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FOX Sports South Teams up with the Atlanta Hawks and After-School All-Stars Atlanta to Give Back on Martin Luther King Day 2014 After a Morning of Volunteering at King and Sylvan Middle Schools, FOX Sports South and Atlanta Hawks to Give Students a VIP Experience at Hawks-Heat Game WHAT: FOX Sports South will join the After-School All-Stars Atlanta at Martin Luther King and Sylvan Middle Schools in Atlanta on Monday to help revitalize the schools’ campuses for the 2014 Martin Luther King National Day of Service. FOX Sports South volunteers will help After-School All-Star Atlanta students and staff with their morning of service, painting and distributing fruit baskets to families in the schools’ neighborhoods. After the morning of service, FOX Sports South and the Atlanta Hawks will give the students and staff a VIP experience at the Hawks- Heat game at Philips Arena. WHEN: Monday, January 20 th – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service 11:30 a.m . – 3:00 p.m. – FOX Sports South volunteers will join After-School All-Stars Atlanta students and staff for their morning of service at Martin Luther King and Sylvan Middle Schools. Afterwards, the volunteers and After-School All-Stars will meet the FOX Sports South Girls, Canicka and Morgan, and ride with them on the FOX Sports Fan Express to Philips Arena. 3:45 p.m. – FOX Sports South volunteers and the After-School All-Stars Atlanta will arrive at Philips Arena for a VIP pregame experience and the Atlanta Hawks vs. Miami Heat game. 4:00 p.m. – Students will be treated to a special question and answer session and meet and greet with the SportSouth broadcast team, including Dominique Wilkins, Bob Rathbun , Andre Aldridge, Mike “Stinger” Glenn , and Jerome Jurenovich. 5:00 p.m. – Students will have the opportunity to watch Hawks LIVE pregame show as it broadcasts live on SportSouth inside Philips Arena (across from Hawks Shop). 5:30 p.m. – FOX Sports South and the Atlanta Hawks will host the students in a special party suite for the Hawks-Heat game. About After-School All-Stars: Founded in 1992, After-School All-Stars is a leading national provider of year-round, school-based, comprehensive after-school programs. During the school year, children participate in free programs that include academic support, enrichment opportunities, and health/fitness activities. The organization’s mission is to keep children safe and help them succeed in school and in life. Nearly 90,000 children from families of poverty benefit in 14 U.S. regions: Atlanta, Chicago, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, North Texas, Ohio, Orlando, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, South Florida and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.as- as.org . About FOX Sports South: The FOX Sports regional networks serving the Southeast – FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Tennessee, FOX Sports Carolinas and SportSouth – collectively reach more 13 million cable and satellite households in seven states across the Southeast. They are the television home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Dream, Atlanta Hawks, Carolina Hurricanes, Charlotte Bobcats, Memphis Grizzlies, Nashville Predators, Cincinnati Reds, Indiana Pacers, New Orleans Pelicans, and St. Louis Cardinals, as well as the Atlantic Coast Conference, Conference USA, Southeastern Conference, and Big 12 Conference, and offer expanded coverage of the University of Kentucky, University of South Carolina and University of Tennessee. Combined, the four networks produce more than 800 live local events and televise more than 1400 live local events each year. For more information, please visit FOXSportsSouth.com , FOXSportsTennessee.com , and FOXSportsCarolinas.com . About the Atlanta Hawks: The Atlanta Hawks, a member of the National Basketball Association since 1949, play in the Southeast Division, along with the Charlotte Bobcats, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic and Washington Wizards. Atlanta Hawks Memberships, Flex Plans and individual game tickets for 2013-14 regular season games are on sale now at www.hawks.com/tickets, the Philips Arena box office or by calling 866-715-1500! For more information on the Hawks, lo on to www.hawks.com . ### .