Thank you all for a fantastic day!

2019 super fest Atlanta

The Matthew Foundation & Atlanta Falcons
invite you to join us at
 Georgia State Football Practice Facility
​188 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SE, Atlanta
Saturday, February 2, 2019
10am - 1pm
Ages: 8+ (exceptions allowed)
Honorary Advisory Committee
Thomas Dimitroff
(Honorary Chair) 
General Manager
Atlanta Falcons

​Robert Feiner
Senior Vice President
Dell Corporation

Jeff Genthner
SVP/GM
Fox Sports South & Fox Sports Southeast

Lee Hendrickson
VP, Community Engagement, Atlanta Super Bowl Host Committee

William Poplin
Partner,Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton 

Claire E. Sterk
President
Emory University

Sue Swenson
President, Inclusion Interational and former Dep. Asst Secretary, US Dept of Education

Organizing Committee
Eric Jacobson
(Honorary Chair)
Executive Director, Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities

Sheryl Arno
Executive Director
Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta

Andrew Boys
Executive Director
Down Syndrome International

Angela King-Twitero
(Head Cheer Coach)
​Founding Co-Director
NFL Pro Bowl Cheerleaders
Founder/CEO HOUSE of AKD Performance Wear​

Jordan Kough
Executive Director
Disability Rights Legal Center
​
Glyn Milburn
NFL Pro Bowl - 2x
Partner, Jimmy Blackman & Assoc.

Susanna Miller-Raines
Center for Leadership in Disability, Georgia State University

IJ Rosenberg
Owner, Score Atlanta

Ken Peralta
(Head Football Coach)
Junipero Serra High School

Jordan Schaaf
Director, Strategic Initiatves
Atlanta Falcons

Helen Smith, RN, MSN
Emory University

Amy Talboy
Medical Director,
​Down Syndrome & Fragile X Clinics
Emory University

Dena Towells
V.P. Operations
Ability Georgia, AT&T ERG
Media contact: Hillary Hibben, Media Relations Director, Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, hillary.hibben@gcdd.ga.gov, (404) 657-2121
We were thrilled Atlanta Falcons' General Manager Thomas Dimitroff and Miss Georgia Annie Jorgensen were a part of Super Fest Atlanta! 
We are so pleased to collaborate with leading organizations to bring Super Fest to Atlanta. Super Fest is an inclusive football and cheerleading clinic culminating in a gameday experience where youth and young adults of varying abilities, including those with developmental disabilities, are genuinely welcomed and experience the excitement of the Big Game weekend.
Participants will be welcomed by Thomas Dimitroff, General Manager, Atlanta Falcons and will learn football & cheer skills from NFL alumni, high school football coaches, and Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots cheerleaders from 10am-12pm. Then Miss Georgia Annie Jorgensen will kick off the Gameday experience with pre-game festivities, cheer performance that participants learned in the morning, a football scrimmage. To top it off, ESPN will be filming to feature Super Fest Atlanta on television the next day and 11Alive will also be present interviewing self-advocates and participants.
This year, we are excited to introduce the opportunity for participants to sign up to be a sideline reporter for those who are not medically cleared to participate in the football or cheer clinic. 

The purpose of Super Fest is to provide a realistic and enjoyable experience to individuals with disabilities and their typical peers, enabling everyone to participate in the excitement of the Big Game weekend!  

To get a feel for this event, please view the ESPN clips below which aired on their Sunday NFL coverage before the Big Game. And for more information about past years, please visit: Minnesota (2018), Houston (2017), and San Francisco (2016).

*limited scholarships available
For sponsorship opportunities: superfest@thematthewfoundation.org
Past Super Fests
Minnesota (2018)
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Houston (2017)
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​San Francisco (2016)
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