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10-30-2009, 01:10 PM
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B]Spurs Legend George Gervin Joins New Vaccines for Teens Educational Campaign to Help San Antonio Teens Take Their Best Shot at Health (http://www.sunherald.com/prnewswire/story/1713675.html)[/B]
Basketball Superstar Urges Local Teens to Stay in the Game and Get Vaccinated - It's More Important Than Ever
Society for Adolescent Medicine
NBA Legend and Basketball Hall of Famer George Gervin teamed up with NBA Cares and the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) today to bring Vaccines for Teens to the San Antonio community. Vaccines for Teens is a national multimedia campaign designed to educate teens and their parents about the importance of vaccination against serious and potentially life-threatening diseases.
To tip off the campaign in San Antonio, Gervin appeared at the George Gervin Academy to urge local parents of preteens and teens to discuss adolescent vaccinations with their family physicians.
Teens are at risk for influenza disease, both seasonal and the A (H1N1) influenza virus, as well for other serious infectious diseases such as meningococcal meningitis and whooping cough (pertussis). The basketball superstar and local community leaders agree it is more important than ever to help protect preteens and teens in the San Antonio area from the potentially life-threatening complications of these diseases.
"Vaccination can help teens grow into healthy adults, and is beneficial for our students at the George Gervin Academy and for teens throughout the San Antonio area," said George Gervin. "In basketball, the best offense is a good defense, and the same holds true for protecting teen health."
About the Vaccines for Teens Campaign
The NBA and the WNBA are collaborating with the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) and sanofi pasteur on Vaccines for Teens, a national program designed to help educate parents and their teens about the importance of getting vaccinated.
About NBA Cares
NBA Cares is the league's social responsibility initiative that builds on the NBA's long tradition of addressing important social issues in the United States and around the world. Through this umbrella program, the NBA, its teams and players have donated more than $110 million to charity, provided more than one million hours of hands-on service to communities around the world, and created more than 425 places where kids and families can live, learn, or play. NBA Cares works with internationally recognized youth-serving programs that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes, including: KaBOOM!, Special Olympics, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, UNICEF, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis.
About WNBA Cares
Through WNBA Cares, the WNBA is deeply committed to creating programs that improve the quality of life for all people, with a special emphasis on programs that promote a healthy lifestyle and positive body image, increase breast and women's health awareness, support youth and family development, and focus on education. For more information on the WNBA, log onto www.wnba.com.
B]Spurs Legend George Gervin Joins New Vaccines for Teens Educational Campaign to Help San Antonio Teens Take Their Best Shot at Health (http://www.sunherald.com/prnewswire/story/1713675.html)[/B]
Basketball Superstar Urges Local Teens to Stay in the Game and Get Vaccinated - It's More Important Than Ever
Society for Adolescent Medicine
NBA Legend and Basketball Hall of Famer George Gervin teamed up with NBA Cares and the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) today to bring Vaccines for Teens to the San Antonio community. Vaccines for Teens is a national multimedia campaign designed to educate teens and their parents about the importance of vaccination against serious and potentially life-threatening diseases.
To tip off the campaign in San Antonio, Gervin appeared at the George Gervin Academy to urge local parents of preteens and teens to discuss adolescent vaccinations with their family physicians.
Teens are at risk for influenza disease, both seasonal and the A (H1N1) influenza virus, as well for other serious infectious diseases such as meningococcal meningitis and whooping cough (pertussis). The basketball superstar and local community leaders agree it is more important than ever to help protect preteens and teens in the San Antonio area from the potentially life-threatening complications of these diseases.
"Vaccination can help teens grow into healthy adults, and is beneficial for our students at the George Gervin Academy and for teens throughout the San Antonio area," said George Gervin. "In basketball, the best offense is a good defense, and the same holds true for protecting teen health."
About the Vaccines for Teens Campaign
The NBA and the WNBA are collaborating with the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) and sanofi pasteur on Vaccines for Teens, a national program designed to help educate parents and their teens about the importance of getting vaccinated.
About NBA Cares
NBA Cares is the league's social responsibility initiative that builds on the NBA's long tradition of addressing important social issues in the United States and around the world. Through this umbrella program, the NBA, its teams and players have donated more than $110 million to charity, provided more than one million hours of hands-on service to communities around the world, and created more than 425 places where kids and families can live, learn, or play. NBA Cares works with internationally recognized youth-serving programs that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes, including: KaBOOM!, Special Olympics, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, UNICEF, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis.
About WNBA Cares
Through WNBA Cares, the WNBA is deeply committed to creating programs that improve the quality of life for all people, with a special emphasis on programs that promote a healthy lifestyle and positive body image, increase breast and women's health awareness, support youth and family development, and focus on education. For more information on the WNBA, log onto www.wnba.com.