BOBCATS WRAP UP SEASON OF GIVING
December 26, 2005 - As part of the NBA Cares initiative, the Bobcats were active in the community this holiday season through 2005 Season of Giving. Through NBA Cares, the league, players and teams will raise and contribute $100 million for charity, donate more than one million hours of hands-on volunteer service to communities worldwide and build more than 100 places where kids can learn and play over the next five years.

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    BOBCATS HOLD HOLIDAY HOOPS CLINIC
    December 22, 2005 - On Thursday night, 80 kids had the opportunity to be taught by some of the most elite basketball players in the world as the Bobcats hosted a Holiday Hoops Clinic as part of the Bobcats continuing Season of Giving in 2005.

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    FELTON AND RUSH SPONSOR SHOPPING SPREES
    December 21, 2005 - As part of the Bobcats continuing Season of Giving in 2005, guards Raymond Felton and Kareem Rush helped make the holidays very happy for two Charlotte area children on Wednesday by taking them on a holiday shopping spree.

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    HOLIDAY PARTY FOR KIDS A SUCCESS
    December 16, 2005 - The Bobcats hosted their second annual Holiday Party for Kids on December 16 at the Extravaganza Depot. To say thank you to their fans, the Bobcats invited over 220 children of season ticket holders to join with them in a holiday celebration. While the night was designed to be full of fun and excitement, it was also a teaching tool to help the kids learn the importance of sharing what they have with others.

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    CARROLL TAKES THE STAGE TO READ
    December 16, 2005 - As part of the Bobcats ongoing 2005 Season of Giving, guard Matt Carroll was onhand to read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas at the opening of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular -- featuring the Rockettes -- show on December 16, 2005.

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    PLAYERS VISIT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
    December 12, 2005 - Bobcats guards Matt Carroll and Kevin Burleson, along with team mascot Rufus Lynx, visited the children at Presbyterian Hemby Children's Hospital to spread holiday cheer.

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    STREET TURKEYS A SUCCESS AGAIN
    November 23, 2005 - In what has become an annual tradition, the Charlotte Bobcats and WFNZ Sports Radio 610 AM/1660 AM’s “Primetime with the Packman Show” teamed up to host Street Turkeys at Charlotte Bobcats Arena on Wednesday, November 23. Also joining forces to help in the efforts this year was WJZY UPN-46.

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    BOBCATS SERVE UP HOOPS AND HOPE
    November 22, 2005 - All the makings of a Thanksgiving feast were on hand, Monday, November 21, as the Bobcats teamed with Maggiano’s Restaurant to host the Hoops and Hope Dinner.

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    RUFUS VISITS PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL
    November 15, 2005 - Rufus Lynx made an unexpected visit to some children at Presbyterian Hospital on Tuesday, November 15, bringing smiles to patients faces by visiting with them and delivering Bobcats goody bags.

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    OKAFOR AND KAHNE FORM TEAM 950
    November 9, 2005 - Reigning NASCAR Rookie of the Year Kasey Kahne and 2005 NBA Rookie of the Year Emeka Okafor have joined together to create Team 950, a partnership created to provide opportunities for kids in need.

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    JUMP BALL GALA
    October 29, 2005 - The Bobcats tipped off their second season with their first annual Jump Ball Gala on Saturday, October 29 at Charlotte Bobcats Arena. The entire 2005-06 team and coaching staff was in attendance, along with Bobcats President and Chief Operating Officer Ed Tapscott.

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    PAINT THE TOWN
    October 27, 2005 - The Queen City received a blitz of Bobcats orange as the team hit the streets to “Paint The Town,” on Thursday, October 27. The event was designed to thank the Children and Family Services Center and the Morrison Family YMCA - two of the organizations who served families that were relocated to Charlotte as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

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  • Paint The Town Gallery


    FALL FESTIVAL READING TIME OUT
    October 25, 2005 - Six Bobcats players gathered among bales of hay and pumpkins at Charlotte Bobcats Arena to share an important message and have a good time with the students from Trinity Episcopal School.

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    COOL SCHOOL FIELD TRIP
    October 17, 2005 - The 15,496 students and chaperones from public and private schools in North and South Carolina in attendance at the second annual "Cool School Field Trip" had a blast watching the Bobcats defeat Atlanta, 94-88, on October 17.

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    PARTNERSHIP WITH MYERS PARK ELEMENTARY
    September 29, 2005 - Bobcats rookies Alan Anderson and Antonio Meeking joined Sting Head Coach Muggsy Bogues, the Bobcats dance team and B.B. Sting to announce that Myers Park Elementary School would be one of the partner schools of the Charlotte Bobcats and Charlotte Sting for the upcoming year.

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    FELTON HOSTS FREE CLINICS
    September 24, 2005 - Bobcats rookie Raymond Felton returned to Latta High School to put on two free youth basketball clinics for boys and girls from ages 8-13 years old.

