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Party with O.J. Brigance for His Birthday and a Good Cause
The Oct. 6 event at the Hard Rock Café Baltimore will help those with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.
Baltimore, M.D. – The Brigance Brigade Foundation, an organization that supports people battling ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) and their families created by former NFL player O.J. Brigance and his wife Chanda, today announced that the Foundation will host a special fundraiser and birthday celebration, Soirée with O.J. – A Rockin’ Good Time!, in honor of O.J. Brigance’s 46th birthday on October 6, 2015 at the Hard Rock Café Baltimore. All proceeds from the celebration will go towards furthering the mission of the Brigance Brigade Foundation whose goal it is to equip, encourage and empower people living with ALS by providing patients and their families access to equipment, resource guidance and support services. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the Soiree with O.J. will be dedicated to helping patients and families in need through the Foundation’s Patient Services Grant Program.
This rockin’ red carpet event will feature an evening full of music and dancing, special guest appearances by notable Ravens players, delicious appetizers and food stations, wine and beer, live and silent auctions, commemorative event favors, celebrity impersonators, and the unveiling of a very special birthday gift for O.J. Brigance on behalf of the Hard Rock Café Baltimore.
“On behalf of the Brigance Brigade Foundation, we hope you will join us for a rockin’ good time on October 6th at the Hard Rock Café Baltimore,” said O.J. Brigance, co-founder of the Brigance Brigade Foundation. “While I am very excited and feel so blessed to be able to celebrate another year with my friends, family and supporters, this event is more about bringing awareness to ALS and raising funds for those who cannot access necessary equipment and services to continue to live their lives to the fullest while battling this horrible disease. We hope you will come out and celebrate with us on the 6th and help make an impact on the lives of those in your community with ALS!”
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Soirée with O.J. – A Rockin’ Good Time! will take place from 7:00 – 11:00pm on Tuesday, October 6, 2015. Tickets to the event are $100 (through October 1st when prices will increase) and can be purchased at www.BriganceBrigade.org. Fun and affordable corporate and group sponsorship opportunities are also available for this exciting event. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact Executive Director Sharon Yateman for more information at syateman@brigancebrigade.org.
About the Brigance Brigade:
O.J. Brigance is one of the few professional football players to win both a Canadian Football League and National Football League championship, and the only one to do it in the same city, Baltimore, MD. Brigance joined the Ravens in 2000, helped the team claim a Super Bowl victory, and now works as Senior Advisor to Player Development. In 2007, Brigance was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a motor neuron disease and is determined to win his fight against it. Following his diagnosis with ALS, O.J. and his wife Chanda created the Brigance Brigade Foundation to equip, encourage and empower people living with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis); we strive to improve the quality of life for them and their families by providing needed equipment, resource guidance and support services, in addition to funding various research initiatives. For more information on the Brigance Brigade, visit www.brigancebrigade.org.
