Titans specialty plates surpass $1 million for charitable organizationsNASHVILLE, TN, Aug. 25, 2006 -- Tennessee Titans fans have found an abundant number of avenues to show support for their favorite NFL team since the club moved to Tennessee in 1997. For thousands of Tennesseans, a favorite way to show their loyalty to the team includes displaying the Titans specialty license plate on their personal vehicle. To those people that have purchased Titans specialty plates and to Titans Owner Bud Adams for helping make the program a reality, statewide groups can now say “Thanks a Million!” As in dollars.Sales of the Titans plate for the first 33 months have resulted in a staggering $1,044,000 in funding for 10 charitable organizations across the state and the Tennessee Arts Commission according to figures confirmed by the State of Tennessee.Tennesseans have made the Titans plate one of the most popular plates sold across the state since first becoming available Oct. 22, 2003. Through June 30, 2006 the Titans plate has generally ranked second only to the “Friends of the Great Smoky Mountains” plate among all others sold and reports confirm that the Titans plates have been sold in all 95 counties in Tennessee.Tennesseans have the option of purchasing specialty plates for an additional $35 above the normal price for a plate and approximately 50% of that amount is forwarded to the Tennessee Titans Foundation. Legislation creating the Titans plates included an agreement that the 10 organizations listed below would share equally all of the funds earned by the Titans Foundation from the sales of the plates:• Baptist Hospital Maternity/Birthing Center • Boys and Girls Clubs of Tennessee • Boy Scouts of Tennessee • Camp Discovery • Fisk University Scholarship Fund • Girl Scouts of Tennessee • Jason Foundation • St. Jude's Children Research Hospital • Tennessee State University Scholarship Fund• Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at VanderbiltAttending the Million Dollar Milestone ceremony were (front row left to right): Steve Underwood, Titans Sr. EVP - COO and his wife Frances; Bubba McIntosh (Baptist Hospital); Agenia Clark (Girl Scouts); K.S. "Bud" Adams, Jr.; Dr. Melvin Johnson (Tennessee State University); Dr. Kofi Lomotey (Fisk University); Dr. Roby Cogswell (Tennesseee Arts Commission). (Second row left to right): Ann Collett, Tennessee Dept. of Finance & Administration; Dave Goetz, Tennessee Commissioner of Finance & Administration; Jim Shmerling (Monroe Carell Vanderbilt Children's Hospital); Clark Flatt (Jason Foundation); J.D. Peeples (St. Judes Children's Hospital); Steve Blackman and Andrew Byrd (Boy Scouts); Gary Morgan (Camp Discovery); Judge Don Ash (Boys & Girls Clubs).The ten partners above have all earned equal shares of more than $580,000 earned by the Titans Foundation (more than $58,000 each). In addition to the amount paid to the Titans Foundation, 40% of the sales proceeds (more than $464,000) were allocated the Tennessee Arts Commission and the remaining 10% is allocated to the State Highway Fund. The Tennessee Arts Commission is a state entity that distributes the funds allocated to them in the form of grants to arts organizations throughout Tennessee to ensure that citizens have access to and participate in the arts across the state. “The Titans Foundation is proud to be involved in benefiting so many worthy organizations,” Adams recently wrote to a license plate charitable partner. “We appreciate the work of the Tennessee General Assembly in passing the enabling legislation and the efforts of the State of Tennessee in the specialty plate program.”“Most importantly, we are grateful to the Titans fans and supporters who are making these contributions possible with their purchase of our plates,” stated Adams.
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