The Extra Yard, Vol. 4, Issue 2: BIG DAY Special Edition

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OFFICIAL E-NEWSLETTER OF

SEPTEMBER 2020 | VOL. 4, ISSUE 2

Y A D IG B ON ITI SPECIAL ED

A BIG DAY FOR TEACHERS

Thousands of Teachers Impacted During Massive Single-Day Effort BY DAVID LEE

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ntering an unprecedented media joined forces, resulting in college football season and over $4 million in investments 2020-21 school year, the directly impacting teachers and College Football Playoff Foundation K-12 education. kicked off its annual Extra Yard “It’s a national day of celebrating for Teachers (EYFT) Week with a teachers, saying thank you to bigger impact than teachers, and ever on Monday, supporting September 14 — a teachers,” said We are proud of one-day nationwide CFP Foundation celebration in Executive Director America’s teachers support of teachers Britton Banowsky. and honored that called the BIG DAY. “It was really college football It was the an awesome is in a position to largest singleexperience, and day effort of we’re so grateful support them in so community impact for our partners. It many ways. ever undertaken was like a tsunami by the extended of engagement.” BILL HANCOCK CFP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR college football “We are proud family. More than of America’s 250 universities, conferences, teachers and honored that college bowls, corporate partners and football is in a position to support

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them in so many ways,” said College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock.

KEY CONTRIBUTORS

Several exciting investments and partnerships were made that were central to the theme of the BIG DAY, including participation from current and future CFP National Championship sites. The CFP Foundation and Miami 2021 Host Committee announced a $2 million

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