'The Apprentice' Winner Kelly Perdew, Country Stars Diamond Rio to Appear at Big Brothers Big Sisters National Awards Banquet

'The Apprentice' Winner Kelly Perdew, Country Stars Diamond Rio to Appear at Big Brothers Big Sisters National Awards Banquet

WHAT: Big Brothers Big Sisters 2005 National Awards Banquet will feature appearances by Kelly Perdew of "The Apprentice" and members of country music supergroup Diamond Rio as BBBS honors its national award winners.

WHO: + Kelly Perdew, winner of NBC-TV's "The Apprentice: Season Two" and a Big Brother. + Members of Diamond Rio, country music supergroup that actively supports Big Brothers Big Sisters. + 2005 Big Brother of the Year Tom Taylor of Huntsville, Utah + 2005 Big Sister of the Year Linda Nelson of Centerville, Montana

WHEN: Friday, June 10, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

WHERE: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel 2660 Woodley Road NM Washington, D.C. 20008

EVENT: The Bigs of the Year will be joined by their Little Brother and Little Sister. The National Awards Banquet is the major awards event of the Big Brothers Big Sisters 2005 National Conference in Washington, D.C., June 9 to 11. More than 600 conference participants are expected to attend.

BACKGROUND:

Big Brothers Big Sisters, founded in 1904, is the oldest, largest, and most effective youth mentoring organization in the United States. In 2004, the organization served 225,000 youths, ages 6 through 18, in 5,000 communities across the country in one-to-one relationships. National research has shown that the positive relationships between youth and their Big Brothers and Big Sisters have a direct, measurable, and lasting impact on children's lives. Forbes has placed Big Brothers Big Sisters on its Gold-Star list of the top 10 charities for its excellence in efficiency and effectiveness. The national headquarters is located in Philadelphia. For additional information visit http://www.bigbrothersbigsisters.org/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Noreen Shanfelter Director, Media and Public Relations Big Brothers Big Sisters of America 215-665-7778, 267-973-9107 cell nshanfelter@bbbsa.org

PRNewswire -- June 9

Source: Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

Web site: http://www.bigbrothersbigsisters.org/

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