OFFICIAL E-NEWSLETTER OF
JANUARY 2, 2018 | VOL. 1, ISSUE 5
BEYOND THE BOWL This year’s bowl games benefit future generations — maybe even future bowl game players BY JAIME ARON
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owl games are the crowning achievement on a successful season — a celebration of a job well done. Just like every good party has a theme, each of the top postseason games is wrapped in a unique pageantry, tradition and history. These games generate all sorts of excitement in their communities, from the events leading up to kick off to those glorious hours on the gridiron. Yet their legacy lasts longer. The local impact extends year-round and for generations to come thanks to partnerships with the College
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Football Playoff (CFP) Foundation. Think of it this way: By the late 2020s, some Miami-area kid who learned computer skills at his made-over elementary school might be throwing passes in the Orange Bowl … some Dallas-area youth whose reading skills caught up before it was too late could be carrying the ball in the Cotton Bowl … and on it goes, across the country, all courtesy of the millions of dollars invested in education through college football. Here’s a game-by-game look at how the College Football Playoff New Year’s Six bowls and the CFP
Foundation are giving back through Extra Yard for Teachers. CAPITAL ONE ORANGE BOWL Through the Orange Bowl Committee’s new Media Center Makeover Project, supported by funds from the CFP Foundation, elementary schools in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties were asked to submit a written statement of why their school should receive new equipment,
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