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April 13, 2010
SPORTSBALL 2010
SPORTSBALL 2010, the 16th annual gala of the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, will takeplace on Thursday, April 13, 2010. Renowned guests representing sports, music, entertainment, and medicine will gather at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City to celebrate the legacy of tennis champion and humanitarian Arthur Ashe.
SPORTSBALL 2010 is a party with a purpose. Each year the Institute honors individuals and organizations that are making significant contributions to urban communities in the areas of health, education, medical research, community service, and philanthropy. The funds raised at SPORTSBALL support the Institute’s innovative community health education programs and research initiatives. Arthur Ashe founded the Institute in 1992, just two months before his death from AIDS, in response to the disproportionate amount of illness and death in urban communities from preventable diseases. Arthur knew that many of these diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension, are the result of inadequate health care delivery, late detection, and insufficient health education.
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