Saturday, December 17, 2011

NFL Auction (New York Jets)

                                                           NFL Auction

  The New York Jets New York Jets Jerseys offer fans numerous exclusive auction items throughout the year, ranging from game-worn items to VIP Gameday Experiences, Training Camp Experiences, private Quarterback Clinics and more. Fan can visit w3 v.w.nilauction.nil.com to place their bids. All proceeds from the auctions benefit the extensive work of the New York Jets Foundation.


                                             Atlantic Health Jets Women's Organization

  In 2008 the Jets Women's Organization and Atlantic Health partnered to form the Atlantic Health Jets Women's Organization (AHJWO). Through this partnership the AHJWO can accomplish their mission of-working together to build goodwill in the tri-state community through active volunteer participation. The AHJWO is an organization comprising the wives, fiancees and significant others of New York Jets players,coaches and select football support staff members. The Jets Community Relations Department oversees this organization with the assistance of Michelle Ryan, wife of the Jets head coach, and Michelle Tannenbaum, wife of the Jets general manager.
  The AHJWO seeks to team up with select charities to assist in maximizing the impact of their events. The AHJWVO serves as a unique and positive outlet in the community on behalf of the New York Jets. All members of the organization arc encouraged to get involved and maxi- mize their role to benefit others. The work the wives, fiancees and significant others of New York Jets players, coaches and select football support staff would not be possible without the partnership with Atlantic Health.



                                                United Way & Tix for Kids

  Since 1973, United Way, the NFL and the New York Jets have had the most visible and longest-running charitable collaboration of its kind. Each year, thanks to community service projects and public service announcements, millions of Americans learn about United Way's vital work and the volunteer spirit of the NFL.
  Combining their rich histories of active community involvement, United Way of New York City and the New York Jets have teamed up to drive home the importance of community involvement. Our community outreach efforts include the Hometown Huddle, an annual hands-on volunteer project with playcis; the Gridiron Gala, New York City's premier charity event, and Tix forbids, acharitable ticket turn-back program.
  Tix for Kids provides a vehicle for season ticket holders to release unused game tickets, which arc then made available to underprivileged children throughout the New York region. The United Way has an extensive network of mentoring agencies such as Mentoring USA, The Mentoring Partnership of New York, The Children's Aid Society, Boys and Girls Clubs and Big Brothers-Big Sisters to name a few. Season ticket holders can donate tickets online through My Jets Account at www.newvyorkjcts.com or by mail to the following address:

  TIX FOR KIDS PROGRAM
  do United Way of New York City
  2 Park Avenue
  New York, NY 10157-2550

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Be a Champion New York Jets

                                                Be a Champion


        In the fall of 2008, the New York Jets(New York Jets Jerseys) along with the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) and Lime Connect, an organization that promotes employment for people with disabilities, launched 'Be a Cham-pion", an annual writing essay contest for students with disabilities. The contest, open to grades six through twelve,is designed to encourage students with disabilities to reflect on concepts of achievement and success as they prepare for the challenges of the last years of secondary education and think about their options beyond high school. The contest also provides a valuable instructional opportunity for teachers to address transition with their students. Authors of winning essays are invited to attend a wTap-up event hosted by the Jets.
                                   
                                            Play 60

         Designed to tackle childhood obesity, NFL PLAY 60 brings together the NFL's long-standing com-mitment to health and fitness with an impressive roster of partner organization-Action for Healthy Kids, Ad Council, American Heart Association, National Dairy Council, Cartoon Network, United Way.

        The Cooper Institute, and the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. NFL PLAY 60: The NFL Movement for an Active Generation focuses on the health and wellness of young fans by encouraging them to be active for at least 60 minutes a day. In addition to national PSAs and online programs, PLAY 60 is also implemented locally, as pail of the NFL's in-school, after-school and team-based programs, from youth football to the PLAY 60 Challenge. The PLAY 60 Challenge is an in school curriculum created by the National Football League and the American Heart Association. For more information on how become involved with the PLAY 60 Challenge go to go to play60 for all things PLAY 60.

