WHAT — The DeShawn Snow Foundation and the Willie Whitehead Foundation team up to present the first annual “Snow White” Christmas benefiting underprivileged youth of Atlanta and Union City. Thirty boys and girls have been selected to dine at former NFL New Orleans Saints defensive end Willie Whitehead’s Wing Lab restaurant in Union City and then take their gift cards presented by the two foundations to the Union City Walmart to shop.

WHO — DeShawn Snow and Willie Whitehead will be joined by their celebrity friends Ovie Mughelli of the Atlanta Falcons, Miss Black Georgia 2009 Tashay Reid and Miss Black Georgia 2008 Holly Halayne. Others to be announced.

WHEN — Wednesday, December 17, 2008 from 5:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

WHERE — Begins at the Wing Lab, 4737 Jonesboro Rd, Suite 50 Union City, GA 30291 at 5:30 p.m. and moves to Walmart in the same shopping plaza near Shannon Mall at 6:30 p.m.

About The DeShawn Snow Foundation — The DeShawn Snow Foundation was founded by the star of Bravo TV’s Real Housewives of Atlanta and wife of Cleveland Cavaliers captain Eric Snow. The nonprofit organization works on a national level to develop and implement activities designed at building confidence and promoting social, educational and professional development in young women. Other program initiatives include workshops aimed at conquering peer pressure, becoming active in physical fitness and addressing salient issues affecting teenage girls. The spirit of volunteerism is encouraged by coordinating activities with other non-profit organizations such as shelters, hospitals, and nursing homes. The DeShawn Snow Foundation serves underprivileged teen girls between the ages of 11 and 17. For more information on the foundation visit the Web site at www.deshawnsnowfoundation.org.

About The Willie Whitehead Foundation — Willie Whitehead, a Tuskegee, Alabama native, and alumnus of Auburn University, has enjoyed amazing success as a premier athlete, businessman and humanitarian. His dedication to hard work and perseverance earned him a starting job in one of the National Football League’s most demanding positions, defensive end. In 2005, Whitehead received the prestigious NFL Ed Block Courage Award, an honor bestowed upon the player who best exemplifies an extraordinary commitment to sportsmanship and courage on the field and in the locker room. Whitehead formed the Willie Whitehead Foundation in 2003 to meet the challenge of educating, empowering, and motivating young men between the ages of 10-18 years old. Committed to instilling wholesome family values through ministry, retreats, camps, and mentoring programs, Willie has touched the lives of young men in the states of Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia. For more information about the foundation visit the Web site at www.williewhiteheadfoundation.org.

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