National Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® Benefit March 1 featuring keynote by Kansas City Chiefs / Pro Football Hall of Famer Will Shields.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Camp Fire's national Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® benefit luncheon will take place on Friday, March 1st at the College Basketball Experience, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. The keynote speaker will be former Kansas City Chiefs and 2015 Pro Football Hall of Famer, Will Shields. Local NBC Action News anchor of KHSB 41 and event emcee, Cynthia Newsome, will interview the three Incredible Kids Honorees (K-12) who have been selected through a nationwide nomination process. The event will not only celebrate national and local kids, but also raise money to support local youth development programs through Camp Fire Heartland.

Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® was founded in 1997 to activate millions of adults across the U.S. to write a young person in their life and tell them what makes them incredible.

"In my Hall of Fame induction speech, I made a point to say each man and woman has an opportunity to impact human beings as they walk through life," says Will Shields, former Kansas City Chiefs player and Pro Football Hall of Fame member. "Those opportunities start when we're young, and they can leave a lasting impact as we grow. Please take the opportunity of Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® to talk to a young person in your life. Tell them the impact they've made on you and how important they are."

Camp Fire's 2019 Absolutely Incredible Kid Day is proudly presented by Premiere Sponsor SHAZAM!, in theaters April 5. The three Incredible Kids selected will not only be honored at the Kansas City March 1 event, but they will also be flown to LA for VIP luncheon on March 24. The March 24 event will celebrate incredible kids across the nation along some of the movie actors, press, and a special showing of SHAZAM!

Camp Fire's Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® has been deemed an overwhelming success by child care experts, educators, celebrities, leaders, parents and kids everywhere. On the third Thursday in March, adults across the country are challenged to join Camp Fire in honoring America's youth. Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® supporters include national figures such as celebrities, former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton; family authority, Sylvia Rimm, Ph.D.; and sports heroes Jerry Rice and Jeff Gordon. Learn more and start celebrating at campfire.org/kidday.

MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES – MARCH 1:

•     Pre- or post-luncheon interviews with the 3 nationally selected Absolutely Incredible Kid Day winners honored at the event. Those selected will also fly to Los Angeles March 24 for a special showing of SHAZAM! and a VIP luncheon to celebrate incredible kids across the nation with some of the actors.
•     Pre- or post-luncheon interviews with former Kansas City Chiefs player and Pro Football Hall of Fame member Will Shields.
•     Pre- or post-luncheon interviews with Camp Fire National Headquarters national President & CEO Cathy Tisdale. Tisdale has announced her retirement, effective April 1, 2019. In 2010, Tisdale was recruited as Camp Fire's CEO from previous positions at the American Red Cross and Girl Scouts to undertake an ambitious and far-reaching course of action to restore the organization's capacity as an innovative leader in youth development. In that role, Cathy worked with national and affiliate leadership to reframe Camp Fire's brand, and build research- and evidence-based youth programs.
•     Pre- or post-luncheon interviews with Carter Haslag. Haslag is an 11-year-old from Green Ridge, Missouri who will provide his amazing talent as an auctioneer to help raise funds for Camp Fire programs.

About Camp Fire
Camp Fire has been an inclusive, innovative leader in youth development since 1910. Its proven programs give kids the life skills they need now so they can succeed and thrive. Last year, Camp Fire's 53 councils served more than 187,000 youth and families across 25 states and in D.C. All Camp Fire programs are based on cutting-edge research and founded on the pillars of Social Emotional Learning (SEL), delivered through Out-of-School-Time (OST) programs, environmental education and camp, and teen service and leadership development. Because youth shape the world, Camp Fire's focus is on giving youth and teens the opportunity to find their spark, lift their voice, and discover who they are. campfire.org

About SHAZAM!
We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out.  David F. Sandberg directs New Line Cinema's SHAZAM!, starring Zachary Levi as the titular DC character and Asher Angel as his younger self, Billy Batson, who, by shouting out one word—SHAZAM!—goes from streetwise 14-year-old foster kid to adult Super Hero.  Still a kid at heart, he'll need to master his newfound super-powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana, played by Mark Strong.

SHAZAM! also stars Jack Dylan Grazer, Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou, Faithe Herman, Grace Fulton, Ian Chen, Jovan Armand, Marta Milans and Cooper Andrews. Produced by Peter Safran, the film is firmly set in the DC universe but with his own distinctly fun, family-centric tone, with a screenplay by Henry Gayden, story by Gayden and Darren Lemke, based on characters from DC. Shazam was created by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck. Jeffrey Chernov, Christopher Godsick, Walter Hamada, Geoff Johns, Adam Schlagman, Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia and Dwayne Johnson served as executive producers.

Set for release on April 5, 2019, SHAZAM! will be distributed worldwide in 2D and 3D in theaters and IMAX by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action, language, and suggestive material. http://www.shazammovie.com

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SOURCE Camp Fire National Headquarters