Mad Ants Announce Partnership with BiarFind
November 21, 2016 - NBA G League (G League)
Indiana Mad Ants News Release
Fort Wayne, IN -The Fort Wayne Mad Ants have established a new partnership with the BairFind Foundation to raise awareness for missing children.
BairFind produces signs for sports stadiums and arenas that feature photos of each city's missing children. BairFind signs are placed in high visibility areas and are seen by millions of sports fans each season, greatly increasing the chances that featured children will be safely located.
Two BairFind Signs showing photos of 14 missing children from the greater Ft. Wayne, Indiana area will be placed in the concourse at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.
This marks the first expansion for BairFind Foundation into professional basketball. The Jacksonville, FL based BairFind Foundation is an Official Homegrown Charity Partner of Minor League Baseball with signs in 139 stadiums across the country.
Mad Ants President Tim Bawmann, had worked with BiarFind for 12 years as General Manager of the Lowell Spinners, which is one of the 139 teams that uses BiarFind. Bawmann feels very strongly about this avenue to help children find their way back to their families.
"As a father of two children, I can't imagine the devastation a family goes through when one of their kids goes missing," Bawmann said. "I'm hopeful by our participation with the BairFind Foundation that these lost children in our greater Ft. Wayne area will be reunited with their families very soon."
Dennis Bair, Founder of the BairFind Foundation is excited about this new partnership.
"We are honored to partner with the Ft. Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League. The Mad Ants will display two of our six foot tall BairFind Signs on their concourse this season featuring the profiles of 14 area missing children," Bair said. "By partnering with the Mad Ants and their fans, we are "going to the line" together in the search for missing children."
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