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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Pats’ Matt Light offers YOU a chance to go to the Super Bowl
Matt Light - the three-time Pro Bowl left tackle of the New England Patriots from Greenville, the man quarterback Tom Brady acknowledges as his most valuable protector - is offering folks a chance to not only be his guest at this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, but also to bolster a tremendous cause that helps kids across the country and especially in Darke Country.
Light’s Patriots meet the New York Giants in Sunday’s NFL title game and the 11-year starter for New England is sponsoring a Super Bowl trip raffle from which the proceeds go to the expansive Matt Light Foundation.
The raffle - which ends Thursday at 11. a.m. - includes two tickets to the game at Lucas Oil Stadium as Light’s guest, three nights in a premium Indianapolis hotel, a travel allowance of up to $2,000, a jersey autographed by Brady, a football autographed by the entire Pats’ offensive line and hand delivered by Light and a cash prize of $2,117.50 to cover the winners tax liability as result of the contest.
Tickets are $2 and must be purchased in a 5-ticket minimum. The drawing will be held Thursday at 11 a.m.
To purchase raffle tickets visit the Foundation website at www.mattlightfoundation.org and follow the prompts.
As of late Tuesday. Light said some $230,000 had been raised for his foundation through the raffle.
The Foundation runs a 500-acre camp called Chenoweth Trails outside Greenville. It has programs for kids in need around the nation and also helps schools and youth groups from through-out the Darke County area.
Light has other foundation ventures in the Boston area, as well as West, Lafayette, Indiana, where he played his college football at Purdue.
Of all the pro athletes to come from the Miami Valley, none has given back more to the community than has Light.
This raffle is not only a chance to help him continue his work, bit also to possibly win yourself a Super Bowl trip like few people will have this year.
To find out more about Light, his preparations for the Super Bowl - the fifth he’s played in in his 11 seasons with the Pats — and especially his Foundation, check out my story on him in Friday’s edition of the Dayton Daily News.
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