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Cat: Teaching / Training / Tutoring Inspirational Speaker Fundraiser
Org: First Things First
CHATTANOOGA, TN — The First Things First annual fall fund-raiser banquet is set for Thursday, Sept. 16, with guest speaker Carey Casey, president and CEO of the National Center for Fathering, and author of the book, "Championship Fathering."
Through his work across the country, Casey has earned a reputation as a dynamic communicator on the topic of men being good fathers, and as a compassionate ambassador, especially within the American sports community.
Carey was asked to serve on the White House Task Force on Fatherhood and Healthy Families in 2009, and he also serves as a member of the National Fatherhood Leaders Group, which promotes responsible fatherhood policy, research, advocacy and practice.
Casey joined the Center after 18 years in various roles with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, where most recently he led as president of its foundation.
His career has also included serving as chaplain at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, chaplain for the Dallas Cowboys under Hall of Fame Coach Tom Landry, and chaplain for the Kansas City Chiefs. He continues to speak on life issues for numerous professional and college sports teams across America.
Carey also served for five years as pastor of Lawndale Community Church — the inner-city church in Chicago’s west-side recognized by the George H. W. Bush Points of Light Foundation. At Lawndale, Carey helped the church empower the community with health care, housing, education and economic growth.
Carey has also served as a lecturer at the World Congress on Sports, the college football Senior Bowl, the National Association of Basketball Coaches Convention at the Final Four, and the Super Bowl. He has been featured on national media, including The New York Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Los Angeles Times, Kansas City Star, Chicago Tribune, Focus on the Family’s radio broadcast and webcast, Ebony, Christianity Today, Sharing the Victory, “Fox and Friends,” ESPN.com and ESPN’s “Quite Frankly” with Stephen A. Smith, “The Hour of Power” with Dr. Robert Schuller, and Leadership Magazine.
In high school, Carey played in the 1971 Virginia State Championship football game, the game that was later dramatized in the award-winning movie, "Remember the Titans." Carey is still friends with former Titans coach Herman Boone and many of the other people who were portrayed in the movie.
Carey received his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. As a running back he helped lead the school’s football team to the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship in 1977. Carey was inducted into the Alumni Hall of Fame in his home town of Salem, VA, and was Alumnus of the Year at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College.
Carey and his wife, Melanie, are parents of four children and have two grandchildren and live in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.
First Things First is a non-profit organization designed to build healthy marriage and family relationships in and around the greater Chattanooga area. Through education, mobilization and collaboration, leaders plan a variety of skill-based relationship classes for teens, single adults, engaged couples and married couples. First Things First also provides classes on parenting, stepfamilies and special classes for dads and dads-to-be. For more information, visit firstthings.org or call (423) 267-5383.
RELATED LINKS: First Things First • National Center for Fathering
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