2006 Oakland Raiders Football 101
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center & The Oakland Raiders present an NFL workshop for women to benefit breast cancer programs and services.
The Oakland Raiders and Alta Bates Summit Medical Center held the ninth annual Football 101 event at the Raiders’ training facility in Alameda on Tuesday, October 24th. Over $25,000 was raised from the event and will benefit breast cancer screenings for low-income women in the community through Alta Bates Summit’s Markstein Cancer Education and Prevention Center and Comprehensive Cancer Center.
This year’s event was led off by Renel – host of the “Renel in the Morning” show on 98.1 KISS F.M., and in-game announcer for the San Francisco Giants. 120 women and a few men participated and had the opportunity to be taught first-hand about rules of the game and strategy of football from Raiders Head Coach Art Shell, special teams player Jarrod Cooper, linebacker Grant Irons, safety Stuart Schweigert, wide receiver Alvis Whitted, linebacker Sam Williams. The evening also included tours of the facility – from the auditorium where players and coaches watch game films each week to workout and locker rooms.
A raffle of autographed Raiders memorabilia was held and the winners were: Rhonda Costa-Landers, Patti Llorin, Judy McKeever, Cindy Forrest and Denise Carreon.
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center and the Raiders have enjoyed an immensely successful partnership over the last eight years in the fight against breast cancer. A check for the proceeds from this year’s event will be presented to the medical center on the field just before the December 3rd game between the Raiders and the Houston Texans.
Source & contact: Dorine Tanaka, Director of Special Events, Alta Bates Summit Foundation, 2450 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705, (510) 204-4413.
Take a look at photos from the event:
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