                                              SchoolFood
       Beginning in 2004 the New York Jets partnered with the New York City Department of Edu-cation's SchoolFood program in an effort to encourage all New York City public school students to eat healthy and take advantage of the nutritious meals that are sen"ed throughout the schools.

       The New York Jets specifically support SchoolFood's Feed Your Mind campaign. Feed Your Mind is an outreach campaign to encourage parents to submit school meal applications and help increase the amount of students who take ad-vantage of free and reduced-price meals in New York City's public schools. The campaign also aims to educate parents and children about the nutritional reforms taking place in public school cafeterias, where a variety of healthy meals now are included on the menu. The campaign includes posters encouraging students to cat healthy foods and stay fit as well as a Jets-sponsored sweepstakes trip to the National Football League Pro Bowl.
Generation Jets Academy

       Generation Jets Academy has served as the linchpin of the New York Jets community relations program since its inception in 2002. An education initiative, the primary goal of Generation Jets Academy is to provide clemcntary school students with enjoyable learning experiences that enhance their literacy, math skills, creativity, community awan:-ncss and self-esteem. The program provides students with personalized attention from caring and creative teachers, and a 50% increase in learning time each day. Generation Jets Academy is operated by the Gary 6linsky Children's Centers of the Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service.

      Throughout the year Jets players make appearances at the school as well as attending field trips with the students. Generation Jets Academy is located at the Ethan Allen School (P.S. 306) in East New York, Brooklyn.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The New York Jets In Your Community

                                                         MISSION

     The New York Jets(New York Jets Jerseys) take great pride in playing an active role in making a year-round commitment to the tri-state community.

      Programs funded by the New York Jets Foundation touch the lives of countless young men and women in the tri-state area. Over the past eleven years, the Jets and their charitable foundation have raised or contributed more than $11 million to promote youth health, fitness and education, particularly in disadvantaged communities.

    From fighting childhood obesity through the Generation Jets: Be Lean & Green initiative to launching a football team in an urban high school, urging students to cat right and move more, and supporting the efforts of the Alli-ance for Lupus Research, the New York Jets invest in programs that make a difference in the lives of others. In addition to the Jets Foundation, which supports our own extensive youth initiatives, the Jets partner with numerous established charitable organi-zations and participate in causes sponsored by the NFL.

     Launched in 2006, the Eat Right, Move More campaign is a joint effort bet wween the Jets and the New Jersey Department of Agriculture to encourage New Jersey school children to take advantage of healthy foods in their school cafeterias and become more active. The campaign also challenges schools to submit their meal menus to detenninc the five schools with the most creative meal selections each year. One of the five winning schools will be awarded the grand prize of a $5,000 grant for a cafeteria makeover and be recognized on field at a Jets home game.


                                     Alliance for Lupus Research

       The New York Jets organization is deeply committed to supporting the Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR)-a national voluntary health organization based in New York City, founded in 1999 and chaired by Robert Wood Johnson IV, a member of the founding family of Johnson & Johnson and owner of the New York Jets.


      The ALR's mission is to find better treatments and ultimately prevent and cure systemic lupus erythcmatosus(SLE, or lupus), a debilitating autoimmune disease, by supporting the most promising and innovative lupus research. To date, the ALR has committed over $65 million to lupus research projects at the most prestigious universities, medical schools and hospitals throughout the world.
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Monday, December 5, 2011

New York Jets Atlantic Health Training Center

                            Atlantic Health Training Center

   The Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park. N.J. is the headquarters of the New York Jets.(New York Jets Jerseys)

   The team moved into the facility in a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 2, 2008. Located at One Jets Drive, this 224,000 square-foot complex is surrounded by nearly 100 acres of open space and provides players, coaches and staff of the Jets with a state-of-the-art learning, practice and working environment. The facility is a short drive to MetLife Stadium and to Newark Liberty International Airport and Morristown Medical Center.

