank Thomas. The bat is in protective, see-through display case.
** Brian Dawkins bobblehead
** Donovan McNabb autographed youth football
** Donovan McNabb autographed program
** Asante Samuel autographed photo (with COA)
** Andy Reid autographed photo
** Eagles light-up hat
** Charlie Manuel Bobblehead
** Remembering Harry Kalas hardcover book
** The "New" Phillies Encyclopedia, 1993 edition
** Scott Rolen autographed baseball
** Jon Lester (Red Sox) autographed baseball
** Dan Koppen (Patriots) autographed photo with COA
** Super Bowl XLIII stadium edition program, Steelers vs. Cardinals ... not the edition that's 99 cents at Ollies. This has $25 cover price
** Giants light-up hat
** Dolphins light-up hat & 2007 media guide
** 2006 Patriots media guide
For more info: Email Larry O'Rourke pascribe@ptd.net, Craig.kackenmeister@mcall.com, mark.wogenrich@mcall.com
or call O'Rourke at 570-460-885