Fila Hosts All-American Basketball Game During Deep South Classic: Top Ranked High School Seniors Square Off in Fourth Annual All-Star Game

Sparks, MD (Vocus/PRWEB) April 07, 2011

Fila and Michael T. White, Inc. Events (MTW) announce the fourth annual All-American Prep basketball game which will take place on Saturday, April 16th in Carmichael Auditorium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Twenty-two of the nation?s top ranked prep players, who have already signed to some of the most influential collegiate basketball programs in the country for fall 2011, will play in what is considered the highlight game of this 12th annual Deep South Classic basketball tournament. Fila?s strong commitment to youth basketball will be highlighted during the game with national Top 100 players wearing their new Performance DLS Slam basketball shoe and Fila uniforms. This is the first year that the All-American game will be played during the Deep South Classic which runs from April 15 ? 17th.

The Deep South Classic will feature 320 highly competitive teams from the United States and Canada and brings together many of the nation's elite prep athletes during the only live recruiting period allowed by the NCAA. The 2011 event will include nine divisions: 17 National, 17 Signature, 17 Open, 16 National, 16 Signature, 15 National, 15 Open, 14 National, and 13 National. The event, hosted by University of North Carolina, Duke University and NC State University, provides college coaches an opportunity to scout up-and-coming players.

According to founder and event organizer Michael T. White, ?The Fila All-American Game will add another national All-Star game to the prep schedule, which will showcase some of the top players in the country. We are pleased to have a partner like Fila with a rich history in performance basketball and look forward to continuing to develop marketing and social media initiatives to organically increase brand presence in youth basketball.?

The All-Star team rosters will include twelve players who have been ranked among the top 50 players in the country by analyst Bret McCormick of the All-Star Girls Report (ASGR). Prep standouts Ka?lia Johnson, Sara Hammond and Reshanda Gray will be the highest ranked players on-court at tip-off. Hammond, a 6?2? power forward from Mount Vernon, Kentucky, will be continuing her basketball career at the University of Louisville. Gray, a 6?3? forward from Los Angeles, will be staying in her home state to play collegiate basketball with the California Golden Bears. Hammond and Gray have been honored as McDonald?s All-Americans. According to ASGR rankings, Hammond is currently ranked 17th, while Gray is 26th. Future Duke Blue Devil Ka?lia Johnson, a 5?9? point guard from Chester, Virginia, is ranked 13th on the ASGR and will be the highest rated player in the All-American game.

The Fila All-American Game will feature many players who will play collegiate basketball at various ACC basketball programs. Natiece Ford, a 6?2? forward who has signed with Clemson, hails from nearby Holly Springs, North Carolina. Future UNC Tar Heels Danielle Butts, a 5?10? wing from Winterville, North Carolina and Brittany Roundtree, a 5?8? point guard from Jacksonville, Florida, will get an early preview of playing a high profile game on their future home court at Carmichael Auditorium.

Nineteen different universities will be represented at the Fila All-American Game. Two of the nation?s top prep programs, Potters House Christian and Whitney Young High School, ranked 5th and 13th respectively by ESPN Rise will be represented by players Loliya Briggs and Kiana Johnson.

The East Team roster will include (height/hometown/college):

Alexandra Cohen (6?5?/Bayside,WI/Northwestern); Elem Ibiam (6?3?/Griffin, GA/South Carolina); Sara Hammond (6?2?/ Mount Vernon,KY/Louisville); Janitah Iamaleava (6?2?/Carson, CA/Oregon); Danielle Butts (5?10?/Winterville,NC/North Carolina); Loliya Briggs (5?11?/Jacksonville,FL/ Pittsburgh); Erika Johnson (6?1?/ Seattle, WA/California); Sydney Wallace (5?10?/Duluth, GA/Georgia Tech); Jasmine Jackson (5?11?/Old Bridge,NJ/Georgetown); Ka?lia Johnson (5?9?/Chester,VA/Duke); Kiana Johnson (5?6?/Chicago,IL/Michigan State).

The West Team roster will feature:

Ronisha Major (6?3?/Huntsville,TX/Texas); Sarah Imovbioh (6?2?/Charlottesville,VA/ Virginia); Reshanda Gray (6?3?/Los Angeles, CA/California); Dearica Hamby (6?3?/ Marietta,GA/Wake Forest); Natiece Ford (6?2?/Holly Springs,NC/Clemson); Hasina Muhammad (6?/Memphis, TN/Auburn); Asia Boyd (6?/Detroit, MI/Kansas); Madison Cable (6?/Pittsburgh, PA/Notre Dame); Chanise Jenkins (5?4?/Chicago, IL/DePaul); Megan Buckland (6?/High Point, NC/North Carolina); Brittany Roundtree (5?8?/Jacksonville, FL/ North Carolina). The tip off for the Fila All-American game is set for 10:30 p.m. on April 16th.

