Tony Hawk Foundation: Stand Up For Skateparks 2009 - Las Vegas, NV

Event Information
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:00 AM Location: Wynn: Las Vegas , NV

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Andre Agassi, Andrew Pascal, Bobby Kotick, Chuck Liddell, Elaine Wynn, Frank Fertitta III, George Maloof, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jeff Fine, Jon Favreau, Kathy Ireland, Lance Armstrong, Lorenzo Fertitta, Mat Hoffman, Mia Hamm, Michael Eisner, Robin Greenspun, Ron Burkle, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Shaun White, Tony Hawk, Travis Barker

Tony Hawk Foundation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Two Chances To Support Public Skateparks
Tony Hawk Foundation brings its celebrity Stand Up For Skateparks benefit to Beverly Hills and Las Vegas.

9/4/09 (Vista, CA) - The Tony Hawk: RIDE Presents Stand Up For Skateparks benefit returns to Beverly Hills on October 11 to help the Tony Hawk Foundation bring free, quality public skateparks to low-income communities across the U.S. On November 7, the star-studded event then travels to the Wynn Las Vegas for its debut in the City Of Lights.

Now in its sixth year, Tony Hawk: RIDE Presents Stand Up For Skateparks is the Tony Hawk Foundation’s annual family-centric action-sports carnival, featuring games, activities, food, auctions, A-list celebrities, special musical performances, and a Vert Demo with Tony and a crew of top-pro skaters and BMX riders on Tony’s personal ramp. An established must-see event in Beverly Hills, this will be the first time Tony Hawk: RIDE Presents Stand Up For Skateparks comes to the Las Vegas Strip.

Joining Tony on the event’s Benefit Committee are Andre Agassi, Lance Armstrong, Travis Barker, Ron Burkle, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Eisner, Jon Favreau, Lorenzo Fertitta, Frank Fertitta III, Jeff Fine, Robin Greenspun, Mia Hamm, Mat Hoffman, Kathy Ireland, Bobby Kotick, Chuck Liddell, George Maloof, Andrew Pascal, Shaun White and Elaine Wynn.

Each Tony Hawk: RIDE Presents Stand Up For Skateparks event will include a special Pledge Drive to raise funds for the construction or improvement of a local skatepark in the Los Angeles and Las Vegas areas. Past recipients of Pledge Drive funds include public skatepark projects in Compton, California, New York City, and the military community of Tierrasanta in San Diego, California.

For more information about Tony Hawk: RIDE Presents Stand Up For Skateparks, or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.standupforskateparks.org, or contact C.C. Hafner at 760-477-2479 or cc@tonyhawkfoundation.org.

The Tony Hawk: RIDE Presents Stand Up For Skateparks MEDIA contact is Emily Miller.
She can be reached at 916-719-9949 or emily@tonyhawkfoundation.org.

While preparing for this year’s benefit events, the Tony Hawk Foundation is also currently accepting applications for its Fall 2009 Grant season. Grants of up to $25,000 are available for the construction of free public skateparks in low-income communities across the U.S. The deadline to submit an application is Midnight, October 1, 2009. For details and application criteria, please visit the Grant Application section of our Web site at http://www.tonyhawkfoundation.org.

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A charitable, non-profit organization, the Tony Hawk Foundation was established in 2002 by its namesake, professional skateboarder Tony Hawk, to promote and provide funds for high-quality public skateparks in low-income areas throughout the United States–with an emphasis on the word “quality.” Since then, the Foundation has awarded $2,887,500 to 448 communities. The Foundation focuses on working with local officials and grassroots, community-based organizations that plan to hire designers
and contractors with strong experience designing and building skateparks.

The Tony Hawk Foundation was established by a gift from Tony Hawk. Its directors raise additional funds through events, industry donations, and continuing contributions from Tony and other entities. In addition to skateparks, the Foundation also makes donations to other children-related charities, as chosen by its Board Of Directors. For more information or to make a donation, visit the Foundation’s Web site at http://tonyhawkfoundation.org.

DONATE: Text the word RIDE to 90999 to donate $5 to the Tony Hawk Foundation. Or visit our How To Donate page at http://www.tonyhawkfoundation.org for other ways to contribute to our mission.

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