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**Diable** · 08-31-2007, 09:14 PM

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2^nd Annual Chris Paul's Winston-Salem Weekend
September 14-16, 2007

For more information about Chris Paul's Winston-Salem Weekend please email CPWSW@octagon.com.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of the inaugural Chris Paul's Winston-Salem Weekend! The CP3 Foundation raised more than $150,000 to establish a scholarship at Wake Forest University.

To make a contribution to the CP3 Foundation, click here.

In 2007, the primarily beneficiary of the CP3 Foundation’s fundraising efforts will be Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County.

Schedule of Events

Friday, September 14

Youth Day of Service
Ninth and Tenth graders from participating schools will have the opportunity to work on one of four service projects including a Habitat for Humanity wall build and a Feed the Children food distribution event.

Gala
This festive evening at the Benton Convention Center will encompass dinner, dancing, an open bar, a silent auction, and remarks by a celebrity emcee. Tables of ten are available for purchase by emailing CPWSW@octagon.com.

Saturday, September 15

Celebrity Bowling Tournament
In 2006, Chris, along with celebrities including LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Dwight Howard, guests and sponsors, engaged in a fun, yet competitive, evening of bowling. Bowling teams are available for purchase by emailing CPWSW@octagon.com.

Sunday, September 16

CommunityChurch Service and After Church Social
Chris will again host an interdenominational Christian worship service at the Benton Convention Center featuring the Wake Forest University Gospel Choir and the Choir from Dreamland Park Baptist Church, followed by a traditional Church Social featuring down-home Southern food and socializing. In 2007, the Church Social will be open to the public. Suggested donation: $10.

About the CP3 Foundation
As an NBA rookie, Chris Paul made the decision to remain a visible and active part of the Greater Winston-Salem, North Carolina community. He is committed to using his stature and profile to give back to the community that supported him, and to the high school and university that launched his basketball career. During the summer of 2005, Chris initiated a philanthropic campaign designed to highlight his dedication to the Winston-Salem community that nurtured him from his days as a stand-out high school student athlete to a national star at Wake Forest. These efforts included the refurbishment of basketball courts at the Rupert Bell Recreation Center in East Winston-Salem in 2005.

His committment to giving back to his community also led to the 1st Annual Chris Paul's Winston-Salem Weekend. The CP3 Foundation is a donor-advised fund administered by The Winston-Salem Foundation.

I don't have a link,but I've just seen a commercial advertising the preseason game between the Bobcats and Hornets October 26.It shall be held at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem,NC and proceeds shall benefit the CP3 foundation as well.

**girllovesthegame** · 09-03-2007, 10:14 AM

“Chris Paul’s Winston-Salem Weekend” Tips Off with Day of Service

The CP3 Foundation is proud to announce today that the 2nd annual “Chris Paul’s Winston-Salem Weekend” will kick-off with a Day of Service on Friday, September 14, 2007. This city-wide charity effort will unite many citizens and organizations throughout Winston-Salem under the banner of Paul’s vision to further invest in his hometown community. The Youth Day of Service will consist of four simultaneous charitable service projects including a Habitat for Humanity house build, Feed the Children food distribution to local needy families, Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful community clean-up and a youth literacy program at the Lewisville branch of the Forsyth County Public Library.

The Day of Service will begin with a special Habitat for Humanity dedication ceremony at 1738 Burton Street in Kimberly Park, the site of the first home sponsored by the CP3 Foundation. Paul, Mayor Allen Joines and other Habit for Humanity executives will be on hand to bestow this new house to Winston-Salem’s Ms. Yvonnia Jones and family.

“I applaud Chris and his foundation for their mission to help more Winston-Salem residents and local organizations by conducting several community service projects," said Mayor Joines. “This charitable event is truly a city-wide effort that will produce many visible benefits for the entire community.”

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CP3 is always active in the community. Nice.

**girllovesthegame** · 09-14-2007, 11:58 PM

Paul putting more than money into charity work

Professional athletes are a charitable bunch, by and large.

They know they are fortunate to be professional athletes, and most of them know the value of giving back to the community in some form.

There are some knuckleheads and downright idiots who are professional athletes, of course, and you read about them almost every day. But that’s true of sportswriters, sportscasters, sports-page readers and people in all other walks of life, too.

This weekend, the focus in Winston-Salem will turn away from professional sports’ knuckleheads to professional sports’ do-gooders, and the good being done by them.

It will start on Thursday, in reality, when several of Chris Paul’s teammates from the New Orleans Hornets and friends from around the NBA start arriving to participate in the 2007 Chris Paul’s Winston-Salem Weekend.

Tyson Chandler, Rudy Gay, Andre Iguodala, Bobby Jackson, Raymond Felton, Sean May and Byron Scott are among those who will be in town for the three-day festival, which Paul started last year after his rookie season with the Hornets.

More here

**girllovesthegame** · 09-29-2007, 03:00 PM

A few pics were put on his website. Click on Winston-Salem Weekend 2007.

http://www.chrispaul3.com/ssp/gallery

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