At the StateFarm Bayou Classic, Ford Motor Company is putting its best foot forward tosupport the participants in the Bayou Classic.
The Fordroadies travel to different states promoting the Ford Motor Co. visitingdifferent types of classics; this is their eighth classic this year.
Ford hassupported the Bayou Classic for the past four years.
In each statethe roadies stay one week promoting Ford and providing services to thecommunity.
At the StateFarm Bayou Classic they feed the hungry through a meals on wheels program atBridge House, a homeless boys and girls club in New Orleans.
“Our point isto make people more aware of the importance of HBCU,” said Kevin Cottrell aFord roadie.
The roadies arecollege graduates participating in an internship program that attend anHBCU.
Cottrell saidit is great to be a part of a large company such as Ford.
“It is veryhumbling and nobody really does things like this for blacks, because we aresteadily loosing HBCU,” Cottrell said.
Ford gave awayT-shirts, water bottles, towels and key chains at Fan Festival in front of theLouisiana Superdome.
Spectators atthe Fan Festival were glad to see a company of this magnitude supporting theLouisiana HBCU at the Bayou Classic.
“I amsurprised, but they seem to be interested and it makes me proud,” said BonnieJones from Lake Charles.
“I think we areat a period and time we will expect sponsorship I just want to know what istheir position on internship and giving them to black students in places ofvalue to gain benefits or experience,” said Jackie Hills, a 1986 Southernalumni.
