For Immediate Release
April 24, 2008
Contact Information
Miles Ahead
Trish Teves
+ 1 858 405-4385 or 1 619 677-5770
trish.teves@therocksandiego.org
Bevan Springer
+ 1 201 861-2056
bevanspringer@nj.rr.com
FORMER NFL AND NBA PLAYERS LEAD HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN CARIBBEAN
( BLACK PR WIRE) MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (April 24, 2008) – This month "faith tourism" will reach a new level in Jamaica when hundreds of volunteers travel from California to donate their time to social and humanitarian development programs on the western Caribbean nation.
Close to 300 volunteers from the San Diego-based Miles Ahead organization will visit the island between April 24 and May 5. They will be led by former NFL player Miles McPherson, who founded Miles Ahead and is known for encouraging people of faith to "Do Something." (www.therocksandiego.org/dosomething ).
Joining him are former NFL player and two-time Super Bowl starter Darren Carrington, and former NBA player and award-winning basketball coach Zack Jones, who will be speaking at multiple school assemblies, directing sports clinics for the students and participating in a Netball All-Star exhibition game in Montego Bay.
Teams of volunteers are scheduled to work on projects that range from health screenings to sports clinics and from deaf interpretation workshops to rebuilding local elementary schools, while making a positive contribution to the island's economy.
The visit forms part of three major family-oriented festivals, under the Best Dressed 50Fest banner, which will be presented in Mandeville, Montego Bay and Kingston between April 26 and May 4. The festivals will feature both local and international gospel musicians, including Papa San, Carlene Davis, Prodigal Son, Toby Mac, and Israel Houghton & New Breed, as well as messages of hope from evangelists Luis Palau, Andrew Palau and McPherson himself, who will be speaking on May 2 and 3.
"We are so excited to be in a position to make evangelistic, social and economic contributions to a culture that has influenced my upbringing and has helped shaped my faith," said McPherson, senior pastor of the multicultural 10,000-strong Rock Church in San Diego. His parents and grandparents are from Jamaica; he was born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island.
McPherson, an African American and former defensive back with the San Diego Chargers, is the President of Miles Ahead which has organized events in 18 cities, including Canada and Africa. An author, McPherson also is an Emmy Award winning producer for the documentary Master Meth, which examines the abuse of crystal methamphetamine.
For further information, visit www.milesahead.com or www.bestdressed50fest.com
Interviews upon request: Miles McPherson, Darren Carrington, Zack Jones.
Close to 300 volunteers from the San Diego-based Miles Ahead organization will visit the island between April 24 and May 5. They will be led by former NFL player Miles McPherson, who founded Miles Ahead and is known for encouraging people of faith to "Do Something." (www.therocksandiego.org/dosomething
Joining him are former NFL player and two-time Super Bowl starter Darren Carrington, and former NBA player and award-winning basketball coach Zack Jones, who will be speaking at multiple school assemblies, directing sports clinics for the students and participating in a Netball All-Star exhibition game in Montego Bay.
Teams of volunteers are scheduled to work on projects that range from health screenings to sports clinics and from deaf interpretation workshops to rebuilding local elementary schools, while making a positive contribution to the island's economy.
The visit forms part of three major family-oriented festivals, under the Best Dressed 50Fest banner, which will be presented in Mandeville, Montego Bay and Kingston between April 26 and May 4. The festivals will feature both local and international gospel musicians, including Papa San, Carlene Davis, Prodigal Son, Toby Mac, and Israel Houghton & New Breed, as well as messages of hope from evangelists Luis Palau, Andrew Palau and McPherson himself, who will be speaking on May 2 and 3.
"We are so excited to be in a position to make evangelistic, social and economic contributions to a culture that has influenced my upbringing and has helped shaped my faith," said McPherson, senior pastor of the multicultural 10,000-strong Rock Church in San Diego. His parents and grandparents are from Jamaica; he was born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island.
McPherson, an African American and former defensive back with the San Diego Chargers, is the President of Miles Ahead which has organized events in 18 cities, including Canada and Africa. An author, McPherson also is an Emmy Award winning producer for the documentary Master Meth, which examines the abuse of crystal methamphetamine.
For further information, visit www.milesahead.com or www.bestdressed50fest.com
Interviews upon request: Miles McPherson, Darren Carrington, Zack Jones.
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