FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Boca Raton Bowl
November 6,2017

BOCA RATON, Fla. (November 6,2017) – The Boca Raton Bowl, Spirit of Giving Network and Florida Blue invites charitable organizational leaders to attend its “Fill the Seats” initiative informational meeting on Tuesday, November 7, at Florida Blue Retail Center in Boynton Beach.

“Florida Blue is proud to partner once again with the Spirit of Giving, the Boca Raton Bowl, and the area nonprofits to provide free tickets to deserving children and their families from across the community.” said Florida Blue Senior Market Development Manager Beth Johnston.

The meeting starts at 6 p.m. and will give information and distribute ticket vouchers to area nonprofits to bring children and their families to the 2017 Boca Raton Bowl for free.

Spirit of Giving and the Boca Raton Bowl has partnered with more than 60-plus nonprofits and community organizations to bring more than 10,000 children, veterans and families to the bowl game since the bowl’s inception in 2014.

The 2017 Boca Raton Bowl will kick off Tuesday, Dec. 19 on ESPN at 7 .p.m. ET, at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla. The game, in its fourth year, will feature a team from the American Athletic Conference and Conference USA. For more information please visit www.THEBocaRatonBowl.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter for all the latest bowl news.

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ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, owns and operates a large portfolio of 31 collegiate sporting events worldwide. The roster includes three Labor Day weekend college football games; FCS opening-weekend game; 14 college bowl games, 11 college basketball events and two college award shows, which accounts for approximately 300-plus hours of programming, reaches almost 64 million viewers and attracts over 700,000 attendees each year. With satellite offices in Albuquerque, Birmingham, Boca Raton, Boise, Dallas-Fort Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Montgomery and St. Petersburg, ESPN Events builds relationships with conferences, schools and local communities, as well as providing unique experiences for teams and fans.

ESPN Events also manages the Big 12 Corporate Partner Program.

Collegiate Football
AdvoCare Texas Kickoff (Houston); Bahamas Bowl (Nassau); Birmingham Bowl (Alabama); Boca Raton Bowl (Florida); Camping World Kickoff (Orlando, Fla.); Celebration Bowl (Atlanta); Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise); Frisco Bowl (Frisco, Texas); Gildan New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque); Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff (Montgomery, Ala.); Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu); Las Vegas Bowl (Nevada); Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl (Dallas-Fort Worth); MEAC/SWAC Challenge (Baton Rouge, La.); Raycom Media Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, Ala.); St. Petersburg Bowl (Florida); Texas Bowl (Houston); The Home Depot College Football Awards (Atlanta) and Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl (Dallas-Fort Worth)

Collegiate Basketball 
AdvoCare Invitational (Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); Armed Forces Classic (Ramstein Air Base, Germany); College Basketball Awards Presented by Wendy’s (Los Angeles); Gildan Charleston Classic (South Carolina); Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu); Jimmy V Men’s  Classic presented by Corona (New York City); Jimmy V Women’s Classic presented by Corona (TBD); NIT Season Tip-Off (Brooklyn, N.Y.); PK80 (Portland, Ore.); Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan); State Farm Champions Classic (Chicago) and Wooden Legacy (Fullerton, Calif.)

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ESPN Media Contact: Anna Negron at 860-766-2233 or [email protected].

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