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T.J. MARTELL FOUNDATION TO HONOR
BIG TIME RUSH AT 12TH ANNUAL
FAMILY DAY
JUNE 5th in NYC
Big Time Rush to perform a rare acoustic set at Family Day
event
New York, NY – The T.J. Martell Foundation is proud to
announce that it will celebrate its 12th Annual
Family Day on Sunday, June 5th, 2011 from
12-4 pm at Roseland Ballroom in New York City. Family Day
provides a spectacular day full of fun games, carnival
activities and live performances to raise money for
leukemia, cancer and AIDS research. Family Day has
steadily grown into
one of the Martell Foundation’s most successful events and
has raised over $3.5 million since its inception. Last
year’s sold out event honored global superstars, the Jonas
Brothers, and raised over three quarters of a million
dollars for Martell funded research at eleven research
hospitals across the country.
This year’s Family Day will honor Big Time Rush
for their tremendous support of numerous charitable causes
and their management team, Ozone Entertainment. Big Time
Rush are stars of the hit Nickelodeon TV series of
the same name and have a top selling self-titled CD on
Columbia Records. Supporting Big Time Rush will be
special guests We The Kings, Allstar Weekend and The Ready
Set. Family Day will also host a silent auction that
will feature amazing, one-of-a-kind celebrity auction items
including two VIP tickets and backstage passes to the U2
concert at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, TN on July 2nd,
2011.
Over the years, Family Day has brought together a
“who’s who” of music and entertainment executives along with
music artists and celebrities including John Mayer, Rob
Thomas, Jay-Z, Jordan Sparks and Jesse McCartney.
According to Family Day Chairman Marcus Peterzell, “Big
Time Rush has made it their mission to always give back
to their community and fans by donating their time to so
many worthy causes. We are thrilled to be able to honor them
at this year’s Family Day event and help us fund the
T.J. Martell Foundation research programs across the
country.”
Tony Martell, Founder and Chairman of the Martell
Foundation, adds, “Of all the fundraising endeavors of our
Foundation, Family Day is one of the most pleasant of
them all. Having Big Time Rush as our honorees this
year makes Family Day one of the Martell Foundation’s
most stellar events of the year! These young men really care
about helping people less fortunate – they are really ‘young
humanitarians.’”
For more information on sponsorship packages, VIP packages
and general tickets to the event, please contact the T.J.
Martell Foundation at
(212) 331-2161 or please visit our web site at
www.TJMartellFoundation.org
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ABOUT THE T.J. MARTELL FOUNDATION
The T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS
Research was founded in 1975 by music industry executive
Tony Martell and his colleagues in loving memory of his son,
T.J., who died of leukemia. It is the music industry's
largest foundation that funds innovative medical research
focused on finding cures for leukemia, cancer and AIDS. The
Foundation has provided over $250 million dollars for
research through a variety of events including concerts,
gala awards dinners, family day activities, golf
tournaments, wine dinners, and walk-a-thons. Research
hospitals funded by the foundation include: T.J. Martell
Memorial Laboratories at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Harvard
School of Public Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center,
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer
Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,
Columbia-Presbyterian Cancer Center, Massachusetts General
Cancer Center, The Mayo Clinic, Winship Cancer Institute at
Emory University and Arnold Palmer Medical Center.
ABOUT BIG TIME RUSH
Nickelodeon’s hit series Big Time Rush, produced in
partnership with Sony Music, stars Kendall, James, Carlos
and Logan, as four best friends who move to Los Angeles for
a chance at music superstardom. Currently in its second
season, Big Time Rush had the highest-rated and
most-watched live-action series premiere with kids, tweens
and total viewers in the history of the network. Their debut
album “BTR,” which consists of original songs from the hit
series, is certified RIAA® Gold® (over 500,000 units sold)
and debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. The
group has also sold 1.7 million combined digital tracks to
date, including their current single,“Boyfriend,” featuring
Snoop Dogg.
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