SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS 2012

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS 2012

This year 2012, the D’BRICKASHAW FERGUSON FOUNDATION continues to execute its mission by awarding scholarships to more than 30 (thirty) deserving students across several school districts throughout Long Island and beyond. These districts include Malverne, Baldwin, Freeport, Hempstead, Roosevelt, Uniondale Brooklyn and the Bronx. In addition to these high school seniors receiving awards ranging from $500.00 to $2500.00 each, awards were also granted to undergraduates.

In fact, some of these undergraduates went as far south as Virginia to continue their undergraduate studies.

SAKS 5th Ave. – FASHION EVENT

SAKS –FASHION EVENT.

D,Brickashaw Ferguson, New York Jets Offensive Tackle and Founder of The D’BRICKASHAW FERGUSON FOUNDATION:

Building Communities One Brick At A Time And SAKS FIFTH AVE And MORGAN STANLEY/ SMITH BARNEY

Extends a welcome to a private shopping event with SAKS FIFTH  AVENUE’S V.P. Fashion Director, Eric Jennings. On June7, 2012. 10% of the event’s proceed up to $2500.00 was granted to THE D’BRICKASHAW FERGUSON FOUNDATION

View more photos from the event Here

2012 Skills and Drills

SKILLS AND DRILLS – MAY 21, 2012

On May 21st, 2012 The Foundation hosted its 3rd annual Skill And Drills Event under the umbrella of its Mentorship Program. High school seniors from about eight different high schools on Long Island, accounting for about 200 students, came together at Hofstra University to attend a conference which dealt with “How To Prepare For First Semester Experience In College” as well as learn how to interact with others of totally different background and culture.

Through the Brick Bowl aspect of the event, presentations ,answers and questions sessions, students earnestly and eagerly embraced all that the conference had to offer.

View 2012 Skills and Drills photos Here

2012 HOME COMING CONFERENCE

JANUARY 2012 In January 2012, The D’BRICKASHAW FERGUSON FOUNDATION conducted its fourth annual Youth Conference under the auspices of its Mentorship Program. The conference is designed to host college freshmen who have benefited from the previous year’s Skills And Drills exposure and returned to talk and discuss their first semester college experience while highlighting, how they were able to utilize the information learned to help them live a fuller and more prepared first semester. In addition, while in this forum the returning freshmen share and discuss with their peers who attended different colleges their experiences with a view of building each other up, “one student at a time”.

View photos from the Home Coming Conference Here

Fourth Annual Building Communities One Brick at a Time Dinner Dance & Auction

May 1.2012

The D’Brickashaw Ferguson Foundation Cordially Invites you to the Fourth Annual Building Communities One Brick at a Time Dinner Dance & Auction Monday June 11, 2012 The Swan Club Shore Road, Glenwood Landing, NY 11547

Cocktails 6:00 PM Followed by Dinner Please RSVP by May 31, 2012

Super Bowl Sponsor $5000 Full table 
Full table – 10 seats
Outside Back Cover Banner Recognition
Table Top acknowledgement

Pro Bowl Sponsor $3500
Full table – 10 seats
Inside Back Cover Banner Recognition

AFC Sponsor $2000
Full table – 10 Seats
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Banner recognition

Playoff Sponsor$1600
Full table – 10 seats
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Home Game Sponsor $750
4 Seats
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Preseason Sponsor $500
Two seats
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Brick continues to “Build Communities One Brick at a Time”

Reporter: Sally Delta

Lynchburg, VA – Former UVA football player and current New York Jets lineman D’Brickashaw Ferguson stopped by Elizabeth’s Early Learning Center Friday. It is all part of the NFL’s partnership with United Way called TEAM NFL.

Players from all 32 NFL teams are involved. They’re traveling around the country encouraging people in every community to read, tutor or mentor a child.

You wouldn’t’ know it at first glance, but after a few minutes, it was easy to tell that Ferguson has a heart for more than just the game.

“I definitely enjoy it, you know. You see them out there and they’re excited and they make me excited because I can see that they’re happy to be here, so I try to give them what they give me,” said Ferguson.

“Our kids look up to him and our adults look up to him. I mean these are NFL players who we watch on Sundays,” said Keena Wood, United Way marketing director.

But Ferguson wasn’t always so active in the field. He had open heart surgery as a child, which forced him to spend extra time in the classroom.

“I wasn’t able to go out and play, so I spent a lot of time indoors while the other kids were out during recess,” said Ferguson.

He spent a lot of time indoors with teachers, and says he never forgot how much he appreciated their time and attention.

“I’ve had a lot of great mentors in my life and I wanted to be that for somebody else,” said D’Brickashaw.
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2nd Annual Skills and Drills Event a Success

For the second straight year the D’Brickashaw Ferguson Foundation held it’s Skills and Drills Youth Camp for Long Island High School students. The skills and drills camp focused on getting students ready for college by arming them with the knowledge they need, to be successful in a college environment.

If you would like to see more on the Skills and Drills Youth Conference pleaselook at some of the event in our Photo Gallery HERE

Ferguson More Than Just Blindside

Ferguson More Than Just Blindside
By Kristian R. Dyer via NJ.Scout.com
Always a thinker and pragmatic, it should be no surprise that a player whom quarterback Mark Sanchez said “looks like a governor” avidly follows politics

Florham Park, NJ – D’Brickashaw Ferguson is pretty good protection for quarterbackMark Sanchez, but even he concedes that the secret service may do a slightly better job of safeguarding the Jets’ starting quarterback.

