Coats for Kids Giveaway for Needy Children
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January 3, 2012
Coat Giveaway for Needy Children
The Children’s Charities Foundation will distribute more than 1,200 new winter coats to local kids from thirty (30) charities and community organizations in the metro area. Charities were selected in advance so that each child will receive an appropriate size coat. Distribution of the new winter coats will take place at the Verizon’s Center’s main lobby 601 F Street, NW. Money to purchase the coats was raised at the Children’s Charities Foundation www.ccfdc.org gala and the BB&T Classic basketball tournament last month. Read More
Save the Date for the 2012 BasketBall Gala and the BB&T Classic, December 1st & 2nd, 2012!
For almost two decades, the college basketball season in the nation’s capital has begun with the annual BB&T Classic at the Verizon Center.
What is the Children’s Charities Foundation?
Founded in 1994 by Peter Teeley, former US Ambassador, and a group of Washington-area business and professional leaders, The Children’s Charities Foundation has distributed more than $8.2 million to charities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area including the District of Columbia; Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties in Maryland; Fairfax and Arlington Counties in Virginia; and the City of Alexandria, Virginia.
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The Chair Behind the Charity: Peter Teeley and the Children’s Charities Foundation
Four years before the first teams of the BB&T Classic faced-off, Peter Teeley, founder and chairman of the Children’s Charities Foundation, was in a battle of his own against colon cancer. Teeley had already led an interesting life. He had worked alongside then Vice President George H.W. Bush as a press secretary and assistant. He had served as the U.S. representative to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). He had been thoroughly involved in the political sphere and humanitarian efforts. And yet he had more to do. Read More from What's On Tap, DC/MD/VA
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The Marriott Washington Wardman Park is the Official Host Hotel for the BB&T Classic and the BasketBALL Gala!
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