Clay Aiken & Golfing for Inclusion

The National Inclusion Project, co-founded by Clay Aiken, has announced its 3rd Annual Golfing for Inclusion.

"The Event kicks off with Brunch and a Golf Clinic conducted by a PGA professional, followed by a round of golf on Mirasol’s exclusive Sunset course. The golf tournament will be a scramble format and include contests and prizes including hole-in-one opportunities. Immediately after golf, an Awards Reception will be held to recognize the winners of golf competitions and team placement. The Event concludes with dinner including a live and silent auction and entertainment with a performance by Clay Aiken."

For more information, please refer to the Project's press release 3rd Annual Golfing for Inclusion in Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Clay Aiken and sunny Florida!!! Wish I golfed!!!

and I just want to put this out there too:

"Clay Aiken has released five successful albums and launched eight well-received tours. In October 2003, he launched his first solo album Measure of a Man. The record sold 3 million copies and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. With 613,000 copies sold in the first week, it was the highest selling first album for a solo artist in ten years, going double-platinum and netting Aiken an American Music Award.

In 2004, Aiken released Merry Christmas with Love (2004), the fastest selling Christmas album in Nielsen Soundscan history. He followed that success with A Thousand Different Ways (2006), All is Well (2006), and On My Way Here (2008). Notably, Aiken earned the distinction of being only the eighth artist to ever have his first four albums debut in the Billboard Top 5. In 2004, Aiken wrote a best-selling memoir. Readers and critics embraced his style and his message in Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life, making the book an instant New York Times best seller. Most recently Aiken has signed with Universal Decca records and is planning on the release of his sixth album in early 2010."

LIFE IS GOOD!!!!

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Clay Aiken & The Champions

Clay Aiken sure knows how to put on a great gala!! I was fortunate to attend the National Inclusion Project's 2009 Champions Gala on October 17, 2009.


















The National Inclusion Project was co-founded by Clay Aiken and Diane Bubel in 2003. Most impressive to me was how much the foundation has grown in the past six years. Amazing, when you consider that what started out as a project for College credit has grown into a leader in its field.

It's just too much to type out, so here are some of the highlights from Diane Bubel's speech:

• Charity Navigator recently awarded the National Inclusion Project its highest rating, making it the Project the highest rated non-profit in their field
• The Project has received accolades and developed partnerships with the likes of State Farm, Mitsubishi Electric, the University of Minnesota, Johns Hopkins University, the University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability, the Million Dollar Round Table and the FPG Child Development Institute
• Camp Shriver was started by the University of Massachusetts and named after Eunice Shriver, a pioneer in disability advocacy, and one of the most respected organizations in their field. The director of Camp Shriver has called the Let's All Play curriculum "genius" and has led the charge to have Camp Shriver revamp their program. They now operate under the Project's Let's All Play Model
  

In all honesty, there are too many high points to even begin to put them all into words - so I tried to consolidate them into a video. Hope you enjoy.

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Clay Aiken & TweeterHell

It's been almost a week since the Clay Aiken fans stopped voting on the TweeterHell, er, TweeterWall World Idol Poll. Clay's fans came together en masse for one last American Idol poll, and we went out in style. I am so very proud of the Clay Nation!!!!

Clay Aiken has moved beyond American Idol and it's time for the fans to do the same. Time to look forward, and not back. So, good bye to American Idol, good bye to RCA/19eieio. We had quite an interesting time with you, but now we're looking forward to what Decca has to offer the incredible talent that is Clay Aiken.

Here is my homage to the past. Clay Aiken has risen from the Ashes



and to celebrate our new beginning? Vote for National Inclusion Project to win $10,000 from Christie Cookie Company!!!

Click on this link to vote

One vote per legitimate e-mail address!!! Remember Inclusion is the right thing to do!!!

On to DECCA!!!!

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