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NEWS
September
2002
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Dorough
Lupus Foundation To Award Over $200,000 In Grants
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Source: Dorough
Lupus Foundation
Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough will be on hand as The Dorough Lupus
Foundation presents a $165,000 check for Lupus Research to the
Arthritis Foundation, located at 1330 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta, GA
30309.
Check presentation ceremony to begin promptly at 1pm est. Ceremony,
interviews and photo-ops to last approximately one hour. Press and
Media are invited to attend check presentation ceremony.
For more information on press availability or to schedule an
interview for tomorrow, please contact Alisa Anderson, Public
Relations Coordinator for the Dorough Lupus Foundation at
321.725.8599.
The Dorough Lupus Foundation is a non-profit organization founded by
Howie D. of the "Backstreet Boys" and his family to
increase Lupus awareness, raise money for lupus research and provide
financial assistance for those individuals living with the disease
who cannot afford treatment.
The foundation will also be presenting another grant in the amount
of $50,000 to Dr. Bev Hahns at the UCLA hospital. Making the total
amount of gift giving for 2002 exceed $200,000. Date and time of
this event to be determined later this year.
For more information on the Dorough Lupus Foundation, please call
1-866-GIV-2DLF or visit our website.
CONTACT: Alisa Anderson PHONE: 321.725.8599 EMAIL: AlisaAndersonpr@hotmail.com.
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Vote
For Nick on MTV's TRL back
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Source: NickCarter.com
Nick's awesome video for "Help Me" debuted on TRL
yesterday and it is now eligible for the count down. We need you
help to get Nick #1 on the TRL countdown! So read the voting info
below...and let your MTV votes be heard!!!!
YOU CAN VOTE BY PHONE:
1.800.DIAL.MTV (1.800.342.5688)
WHEN TO VOTE:
TRL airs at 3:30pm EST/PST, so MTV lets you call in 30 min. before
the show.
CALL BETWEEN:
11:55AM to 12:30PM Pacific Time
12:55PM to 1:30PM Mountain Time
1:55 PM to 2:30PM Central Time
2:55PM to 3:30PM Eastern Time
AND YOU CAN VOTE ONLINE:
YOU CAN VOTE ONLINE: at mtv.com
ANYTIME!! What are you waiting for!?! Go
vote for Nick right now! The website is always there,
waiting for you to fill out the little form and click the button for
Nick.
OTHER INFO:
If you want Nick to get to #1 you have to vote A LOT because
everyone else is voting as much or even way more than you! So to
make a difference for Nick everyone has to vote ALOT...A TON..OFTEN!!!
You get it?
Thanks for your help!!
Hang with Nick at www.nickcarter.com
or www.thebackstreetboys.com
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Brian
Plans Breakfast In New York
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Source: Yahoo! News
By: Jason Gelman, New York
Backstreet Boy and soon-to-be-daddy Brian Littrell is hosting a
Breakfast With Brian in support of his Healthy Heart Club For Kids
at the ESPN Zone restaurant in New York City on October 26 at 8:30
a.m. ET. Guests attending the event will get to meet Littrell and
his family, and eat breakfast with them. In addition, guests will
have the chance to bid via silent auction on Backstreet Boys items,
and the opportunity to go head-to-head with the Backstreet Boy in a
game of either basketball, golf, football, or several other sports.
All proceeds from the event will benefit the Brian Littrell Healthy
Heart Club For Kids. The non-profit charitable organization was
founded in 1999 by Littrell and the Saint Joseph Hospital
Foundation. The club provides free exercise counseling and
heart-healthy education to children ages 8 to 12.
The Breakfast With Brian is completely sold-out, but for more
information regarding the event or to make a donation please visit
the official website of the Brian Littrell Healthy Heart Club For
Kids at healthyheartclub.org.
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Exclusive
CosmoGIRL! Contest For Backstreet.net readers!
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Source: Backstreet.net
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Would
you like a chance to win the actual T-shirt that Nick wore
for the cover shoot of the October 2002 issue of CosmoGIRL!
magazine? How about the necklace? CosmoGIRL! have donated
these items for us to give away in this exclusive contest.
HOW TO ENTER
Simply cut out the Universal Product Code from your copy of
the October 2002 issue of CosmoGIRL! and mail it, along with
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CosmoGIRL!
Contest
c/o Backstreet.net
PO Box 41137,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
K1G 5K9
We'll put your entry into the official draw, to be held on November
15, 2002.
READ ON FOR IMPORTANT CONTEST DETAILS
Enter as many times as you wish.
Only one product code per envelope.
Entries must be received on or before November 14, 2002. It takes at
least two weeks for your mail to be delivered to us in Canada so be
sure to mail it before October 30 and MAKE SURE YOU USE A 60 CENT
STAMP or sufficient postage to send your letter to Canada.
You must have your parent's permission to enter if you are a minor.
None of the information that you provide about yourself will be
disclosed to anyone.
On November 15, 2002, we'll draw two lucky winners and notify them
by phone.
GOOD LUCK!
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Special Message from Howie D back
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Source: Backstreet.net
Hey all you BSB fans, Just wanted to invite you to join me, Howie,
and my family on October 26th 2002 in Washington D.C. for the third
annual Unity Award Show. The event will be held at the prestigious
Hartke Theater on the Catholic University Campus. My sister
Pollyanna will be co-hosting the event and performing the song
"Fly to Heaven" with me. In addition, our family will be
presented the "Inspiration Award" for all our efforts with
the Dorough Lupus Foundation. For more information, log on to www.ucmva.com
or call 1-800-433-3262.
Hope to see you all there!
Love and Peace,
Howie D.
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