DC Metro BLN Grand Slam Gala

Thursday, September 17, 2015 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

SunTrust - Executive Floor
1445 New York Ave., Washington, DC 20005

Contact: Katherine McCary   katherine.mccary@gmail.com   804-402-0038  

Sponsored by: DC Metro Business Leadership Network

http://www.dcmetrobln.org

Join us for an evening of sports-themed networking and a silent auction to benefit the mission of the DC Metro Business Leadership Network. Curtis Pride, a former major league baseball player, who played with the Expos, Tigers, Red Sox, Braves, Yankees, and Angels, was diagnosed at nine months of age as being profoundly deaf at birth. Mainstreamed throughout school, he graduated from John F. Kennedy High School, Silver Spring, with a 3.76 GPA and enjoyed an outstanding high school athletic career. A graduate of the College of William & Mary, Curtis became the first regular full-season deaf player in the modern history of major league baseball in 1996. Now Head Baseball Coach at Gallaudet University, he has proven again and again that "it's ability that counts!"

Join us to hear his incredible story of talent, ability, and determination that resulted in a successful sports career and multiple honors, including being selected by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as one of the nation's ten outstanding Young Americans and by the Baseball Writers Association to receive the Tony Conigliaro Award, presented annually to a major league player who has overcome adversity through the attributes of spirit, courage, and determination.

Other Invited VIPS Include:

Tom Donahue President, US Chamber of Commerce
Dan O'Neill President, SunTrust Greater Washington/Maryland
The Hon. Kathleen Martinez Immediate Past Assistant Secretary, ODEP
The Hon. Neil Romano Former Assistant Secretary, ODEP

Silent Auction Items Include:
Golf Foursome at Avenel
Tickets to Kennedy Center
Curtis Pride Autographed Photos, Balls and Bats
Weekend At Marriott Marquis
Tickets for Military Football Game (includes access to Northrop Grumman Corporate VIP Room)
Corporate Baskets of Goodies

*Early Bird tickets are $85. The Early Bird deadline is Tuesday, June 16, 2015.

Click here to register.

For more information, email Katherine McCary at katherine.mccary@gmail.com or call 804-402-0038.