Coors Brewing Company to Celebrate Education and Tradition During Bayou Classic.Coors Will Support Its Long-Standing Commitment to HBCUs with $10,000 Donations to Grambling and Southern Universities During This Year's State Farm Bayou Classic GOLDEN, Colo. -- Coors Brewing Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TAP)(TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension : TAP) announced today that it proudly continues its tradition of supporting historically black colleges and universities Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the African American community. They are often liberal arts colleges or universities. with major donations to Grambling University and Southern University, the two schools that compete each year at the State Farm Bayou Classic. The highly anticipated event is the largest and oldest of the HBCU HBCU Historically Black Colleges and Universities football classics, attracting more than 70,000 fans from across the nation. After the historic gridiron battle between the Grambling Tigers and the Southern University Jaguars, which takes place Saturday, November 25, at the Louisiana Super Dome, Coors, a co-sponsor of the event, will present each school with a check for $10,000 for scholarships for deserving students. It has donated monies to the two schools for most of the Classic's 33-year history. This year's State Farm Bayou Classic holds special significance because of its return to New Orleans after a forced evacuation to Texas last year following Hurricane Katrina. "As co-sponsors, Coors is proud to be a part of this special moment in history for two of the finest teams in the Southwestern Athletic Conference
The ," says Moses Brewer, director of Coors corporate relations. "We welcome every opportunity to show our support for the cultural and academic excellence inherent in the nation's black colleges and universities." Coors has traditionally supported education, history and scholarship programs for African Americans through sponsorship of events such as the Bayou Classic, the Atlanta Football Classic, the Circle City Classic and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It encompasses parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest in Missouri, which includes counties in both Missouri and Kansas. . About Coors Brewing Company Coors Brewing Company is a subsidiary of Molson Coors Brewing Company Molson Coors Brewing Company (TSX: TAP; NYSE: TAP) is a company that was created by the merger of two of North America's largest breweries: Molson of Canada, and Coors of the United States, on February 9, 2005. (NYSE: TAP)(TSX: TAP). It is the third largest brewer in the U.S. The Company's U.S. brands include Coors Light, Molson Canadian, Coors, Killian's Irish Red, Keystone, Blue Moon, Coors NA and Zima XXX. For more information on Molson Coors, visit the company's Web site, molsoncoors.com. |
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