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The Atlanta Falcons would like to recognize the following acts and programs to the Georgia Dome for Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints. Sunday's game is presented by Verizon Wireless. Fans in attendance will receive a Falcons car magnet.
Pregame
HopeLine®
Verizon Wireless, the company with the nation’s most reliable wireless voice and data network, and the Atlanta Falcons are once again encouraging all Atlanta Falcons fans to help Georgia’s victims of domestic violence.
For the fourth consecutive year, fans are invited to donate no-longer-used wireless phones and accessories to benefit victims of domestic violence through the Verizon Wireless HopeLine® program. Verizon Wireless volunteers will be at the HopeLine Tent on Falcons Landing collecting used phones for the following Atlanta Falcons home football games: September 21, 2008 against the Kansas City Chiefs, October 12, against the Chicago Bears, November 9, against the New Orleans Saints and December 14, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
National Anthem
Carlos W. Morgan
A native of Wichita Falls, Texas, Major (R) Carlos W. Morgan spent 20 years in the United States Army before retiring to live in Atlanta with his wife, Cynthia, and their two daughters, Jazmane and Cutrena. His civilian education includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Texas College in 1983 and a Master of Arts degree in Management from Webster University in 1997. Morgan’s military education includes the Chemical Officer Basic Course, Technical Escort Certification, Defense Packaging and Technical Chemical Surety Hazardous Material Course, Combined Armed Services Staff School, and the Command and General Staff College. Morgan’s awards include the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Joint Service Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Army Achievement Medal, Army Superior Unit Award, the National Defense Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon and the Over Seas Ribbon with two oak leaf clusters. Morgan currently is employed by the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center as a Program Specialist. He also serves as a Freedom Team Salute Ambassador for the Metro-Atlanta area.
Color Guard
U.S. Army Atlanta Recruiting Battalion
The Atlanta Recruiting Battalion, initially a local administrative office of the Third U.S. Army’s Recruiting Service, was responsible for the management of recruiting stations in the northern two-thirds of the state of Georgia. It was referred to as Atlanta Recruiting Main Station (RMS). On October 1, 1964 the United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) was activated as a single command to handle recruiting and retention for the Active Army as a whole. The Atlanta RMS was part of the new command under the Third (3RD) Recruiting District, which had responsibility for the southeastern region of the United States. In 1974, 3rd Recruiting District became the Southeast Region Recruiting Command (SERRC) and the Atlanta RMS became the Atlanta District Recruiting Command (DRC). The territory of the Atlanta office remained essentially the same during this time but the mission was increased for all of USAREC as the Army Reserve recruiting responsibility was added. Again changing names in 1983, SERRC became 2d Recruiting Brigade and the Atlanta DRC acquired its present designation as Recruiting Battalion Atlanta or, more commonly, the Atlanta Recruiting Battalion. Throughout its long history and many incarnations the Atlanta Recruiting Battalion has been a productive main stay and critical part of the Army’s vital mission to recruit the necessary young men and women, America’s best, to fill the ranks of a modern, high technology Army.
Halftime
Verizon Wireless “Catch for Cash” Contest
One randomly selected fan will participate in the Catch for Cash contest. This lucky fan will have the chance to win $20,000 by catching three footballs. The first catch is worth $200, the second catch is worth $2,000, and the last catch is worth $20,000. Halftime is brought to you by Verizon Wireless, the official wireless provider of your Atlanta Falcons.
