[ATLANTA, GA] -- Atlanta Falcons Defensive End Chauncey Davis (#92) will be donating 92 bikes to Atlanta area youth as part of his foundation’s health and wellness community outreach efforts on December 22, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Manuel Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Drive in Decatur. The “Bike For Life” initiative seeks to promote exercise and healthy lifestyles 365 days a year by encouraging year-round physical fitness and combat childhood obesity and diabetes. Rapper Shawty Lo and various Atlanta Falcons football players will join Davis for the scheduled program. Additionally, all bike recipients will participate in an interactive biking safety tutorial during the event.

Bike donations where provided by generous contributions from: Atlanta Falcons, BB&T, Stone Mountain Chrysler Jeep Dodge, Universal Sports Management, Zaxby’s, Bank of America, EntertainCorp, Profile Marketing & Public Relations, Home Base Marketing LLC and Enviro. Individual donors include: Rapper Shawty Lo, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church’s Bishop Eddie L. Long, So So Def’s Jerry Clark, DeKalb Solicitor Robert James and Atlanta Falcons Chauncey Tony Gonzalez. Bike recipients include: 100 Black Men of DeKalb’s leadership academy and Atlanta area parks and recreation center students.

WHAT: Atlanta Falcons Chauncey Davis’ “Bike For Life” Christmas Initiative
WHO: Atlanta Falcons Chauncey Davis, Atlanta Falcons Players, Rapper Shawty Lo, 92 Atlanta area youth, sponsors and more.
WHEN: December 22, 2009
TIME: 2 p.m. until 3 p.m.
LOCATION: Manuel Maloof Auditorium, 1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur 30030
DETAILS: 92 Atlanta area youth will receive bikes, participate in an interactive biking safety tutorial and participate in an autograph signing session.
CONTACT: Nicoma Wood 404-293-0946

“We know the best ways to combat diabetes and childhood obesity is through diet and exercise,” said Davis, whose mother lost her leg due to complications associated with diabetes. “There is no better gift I can think of than the gift of life through promoting healthy lifestyles and exercise year round. I am calling on Atlanta to help me reach our young people by donating to this worthy cause.”

"I'm more than happy to donate bikes for Chauncey Davis' Bike For Life initiative as a way to help kids stay active and healthy. As a diabetic myself, I appreciate all of Chauncey's efforts in the community to promote diabetes awareness,” said Shawty Lo. “I also understand the importance of educating young people early on and encouraging them to get the proper exercise to maintain a healthy weight. My mother, father and grandmother all suffer or have suffered from diabetes, so anything I can do to help fight this disease, I am more than willing to lend my time and resources."

Davis established The Chauncey Davis Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, in 2007 shortly after his mother’s amputation. Since its inception, the foundation has worked in the community promoting health/wellness, nutrition and diabetes awareness. To find our more about the Chauncey Davis Foundation, visit www.chaunceydavisfoundation.org or contact Nicoma Wood at 404-293-0946 or email chaunceydavisfoundation@gmail.com.