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      Top Executives Help Habitat For Humanity from page 1  to see business powerhouses leap outside their corporate
                                                         comfort zones to put in the critical ‘financial and sweat’   Boca Raton Bowl from page 6
         The executives built alongside future homeowner   equity that uplifts one family and helps to transform their
      Kendra Wilson,  who  has  qualified  and  will  purchase   community with an impactful ‘hand-up, not a hand-out’,”   The event has become a celebrated annual holiday
      the CEO Build home. Born and raised in South Florida,   added CEO Build Cochair and Habitat Board member   tradition in Boca Raton and Palm Beach County as
      Wilson is a phlebotomist at LabCorp who currently lives   Tom Moraca, whose company Moraca Builders is this   it lives up to its other name, “Boca’s Biggest Annual
      with her daughters in a small apartment where the rent   year’s CEO Build presenting sponsor.         Outdoor Party”. Bowl week activities will begin on
      is high, and the neighborhood is unsafe. The land for      Headquartered at 181 S.E. Fifth Ave., Delray Beach,   Tuesday, Dec. 14 with the arrival of the participating
      the home was granted to the local Habitat for Humanity   Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County is   teams; days, times and sites for the team welcome
      organization by the City of Boynton Beach and Boynton   a  501(c)(3)  nonprofit  organization  that  brings  people   parties, beach parties, luncheon, pep rallies and other
      Beach Community Redevelopment Agency,  whose       together to build homes, community and hope in the   bowl week activities will be released at a later date.
      mission is to create safe and durable homes within the   cities of Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Boynton Beach,   For more information about the RoofClaim.com
      city. The CEO Builders also spruced up an adjacent   Fla. The nonprofit depends upon volunteer labor and   Boca Raton Bowl visit RoofClaimBocaRatonBowl.
      home with “A Brush with Kindness” as part of Habitat’s   tax-deductible donations of money, materials, services   com or follow through social media on Facebook
      Neighborhood Revitalization Program that aims to   and property to fulfill its mission.               (Facebook.com/BocaBowl), Twitter  (@BocaBowl),
      reinvest in homes and community assets that are pre-     To learn  more about the  organization,  special   and Instagram (@BocaBowl).
      existing in the communities it serves.             events, sponsorships, corporate team builds, and its      More About  the RoofClaim.com  Boca  Raton
         “As a woman in my 40s, I had completely given   home improvement ReStore thrift shops, visit www.  Bowl. The Roofclaim.com Boca Raton Bowl is one of
      up on the idea that I would ever own a home,” shared   habitatsouthpalmbeach.org or contact Marta Knowles,   17 bowl games owned and operated by ESPN Events,
      Wilson. “Being accepted into the Habitat Homeownership   director of corporate development and events at   a division of ESPN. The RoofClaim.com Boca Raton
      Program and having the opportunity to build my own   mknowles@hfhboca.org or (561) 819-6070, Ext. 208.   Bowl debuted in 2014 and has been well received in the
      home alongside CEO Builders has been a dream come                                                     community through its first seven years. It has twice
      true. I am so grateful for this blessing.”                                                            held the distinction of matching up two conference
         According to the Habitat for Humanity of South Palm                                                champions – Marshall University vs. Northern Illinois
      Beach County president and CEO Jennifer Thomason,                                                     University (2014), and UAB vs. Northern Illinois
      “Funds raised are critical to the mission and needed                                                  (2018). In all, six conference champions and another
      now more than ever, to help hardworking, low-income                                                   three conference division champions have played in
      families  in  the  South  Palm  Beach  County  community                                              the game. Among the bowl’s alumni who have moved
      who have been unable to get ahead by qualifying for                                                   on to the NFL are current New York Jets quarterback
      traditional  bank  mortgages.” When  applicants  qualify                                              Zach  Wilson  (BYU,  2020),  Buffalo  Bills  running
      for our homeownership program, each future homeowner                                                  back Devin Singletary (FAU, 2017) and Philadelphia
      must invest a minimum of 300 hours (per applicant)                                                    Eagles kicker Jake Elliott (Memphis, 2016). For more
      of “sweat equity” in helping build their own and other                                                information about the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton
      future Habitat homebuyer homes and complete financial                                                 Bowl visit RoofClaimBocaRatonBowl.com or follow
      literacy and homeownership maintenance classes. Upon                                                  through social media on Facebook (Facebook.com/
      successful fulfillment of requirements, families are able                                             BocaBowl), Twitter (@BocaBowl), and Instagram (@
      to secure an affordable, interest-free 30-year mortgage                                               BocaBowl).
      from Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County.                                                    About ESPN Events. ESPN Events, a division of
         “It is always professionally and personally inspiring   “Leadership in Action” nails it...the roof.  ESPN, owns and operates a portfolio of 34 collegiate
                                                                                                            sporting events nationwide. The roster includes five
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                                                                                                            viewers and attracts over 800,000 attendees each year.
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                                                 Matthew Kramer                                             the country, ESPN Events builds relationships with
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