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    REID PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VISIT
    September 23, 2005 - On September 23, Bobcats swingmen Bernard Robinson and Alan Anderson made a lasting impact on some of the most impressionable minds in Charlotte when they visited Reid Park Elementary School.

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    CARAVAN MAKES FIRST STOPS
    September 20, 2005 - On September 20, Bobcats guard Brevin Knight, Director of Player Programs Dell Curry and radio play-by-play voice Steve Martin traveled to Spartanburg, South Carolina and Asheville, North Carolina, making the first of three stops the Bobcats will make on their Carolinas Caravan tour.

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    RUSH PART OF OPERATION REBOUND
    September 15, 2005 - Bobcats guard Kareem Rush spent the afternoon with more than a dozen NBA and WNBA players riding in a caravan of 20 tractor trailers full of supplies that were distributed for the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in the state of Mississippi.

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    MAY VISITS EVACUEES
    September 6, 2005 - Bobcats rookie forward Sean May spent most of his afternoon on September 6 at the Charlotte Coliseum visiting with some of the few hundred evacuees that were been displaced from their homes by Hurricane Katrina.

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    BOBCATS DONATE TO HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORTS
    September 1, 2005 - Bobcats guard Matt Carroll visited the KISS 95.1 FM studio on September 1 to present a check from the Charlotte Bobcats Organization in the amount of $25,000 to the American Red Cross to aid in the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

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    MAY HELPS AT SEEDS OF PEACE CAMP
    August 4, 2005 - Bobcats rookie Sean May joined a group of NBA players in Otisfield, Maine, in the first week in August to lend a hand to the campers at the Seeds of Peace International Camp in the Play for Peace clinic.

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    EARTH DAY READING TIME OUT
    April 22, 2005 - The Charlotte Bobcats teamed up with the Schiele Museum of Natural History in Gastonia, NC to celebrate Earth Day 2004.

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    BOBCATS HELP BUILD PLAYGROUND
    April 14, 2005 - Charlotte Bobcats players and Tangela Smith of the Charlotte Sting joined Charlotte Business Strengthening America to help build a playground for the students at Thomasboro Elementary School.

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    YOUTH BASKETBALL NETWORK PRESENTS 2005 AWARDS
    March 30, 2005 - The Charlotte Bobcats/Sting Youth Basketball Network presented the 2005 Play Hard, Have Fun Awards prior to the team's against the Chicago Bulls.

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    BOBCATS CELEBRATE DR. SEUSS' BIRTHDAY
    March 22, 2005 - Bobcats players Matt Carroll, Jason Kapono, Brevin Knight and Kareem Rush, as well as mascot Rufus Lynx, joined 60 children at Beatties Ford Road Library to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday with a Read To Achieve Reading Timeout.

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    BOBCATS HOST SPECIAL OLYMPICS CLINIC
    February 28, 2005 - One hundred Special Olympians from ten different North Carolina counties were invited to participate in a basketball clinic hosted by the Bobcats players and coaching staff.

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    BOBCATS POINT GUARD LAUNCHES KNIGHT'S COURT
    February 23, 2005 - Bobcats point guard Brevin Knight visited West Mecklenburg High School to launch his program, Knight's Court. The program will encourage students to excel academically by giving them the opportunity to earn Bobcats tickets.

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    OKAFOR HELPS DEDICATE READING AND LEARNING CENTER
    February 19, 2005 - During All-Star weekend, Emeka Okafor joined with a number of NBA players and legends to help dedicate the NBA's 100th Reading and Learning Center at the Owens Boys and Girls Club in Denver.


    RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS DAY
    February 15, 2005 - Bobcats players, coaches and mascot Rufus Lynx visited two local schools, a fire station and the Morrocroft Harris Teeter location to show appreciation to the Charlotte community for their support.

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    BOBCATS HONOR YOUTH BASKETBALL PLAYERS
    February 11, 2005 - The Bobcats recognized five youth basketball members and their families prior to the team's game against the Miami Heat. The youth were honored for being chosen to represent the Charlotte Bobcats and Charlotte Sting on the 2004-05 Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA Regional Team.

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    BOBCATS OPEN READING CORNER
    February 7, 2005 - Jahidi White, Keith Bogans, Rufus Lynx and members of the Bobcats Dance Team were on hand at Walter G. Byers Elementary School as the Bobcats opened the school's new reading corner, appropriately named the Bobcats Book Nook.

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    BOBCATS HONOR DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
    January 17, 2005 - The Bobcats celebrated Dr. King's birthday when the team hosted the Milwaukee Bucks at the Charlotte Coliseum. The entire afternoon of activities highlighted his historical accomplishments.

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    BOBCATS SHARE BENEFITS OF READING
    January 13, 2005 - Bobcats players Keith Bogans and Jahidi White hosted a Read To Achieve Timeout at Westerly Hills Elementary School to help students learn about the impact that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had on our nation.

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    OKAFOR DONATES $10,000 TO TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT
    January 13, 2005 - Emeka Okafor has pledged $10,000 to UNICEF in support of the relief efforts for victims of the recent Tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia and parts of Africa.

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