For further information, or to request press credentials for the event, please contact Ryan Polk, rpolk@fila.com, at Fila Basketball/Michael T. White Signature Events.

About Fila

2011 marks the centennial of the Fila brand which was established in Biella, Italy in 1911 by the Fila brothers. Fila is now a leading manufacturer of sport and leisure footwear and apparel distributed worldwide. The internationally respected company, having gained world class recognition in tennis apparel, has developed brand recognition by marketing high design and style content products that are endorsed by professional athletes from around the world.

http://www.michaeltwhite.com/

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The Junior League of Washington to Host its 19th Annual Tossed and Found Sale

Washington, DC (PRWEB) March 15, 2011

In these trying economic times, it is more important than ever for consumers to find a great bargain and stretch every last penny. Shoppers can search for ?Fabulous Finds? at the Junior League of Washington's 19th Annual Tossed and Found Sale. Everything including gently-used furniture, bedding, jewelry , antiques, kitchenware, electronics, and clothing for men, women, and children will be on sale at bargain prices. All of the merchandise is donated by members of the Junior League of Washington. Proceeds benefit the Junior League?s literacy programs.

The event kicks off with a special ?Hoops & High Heels? Preview Night celebration at the Crystal City Shops in Arlington. For the second year in a row, guests will be able to enjoy ?March Madness? with a great night of shopping, NCAA Basketball on big screen televisions, cocktails, appetizers, and a silent and live auction on Friday, March 25, 2011. Shopping continues on Saturday, March 26, 2011, and Sunday, March 27, 2011. Tickets for Preview Night are $ 45 at the door or can be purchased in advance for $ 40 at http://www.jlw.org/. Admission includes cocktails, appetizers, and a silent and live auction. The weekend shopping event is free to the public. For more information, please visit http://www.jlw.org/.

What: The 19th Annual Tossed and Found Sale

Why: To Search for ?Fabulous Finds? while Supporting JLW's Literacy Programs

Where: The Crystal City Shops 2100 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202

When: ?Hoops & High Heels? Preview Night Party:

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General Shopping Hours: Saturday, March 26, 2011, 9:00 a.m. ? 4:00 p.m.

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For 99 years, the Junior League of Washington (JLW) has served the Washington, DC community, reflecting the changing needs in the nation's capital. Founded in 1912, the JLW is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. For ten years, the Junior League of Washington has focused its volunteer efforts ?to strive to lead, coordinate, and support programs in the Washington, DC area that enhance literacy skills in the community.? Proceeds from the Tossed and Found Sale support JLW?s literacy efforts and help fund grants to community organizations in support of their literacy efforts.

The Junior League of Washington strives in all endeavors to be sensitive to the special needs of its members and guests. If you have any special needs pertaining to attendance of this event, please let us know.

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Americana Manhasset Hosts Second Annual Wine Week

Manhasset, NY (PRWEB) October 25, 2010

Americana Manhasset will host a Wine Week featuring fine wines from around the world and benefiting The Breast and Ovarian Cancer Specimen Bank at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and The Katz Institute for Women?s Health.

The week begins on Monday, November 1 when chef Tomo Kobayashi presents a special seven course wine-paired dinner at Toku Modern Asian. For reservations, call 516.627.7121. On Tuesday, Cipollini Trattoria will offer a five course special menu with optional wine pairings highlighting fine Italian wines. For reservations, call 516.627.7172.

On Wednesday, select stores will host private in-store wine tastings featuring a selection of Italian, French, and American fine wines.

The festivities continue on Thursday, November 4 at Toku with a Fashion Lunch featuring presentations from Giorgio Armani, Fendi, CH Carolina Herrera, Tory Burch, and Donna Karan. Reservations are recommended. Call 516.627.7121.

The week ends on Friday with a Wine Auction at Tiffany & Co. to benefit The Breast and Ovarian Cancer Specimen Bank at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and The Katz Institute for Women?s Health. Tickets are $ 150 per person. Wines are courtesy of Palm Bay International, Empire Merchants and Southern Wine and Spirits.

?Americana Wine Week brings together fine wine, fabulous food, and exciting fashion, while supporting one of the major philanthropic initiatives on Long Island,? notes Deirdre Costa Major, President of Americana Manhasset. ?Americana is always striving to create an inviting atmosphere that is enticing to our clients and benefits our community as well.?