In late May, Sanchez was a guest of a state dinner at the White House when President Obama hosted Mexican President Felipe Calderon. Sanchez, who earlier this year proclaimed himself to be fully of Mexican descent, attended the black-tie event not with a Hollywood starlet or even a family member. Instead, Sanchez brought the man who protects his blindside.

“It was a great experience – one I was honored to be a part of and obviously really enjoyed,” Ferguson told GreenAndWhiteReport.com. “I definitely owe Mark for that one.”

Ferguson is currently working on his MBA but considers himself to be a bit of a political junkie. He’ll watch all the major cable news networks that cover politics and he said he voraciously reads news and commentary online. Any newspaper with an international news section becomes part of his daily routine as he reads up on global news. He says he will check the New York Times and Miami Herald regularly to get his fix.

“I know Brick’s into politics. He looks like a governor. He could definitely be a governor or something. It just felt right to take a teammate and someone who’d be interested,” Sanchez said after the event. “He was definitely that and he had a great time.”

But he also keeps updated with tweets.

“Obama’s on Twitter ya know,” Ferguson said. “I follow.”

All told, the left tackle turned political commentator is pleased with the job that President Obama has performed in office. He’s not quick to criticize the President, rather he says that it will “take him another year to fully get things going the way he wants it to go.” Ferguson won’t bash any previous administrations, but he says that this current president has a full plate.

“I think that there are so many competing interests, so many things going on that the key for the President will be striking that right balance,” Ferguson said. “You have two wars, a financial situation that is not good and a host of other concerns – you need to tackle what you can to maybe build some momentum. Right now, that has been tough for him.”

As to his own financial condition – Ferguson is in the final year of his contract and is seeking a new deal – the lineman isn’t quite ready to reveal the advice from his war room quite yet.

“As of right now, it really hasn’t been my main focus. It isn’t what I’m thinking about right now,” Ferguson said during mini-camp. “When it comes up, it comes up.”

There is an issue that is dear to Ferguson’s heart, and the left tackle is glad to see that the White House is taking a stand on childhood obesity. Ferguson praised the work that Michelle Obama has done in educating young people on the importance of nutrition and healthy living. It is something that the player has done through Generation Jets, the community outreach arm of the team.

“Michelle Obama has done an excellent job, it is one of her issues that she has embraced,” Ferguson said. “There often times, in the urban areas – there isn’t a whole lot of knowledge about what is an epidemic in our society with childhood obesity. Sometimes, there isn’t an adult present who can help and educate and let a child or young person know what is a good choice for them and how to live healthy.”

But does Ferguson follow the first lady on Twitter like he follows her husband?

“Oh, I think I do,” Ferguson said. “I think I do.”

We promise we won’t tell Barack.

Kristian R. Dyer can be reached for comment at KristianRDyer@yahoo.com and followed at twitter.com/kdyer1012

D’Brickashaw Ferguson Foundation 2nd Focus Group Meeting

“A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow”

We all know good planning leads to great success, with that in mind the D’Brickashaw Ferguson Foundation Board members along with its other stakeholders will, put their thinking caps on for the second focus group meeting.

Many great ideas came out of the first focus group and we hope to continue this success with the second meeting.

At this second focus group, we will be reviewing the progress / development of the D’Brickashaw Ferguson Mentorship program. The focus group meeting will take place  on June 29th 2010 at the University Club of Hofstra University from 4:30pm  - 7:30pm

“A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow”  We all know good planning leads to great success, with that in mind the D’Brickashaw Ferguson Foundation Board members along with its other stakeholders will, put their thinking caps on for the second focus group meeting.Many great ideas came out of the first focus group and we hope to continue this success with the second meeting.At this second focus group, we will be reviewing the progress / development of the D’Brickashaw Ferguson Mentorship program. The focus group meeting will take place  on June 29th 2010 at the University Club of Hofstra University from 4:30pm  - 7:30pm

Skills and Drills Youth Camp brings Long Island High School students together

Putting the “Student” back in “Student Athlete” the D’Brickashaw Ferguson Foundation held it’s first Skills and Drills Youth Camp for Long Island High School students. Unlike the skills and drills camp you would expect from a Pro-Bowl lineman, this camp focused on getting students ready for college by arming them with the knowledge they need, to be successful in a college environment.

Six different High Schools congregated at Hofstra University to take part in three seminars : Extreme Makeover – The College Edition, Getting Involved and Developing Networking Skills and I Need Money!!. These three seminars were the accumulation of careful planning and tireless work by the Board member of the foundation and other stakeholders who wanted to put together a program that would educate students on subjects that are often overlooked.

“These skills are important, now I know how to stay out of debt before it is to late.” ~ Freeport High School Student

The event wasn’t all work as students took part in the first ever “Brick Bowl” Flag Football Championship. Students from every high school were broken up into teams and learned how to work together with people whom they have never seen before.

“This is like college and the NFL, you don’t always get to play with your friends.” D’Brickashaw told aclique of students that wanted to play together. Valuable lessons like this and many others were taught from the opening lecture to the closing ceremony. With this event in the books the foundation has laid another brick in the journey to build and strengthen communities though the youths it encounters.

If you would like to see more on the Skills and Drills Youth Conference please watch this video of the event or take a look at our image gallery for more pictures of the event.