Peyback Foundation

Knoxville Holiday Party

peyback — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:38:25 +0000

The Annual Knoxville, Tennessee PeyBack Foundation Holiday Party was held on Wednesday , December 15 at the John D. Lee Administrative offices. The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley were represented by all clubs with 184 club members in attendance at the event. Club members received pizza, chips, snacks and drinks upon arrival. John Lee, President & CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley, welcomed the group and thanked Peyton Manning for his continued support of the event. Each of the club members then received a sleeping bag with the #18 printed on it as well as a book. As always, the event was a success and enjoyed by all in attendance.

New Orleans Holiday Party

peyback — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:35:17 +0000

On Monday, December 12, 2011, the Louisiana Children’s Museum hosted a fun holiday celebration for the students of Joseph J. Davies Elementary School through the generous support of the PeyBack Foundation. With 450 students, teachers, and parents in attendance, the museum was bursting with excitement. The students ranged from grades kindergarten to second and were each able to participate in hands-on activities, as well as explore the 30,000 square feet of the museum’s exhibit space, which included their most popular exhibits: Little Winn Dixie, Kids’ Café, and Art Trek.

This annual celebration has been a successful collaboration between the museum and the PeyBack Foundation for more than five years and continues to be an event that the museum staff looks forward to every year.

“We love being able to participate in this extraordinary event every year,” said Stacey Sharer, the museum’s Community Engagement Coordinator. “We look forward to providing the students with creative holiday activities to do at home with their families and to be able to share with them the magic of the season as they explore the museum, especially with the addition of our newest exhibit, Festival of Trees.”

Each student was able to create a paper chain of their favorite holiday memories, a paper bag puppet to tell stories with, a snowflake to take home, and a collaborative snowflake that will be on display in the museum throughout the holidays. Plus, everyone was able to enjoy a healthy boxed lunch provided by Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana. As the day drew to an end, the excitement for the students continued as they prepared to exit the museum. Each student was handed a sleeping bag, along with a book to read.

Through the PeyBack Holiday Party, the museum has had the opportunity to reach more than 2,100 students over the past years and is looking forward to reaching many more.

article courtesy of Wendy Granier, Director Of Development, Louisiana Children’s Museum

Holiday Celebration at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

peyback — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:20:20 +0000

The annual PeyBack Foundation Holiday Party was held at the world-renowned Children’s Museum of Indianapolis on Monday, December 12. The Foundation invited 1,000 children from over 20 community organizations in and around Indianapolis to join us for an evening of fun and surprises. Guests were treated to a private party at the Museum, which was closed to the public for this wonderful event. All throughout the museum the sounds of laughter could be heard as kids explored, played, and slid over and over and over again down the ever popular Yule Slide. As always, the Jolly Days exhibit was a crowd favorite, where everyone stopped to visit and have their picture taken with Santa Claus. Another popular destination was the food court where yummy pizza and cookies helped fill everyone’s bellies and provide them nourishment to be able to continue playing!

As the children made their way out of the Museum at the end of the evening, they were thrilled to receive a special gift from Peyton Manning and the PeyBack Foundation, a Scholastic book and blue “#18” sleeping bag.

The PeyBack Foundation is grateful to the support of so many who helped to make this annual event a success. We are especially grateful to our friends at Scholastic Books and The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

PeyBack Foundation Participates in 2011 WRTV-6 Toy Drive

peyback — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:23:43 +0000

The PeyBack Foundation was proud to participate in the 11th annual WRTV-6 Toy Drive on Friday, December 9. Our friends at Toys r’ Us kindly opened the doors of their Castleton location an hour early for us so we could do some early morning shopping. Hundreds of toys were purchased and immediately loaded into FedEx trucks to be donated to the Toy Drive. The PeyBack Foundation has partnered with WRTV-6 on this worthwhile and timely project for the past several years and it is truly an honor to assist them in their efforts.