The in-store events and the wine auction are part of a campaign to raise funds and awareness for the Feinstein Institute DNA Collection for Ovarian, Cervical and Breast Cancer Research and for The Katz Women's Hospital and Women?s Health Institute.

Americana Wine Week is sponsored by:

Deutsche Bank ? Farrell Fritz, P.C. ? Shawn Elliott Luxury ? Teamspeed.com

Palm Bay International Wines & Spirits? Empire Merchants ? Southern Wine & Spirits

Cipollini Trattoria ? Toku Modern Asian ? Bar Frites Restaurant ? Bryant & Cooper

For more information visit americanamanhasset.com and Americana Manhasset?s Facebook page and blog.

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The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation of America Presents 1st Annual "Love. Give. Life." Park Avenue Fashion Show

New York, New York (Vocus/PRWEB) November 30, 2010

The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation of America celebrate the importance of altruistic/unrelated living organ donors with their first annual fundraiser, ?LOVE. GIVE. LIFE.? Park Avenue Fashion Show in New York City on December 2nd at the Audi Forum, sponsored by the National Association of Professional Women. In America, there are over 108,000 people in need of an organ and there are 85,000 people waiting for a kidney with 17 people dying daily, as they wait for a transplant.

The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation was inspired through the three sisters? efforts to save their father?s life by locating a living, unrelated kidney donor on Craigslist.

Through the sisters? effort, the first-ever social media-based approach to locate a living donor resulted in their father avoiding the delays often experienced by patients who rely on a national registry -- waiting for kidneys from cadavers while undergoing years of dialysis. This also sparked a whirlwind of media attention, leading to five organ transplants and national support for their effort including such highly respected organizations as the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW).

?NAPW is honored to sponsor The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation?s ?Love. Give. Life.? Park Avenue Fashion Show,? says Nicole Zeitzer-Johnson, NAPW?s Director of Communications. ?The creativity, innovation, and perseverance of these three professional women reflect the spirit of our membership, capturing the way so many women quietly contribute to society on a daily basis.?

Featured speakers include Kristin Molini, multiple organ transplant survivor who has appeared on The Early Show, and NAPW?s Nicole Zeitzer-Johnson. The event will be hosted by CNN producer, Phil Rosenbaum and health producer, Maria Dorfner.

According to the Flood sisters, Jennifer, Cynthia, and Heather, a donation from a living donor has a greater than 90 percent success-rate for the first year. ?A live kidney transplant avoids repetitive dialysis and immeasurably improves the quality of life for the recipient and often for the donor and the donor?s family,? says Jennifer Flood, President and Founder of The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation of America.

?Craigslist began and today still is the place where people help each other with everyday needs ? and in the case of The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation these are ?everyday needs? that save a life,? says craigslist founder Craig Newmark. ?I salute the Flood sisters and all those who embrace our values of ?treating others as you would want to be treated.?

The 6pm event features both a fashion show by Betsey Johnson, Nanette Lepore, Elene Cassis, and emerging designer Michael Forde ? who was Esquire Magazine?s ?Best Dressed Man in NY in 2005? as well as a silent auction with music by celebrity DJ, Ani Quinn of 4AM. Hors d'oeuvres and cocktails will be provided by Quintessential Wines and d?cor will feature exquisite flower arrangements provided by Mar Wilson Designs; with furniture provided by CORT, a Berkshire Hathaway Company. Models will be walking down the runway with Asian-inspired umbrellas provided by Brelli.

The first fifty guests will receive gift bags with gifts by InStyle Magazine, Nicole Miller, Salon Ziba and Bare Escentuals. The evening?s silent auction will feature special gifts from such great names as David Yurman Jewelry, Tory Burch, Nike, Calvin Klein, Ivanka Trump Jewelry, Ellen Fisher, Titleist, Disney, Aspen Sports, Hotel Jerome of Aspen, Co., Trump International Hotel, Sonnenalp Resort of Vail, Co., Scarborough & Tweed, STYX, The Oak Room at the Plaza Hotel, The Museum of American Finance, Wall Street Walks, Build A Bear, Moving Hearts Foundation, The New York Yankees, The New York Mets, The New York Rangers, The New York Knicks and more!

Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.floodsisters.org for $ 75.00, $ 95 at the door. For more information about NAPW visit http://www.napw.com. For more information, contact The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation of America at 646-287-2900.

Additional B-Roll Available: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/station/as-seen-on/Online_Kidney_Donation_New_York.html

About The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation

Founded in 2008, the mission of The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation is to inspire people to become living donors and to encourage kidney patients to use non-traditional means of reaching suitable living donors. Through an aggressive program, the foundation is tirelessly spreading the word that a kidney from a living donor is usually a better match than a cadaveric kidney, and reduces the risk of infection.

