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  November 13, 2007

Willie Green, Sixers Tip Off Thanksgiving with Turkey Drive
Turkey Drive to be held in conjunction with Friday's game against Portland; and Aaron McKie to add own contributions

Philadelphia, PA - The Philadelphia 76ers are getting set to team up with Comcast SportsNet and the city of Philadelphia for the 2007 Turkey Drive. The Sixers are asking fans to come out to the Wachovia Center prior to the game against the Trailblazers on Friday, November 16 and donate a frozen turkey. All those who donate will receive a coupon permitting them to attend a special post-game autograph session featuring Sixers players.

As fans walk into the Wachovia Center, those making a donation will be directed to a nearby location to drop off their turkey, where they will be stored in a cold truck. Turkeys will be collected through halftime. All turkeys received will be donated to Philabundance and must be accompanied by a receipt showing the date of purchase.

The Turkey Drive doesn't stop there, as the Philabundance Turkey Round-up will be held on Saturday, November 17 at the ACME in Bala Cynwyd (25 East City Line Ave., Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004). At approximately 2:00 p.m., Sixers guard Willie Green will announce the number of turkeys donated the previous evening and make a donation on behalf of the Sixers.

Additionally, Sixers Assistant Coach Aaron McKie will also be on hand at Saturday's Turkey Round-up and will make a donation to Philabundance through his non-profit agency, the AM8 Foundation. The AM8 contribution will be divided in order to assist families in need throughout Philadelphia, including his childhood neighborhood in North Philadelphia.

For more information, please visit our official team website, SIXERS.COM.

Comcast-Spectacor is the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment company which owns the Philadelphia Flyers (NHL), the Philadelphia 76ers (NBA), the Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL), the two arenas in which their teams play, the Wachovia Center and Wachovia Spectrum, four Flyers Skate Zone community ice skating and hockey rinks and Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia. In addition, Comcast-Spectacor is also the principal owner of Global Spectrum, the fastest growing firm in the public assembly management field with more than 60 facilities throughout the United States and Canada; Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage service provider; New Era Tickets, a ticketing and marketing company for public assembly facilities; Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales company; and 3601 Creative Group, a full-service in-house advertising agency. In a partnership with Disson Skating, Comcast-Spectacor annually produces 10 nationally televised figure skating spectaculars on NBC.

For more information, please contact Michael Preston, Pete Sousa, Sean McCloskey or Rebecca Goodman at 215-339-7666.

 
     
 
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