SUPER BOWL XLVI - EVENTS 2/4/2012 - Ingles
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AND SOUPER BOWL OF CARING KICK OFF WEEKEND OF SERVICE AND GIVING
Souper Bowl of Caring, with support from the Indianapolis Colts, will kick off its Super Bowl weekend activities with the inaugural Indianapolis Service Blitz on Saturday, February 4. Hundreds of teens from area schools and churches will gather to celebrate the importance of serving their neighbors in need. National Youth Advisory Board Member and Super Bowl Student Ambassador, Luke Huston, along with Souper Bowl of Caring President and CEO, Tracy Bender, will speak at a pep rally before the teen volunteers depart to serve at several area charities. The rally will take place at Arsenal Tech High School’s gym (1500 East Michigan Street) from 8:00-10:00 A.M. Afterwards, teens will depart to serve at local hunger relief charities throughout the Indianapolis area from 10:00 A.M.-noon. The Indianapolis Service Blitz is part of a national movement of schools, congregations, community organizations and compassionate individuals using the energy of the Super Bowl to fight hunger and poverty in local communities.
NFL ALUMNI PLAYER NETWORKING EVENT
NFL Alumni will hold the 12th annual Player Networking Event (PNE) hosted by San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis on
Saturday, February 4 from 2:00-6:00 P.M. in the Regency Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis (One South Capitol Avenue).
The PNE is designed to assist active and former NFL players with their transition from football by facilitating networking among
players, team and league executives, corporate guests and PNE exhibitors. The event will focus on the launch of the NFL Alumni’s recently created Career and Business Program, a player-owned and affiliated business competition and the launch of NFL Alumni internet television and radio networks.
NFL HONORS
The night before the two top teams kick off Super Bowl XLVI, the NFL will salute its best players and plays from the 2011 season with a star-studded football and entertainment event – NFL Honors – a two-hour primetime awards special to air nationally on Saturday, February 4 from 9:00-11:00 P.M. on NBC.
Current and former players such as Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, Cam Newton, Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders, Deion Sanders, Shannon Sharpe and Steve Young will be in attendance as the NFL and the Associated Press announce their annual accolades in an awards show format for the first time. The winners will be on hand to accept their awards. Alec Baldwin will host the show from the Murat Theatre at the Old National Centre (502 North Jersey Street). The show will feature a live performance from Lenny Kravitz. The show will tape from 6:00-8:00 P.M. There will be a Red Carpet preceding the taping starting at 4:30 P.M. featuring many of the stars that will be celebrating the best of the NFL later that evening.
TASTE OF THE NFL
Taste of the NFL is the premier food and wine tasting extravaganza at Super Bowl, featuring a top chef from each of the 32 NFL team markets, paired with a current or alumni NFL player from each team. Known as “The Party with a Purpose®,” Taste of the NFL raises awareness and financial support for food banks involved in hunger relief throughout America.
The event has donated more than $11 million to help kick hunger since its inception in 1992. Proceeds from Taste of the NFL will benefit affiliates of Feeding America in every NFL city. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, February 4 from 7:00-11:00 P.M. at Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana (3737 Waldermere Avenue). 
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