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Swisslog to Feature TransCar Automated Guided Vehicle at AHRMM Annual Conference & Exhibition

Denver, CO (PRWEB) July 21, 2007

Swisslog, a leader in automated materials management for the healthcare industry, will exhibit in booth #1211 at the AHRMM 45th Annual Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, August 12-15, 2007.

Swisslog will showcase its robotic vehicle system, TransCar. The TransCar automatic guided vehicle (AGV) system is designed specifically to meet the needs of the hospital environment. TransCar serves departments throughout the hospital distributing bulk food, central/sterile supplies, patient food and nourishments, soiled dishes, clean and soiled linens, trash and regulated medical waste.

TransCar carts can be fitted with RFID tags to automatically identify the cart type, input default destinations, and track the activity and timing of individual carts. Ongoing operational efficiencies are gained by automating the delivery of carts filled with various materials.

Swisslog's pneumatic tube systems and the PillPick automated drug management solution will also be on display at the Swisslog booth. Automated material transport solutions are in greater demand in today's hospital because of demographic and healthcare spending trends.

About Swisslog

Swisslog is a global provider of integrated logistics solutions for warehouses, distribution centers and hospitals. The comprehensive portfolio ranges from building complex warehouses and distribution centers including Swisslog's software, in-house logistics solutions for hospitals as well as software and consulting services in the field of supply chain management. Swisslog's solutions optimize the customer's production, logistics and distribution processes in order to increase their flexibility, responsiveness and quality of service, while minimizing logistics costs.

With years of experience in the development and implementation of integrated logistics solutions, Swisslog provides the expertise that customers in more than 50 countries around the world rely on. Headquartered in Buchs/Aarau, Switzerland, Swisslog currently employs around 1,850 staff in 23 countries worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.swisslog.com and click on Healthcare Solutions.

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Swisslog Features PillPick? Pharmacy Automation System at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference and Exhibition, February 24-28 in Orlando, FL

Denver, CO (PRWEB) February 7, 2008

Swisslog Healthcare Solutions will feature the innovative PillPick? Automated Drug Management System (ADMS) technology at booth #3102 at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference & Exhibition, February 24-28, 2008 in Orlando, FL.

A 100% bar-coded solution, the PillPick system enables point-of-care verification and supports centralized, decentralized, and hybrid pharmacy operations. Using the exclusive PillPick Manager application, the system receives electronic patient orders via the HL7 interface, sorts them by priority, and begins to automatically unload the drugs either from the DrugNest, a high-density robotic warehouse or the BoxPicker, a space-saving, modular storage and dispensing solution. A unique tracking number is assigned to every unit-dose bag in the PillPick system- further assisting the pharmacy with billing accuracy and inventory control. Then a patient-specific, 24 hour supply of drugs is grouped together on Swisslog's patented PickRing. Return crediting is automatic requiring no manual scanning.

The versatile PillPick Manager software allows hospitals to run advanced diagnostics, monitor expiration dates, control access security, in addition to operating all PillPick components. As a result, the pharmacy is fully capable of optimizing the work flow. More importantly, the potential for human error is significantly reduced. Ultimately, hospital pharmacies benefit from a faster turnaround time, increased productivity, and greater patient safety at a lower cost of operation with PillPick.

Swisslog Healthcare Solutions also manufactures the technologically advanced TransLogic Pneumatic Tube System (PTS) and the innovative laser-guided TransCar Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV). Swisslog provides a complete hospital supply chain management approach, from total system design and manufacturing, to installation and customer support.

To learn more about the PillPick system, or obtain PDF copies of the PillPick Manager brochure, call 800-764-0300 or email healthcare@swisslog.com and request Swisslog publication 1150. To learn more about Swisslog, visit http://www.swisslog.com.

About Swisslog

Swisslog is a global provider of integrated logistic solutions for warehouses, distribution centers and hospitals. The comprehensive portfolio ranges from building complex warehouses and distribution centers including Swisslog's software, in-house logistics solutions for hospitals as well as software and consulting services in the field of supply chain management. Swisslog's solutions optimize the customer's production, logistics and distribution processes in order to increase their flexibility, responsiveness and quality of service, while minimizing logistics costs. With years of experience in the development and implementation of integrated logistics solutions, Swisslog provides the expertise that customers in more than 50 countries around the world rely on. Headquartered in Buchs/Aarau, Switzerland, Swisslog currently employs around 1,850 staff in 23 countries worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.swisslog.com.

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