Firehouse Subs Selected to Provide Food for NFL Global Championship High School Football Players
US and Japanese football players taking part in NFL Global Junior Championship IX at The Bolles School will enjoy Firehouse Subs fare
Jacksonville, FL (PRWEB) January 29, 2005 -- Firehouse Subs has been selected
to provide some of the food for Japanese and American participants in NFL Global
Junior Championship IX, part of a unique tournament to be played at The Bolles
School’s Skinner-Barco Stadium during the week of Super Bowl
XXXIX.
Sandwiches and other food from Firehouse Subs will be enjoyed by
36 young football players from Japan, as well as by an additional 36 high school
football standouts from throughout the Jacksonville area.
“Firehouse Subs
is delighted to take part in a small way in this great tournament, supporting
these fine young athletes as they practice and play here in our home town of
Jacksonville,” said Stephen Joost, Firehouse Subs’ chief financial officer.
“Also, we are pleased to have the opportunity to introduce our great sub
sandwiches to the kids from Japan – we’re sure they will love them.”
The
Global Championship games, a shootout-style jamboree tournament, will be held on
February 2nd and 5th at The Bolles School’s San Jose campus. The Japanese
athletes will live with host families from Bolles during their stay in the
area.
Corky Rogers, The Bolles School’s head coach, selected 36
Jacksonville high school football standouts for the team that will represent
America at the Super Bowl. Other countries represented will be Japan, France,
Mexico and Canada.
About Firehouse Subs:
Firehouse Subs was founded
in 1994 by two brothers, Robin and Chris Sorensen, who worked as firefighters
for the Jacksonville Fire Department. By the end of 2004, Firehouse Subs
operated 172 stores throughout the Southeast, employing 25,000 people and
generating annualized sales of more than $90 million. Plans call for more than
500 Firehouse Subs stores by the end of 2006, and more than 1000 Firehouse
stations by the end of 2008. To learn more, visit the company’s web site at www.firehousesubs.com.
About the Bolles School:
The
Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, is a coeducational, college preparatory
school enrolling over 1,800 day students in early kindergarten through grade 12,
and boarding students in grades 7 through postgraduate on four campuses. Bolles
has one upper school campus, (San Jose Campus), one middle school campus,
(Bartram Campus) and two lower school campuses (Ponte Vedra Campus, and
Whitehurst Campus). Bolles prepares students for the future by providing them
with challenges that promote growth and development in academics, the arts,
activities, and athletics.
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