    Woody Johnson hired world-renox%ned architecture firm, Skidmnore Owings + Merrill and outlined three key objectives in the design of the training facility. First, as the first true corporate headquarters for the team, the new training center needed to represent the beginning of a new era for the Jets.Previously, the Jets business and football operations were located in separate multi-tenant buildings more than 30 miles apart. The Atlantic Health Jets Training Center is a modem, glass and steel building that seamlessly combines the operations of football and business departments. Serving as the homebase for the entire Jets organization, it is equipped with open-concept workstations and state-of-the-art technology to create an efficient and friendly work environment. The training center was a major contributing factor in the team being named one of hnc. Magazine's Top Small Company Workplaces in 20 10. An outdoor terrace, which overlooks the practice fields, provides a business entertainment area for both the team and its corporate partners.

    Second, the training and medical facilities had to be state-of-the-art, combining the latest advances in rehabilitation pools, high-performance equipment and nutrition. The complex has five full-size football fields; three natural grass, one Sportexe synthetic turf field outdoors, and another in the Field House, each with a permanent scoreboard. The goalposts on two of the natural grass fields can be repositioned 90 degrees in order to minimize wear on the grass.Inside the complex, the first floor is dedicated to one-hundred yards of football along the "Players Gallery", consisting of a life-size super-panoramic photo of cheering Jets fans that serves as a daily reminder of the tremendous support the Jets receive from our faithful fans. In addition, the first level
features a 5,500-square-foot locker room, an 11,000-square-foot weight room, and a 10,000 square foot cafeteria.

    Third, the training center needed to be a "graduate school for football." Players and coaches actually spend more time in the classrooms than on the football fields themselves. To that end, there is over 25,000 square feet of space dedicated to classrooms and instruction space - including 10 classrooms and two individual study rooms for video study. The classroom atrium is located at just steps from the practice fields, with direct access to either the indoor or outdoor fields.
In June of 2011, the team announced that Atlantic Health Jets Training Center would be the site of the team's 2011 Training Camp, the first tune the headquarters has hosted training camp activities. The Atlantic Health Jets Training Center is evidence of the team's commitment to excellence, providing the organization with a new competitive advantage and a new community to call home.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

New York Jets Metlife Stadium

   On August 23, 2011 the home of the New York Jets(New York Jets Jerseys) became MetL do Stadium. The insurance company Has the first of the four cornerstone partners in the new stadium, which opened in the spring of 2010. hdetLife Stadium is one of the highest-profile stadiums in the country with more than 2 million fans attending events every yearand it will host Super Bowl XLVIB in February 2014.

   From the fighting mid LED signagc to the massive video boards to the plaza and tailgating options. the stadium bleeds green on Jets gamedays.Travelling to the home of the Jets is quick mid easy with three times the number of roadways and a rail stop just outside the stadium.

   Once at MetLife Stadium. fans have many options far entertainment and tailgating before the game. The 1050 ESPN New York pregame radio show broadcasts live from the west plaza area. Fans can enjoy activities far kids and a vast array offend and beverage. Also, fans can find the latest gear at the team's 10,000 square foot flagship plaza store. MetLife and the cornerstone partners -Bud Light Pepsi and Verizon -are integrated into the game experience with ample space to engage and entertain fans.
Inside there is more food variety mid concessions stands all adding up to a "Home Food Advantage' for fans. The intimate stating bowl, uncom-promsed sightlines, cutting-edge video boards, LED signagc and stateof-dnc-art sound system all enhance the game-watching experience.
  
   One of the biggest upgrades in MetLife Stadium is the availability of club scats. There are four clubs -Coaches. MetL dc, Lcxns and Touchdown- that offer access to VIP reserved parking, a private club entrance as well as a host of other amenities and benefits.

Notable Achievements & Awards:
In the stadium's inaugural year, it has heated 37 major events
      20 NFL games
      17 non-NFL events of mare than 30,000 people
             Nine concerts
             Three college football games
             Three international soccer games, including the highest grossing international soccer friendly
             NCAA college lacrosse event
In May 2009. the EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) named New Meadowlands Stadium the greenest stadium in spats.
NYC Building Congress - Best of 2010 Project of the Year and "2011 Engineering Excellence Honor Award" by American Council of Engi-neering Companies.
In play 2010. the NFL awarded Super Bowl XT VIII to MetLife Stadium. marking the first time the Game has been awarded to an outdoor,cold-weather s tadiun.