What A Fan and PAAD a 501c3 Non-Profit Foundation since 1995 has Partner to create What A Fan Charities. We will aggressively tackle the issue of child neglect and abuse with a campaign we call Blackout Child Abuse. We will coordinate Technology training for our youth and seniors for greater exposure and communicating capabilities as well as Fund Raising events for worthy projects Nation Wide. One of our first initiatives which is part of our Mentor-ship Program will be “Adopt a New Young Fan,” we will ask Fans from around the Country to provide the thrill of attending a Sporting Event for the first time. For those who have it is a moment you never forget, we have set a goal of ten [10,000] thousand new Fans for 2012.
Please donate to adopt a new young fan. We appreciate your contribution:
Martha Brown, Founder and Executive Director PAAD & What A Fan Charities
Martha has provided over 25 years of dedicated high profile interaction in government, community affairs and political service as a community organizer, a youth coordinator and a Liaison for two Orlando Mayors. Her efforts reached over 100,000 youth during her service as Youth Coordinator at Orlando Fights Back, a drug prevention and intervention program. In October of 2000, Martha found, Partnership for American African Development, a non-profit organization known in Central Florida for Cultural awareness through the Arts she traveled to Dakar, Senegal and Abuja West Africa to enhance the Cultural artistic presentations of this Organization.
Martha served as a member of the Orlando Human Relations Board, is presently a member of the American Legion and is an Alumni of the Orlando Citizens Police Academy.
Join The Fight to BLACKOUT Child Abuse
Families across the country are facing the fear of their children becoming a statistic due to neglect or abuse. As the media continues to report on these issues we find the statistics to be extremely alarming. Even with all the attention placed on this problem, little is being done to raise the consciousness about prevention. The BLACKOUT CHILD ABUSE Campaign is dedicated to sounding the alarm and raising awareness about ways to prevent the assault on our children. We are pleased to have several Professional and Olympic Athletes involved with the campaign and they have agreed to wear the symbolic BLACKOUT under their eyes to call attention to the problem, encourage support, education and prevention.
CHEERS FOR CHARITY
What A Fan Charities is the heart and soul of our Brand. Since the creation of What A Fan we have established relationships with several super fans and have followed their charitable efforts. Most of them raise funds for popular non-profits within their communities and have expressed a desire to increase that impact Nationally. What A Fan Charities will maximize the generosity of these awesome fans to implement programs for underprivileged Americans across our Country. We are committed to assisting worthy organizations with their fund raising efforts, introducing new young fans to live sporting events and finally facilitate our mentorship project. As the popularity of What A Fan increases so will our responsibility to give back, the impact within all communities can ultimately be significant and vital to our country.
What A Fan Charities feels strongly about public service we believe its our responsibility, change begins and end within all of us as individuals and we will do our part .
CHEERS TO SAINT VINCE
I went to my first Packers game with my Grandfather on November 22, 1964 -the one year anniversary of JFK’s assassination. The game was at Milwaukee County Stadium. We beat the Cleveland Browns that day. We had great seats – close enough to where I could see and hear Lombardi yelling his head off! (I think he made an impression on me that day!)
The idea of dressing as “St. Vince” was originally going to be a one time thing – for Super Bowl XXXI. The idea was to try and convey the spirit of Vince Lombardi coming back from heaven to see his Packers in another Super Bowl. I wasn’t sure if fans would “get it” a
nd I wasn’t sure that if they did get, they would like it. The one thing I DID know was the LAST thing any Packer fan would want to do is to show disrespect to such a beloved figure as Vince Lombardi. Forturnately, Packer fans at the Super Bowl not only “got it” they LOVED it!
For those not old enough to remember, shortly after Vince Lombardi’s death in 1970, there were T-shirts available around Lambeau Field with Lombardi’s likeness on it with the words, “St. Vince” printed on it. To this day, in the preseason or early in the regular season when it’s still warm enough to wear a T-shirt, you can still find someone from time to time wearing one of these!
My wife and I accept donations for taking photographs – altthough we never ask or require a donation for doing that. This money goes directly to the Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic at the Aurora Hospital in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. It is only appropriate that since it was cancer that took Lombardi from his family and his fans, that any money we make should go to fight this horrible disease. Over the years we have donated several thousand dollars to this and other cancer clinics in Wisconsin – in the name of Vince Lombardi and Packer fans from all over Wisconsin, the Unitied States and truly, from around the world!
