It’s back to Bristol – which can only mean it’s back to school for hundreds of thousands of students across the country. To commemorate the official start of the school year, NASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt Jr and Sharpie are teaming up with Speedway Children’s Charities to help a special group of kids cross their own finish line this school year. Dale Jr will step into Victory Lane on the afternoon of Friday, August 24 to present members of the Boys & Girls Club of Bristol, Virginia with a win of their own – $10,000 in backpacks full of much-needed school supplies, along with a check to help further the Club’s mission to provide tutoring, computer training, sports education, homework help, and mentoring to area youth. The donation is part of Sharpie’s Autographs for Action program, which annually collects one-million autographs in exchange for $1 million in funds and school supplies for schools, community groups and charitable organizations nationwide. Dale Jr also will join Club members in signing Sharpie’s giant autograph wall, contributing his much-coveted signature to Sharpie’s collection drive for charity.(Sharpie PR)(8-23-2007)
