Jerry Segal honored with Robert P. Levy Service Award; Ed Snider to receive Lifetime Achievement Award; Joe and Roseann Kirlin to be given Philadelphia Sports Volunteer of the Year 

WHAT: Philadelphia Flyers right winger Claude Giroux will receive the 2012 John Wanamaker Athletic Award at a ceremony and luncheon presented by the Philadelphia Sports Congress, a division of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Amerimar/Behringer Harvard.

Jerry Segal will receive the Sports Congress' Robert P. Levy Community Service Award for his efforts on behalf of Magee Rehabilitation. Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and the second annual Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Sports Volunteer of the Year Award will presented to Joe and Roseann Kirlin.

WHEN: Tuesday, June 5, 2012               
Attendees are expected at Noon. Presentation to begin at 12:30 p.m.

WHERE: Crystal Tea Room, Wanamaker Building              
100 Penn Square East (enter on Juniper Street, between Market and Chestnut streets)

WHO: Claude Giroux, Right Winger, Philadelphia Flyers               
Jerry Segal, Jerry Segal Classic               
Ed Snider, Chairman, Comcast-Spectacor               
Joe and Roseann Kirlin, Katie Kirlin Fund               
David Montgomery, Chairman, PSC; General Partner, President & CEO, Philadelphia Phillies               
Michael DiBerardinis, Commissioner, Parks & Recreation, City of Philadelphia 
Adam Taliaferro, Duane Morris

DETAILS: Since 1961, the John Wanamaker Athletic Award has been presented to “the athlete, team or organization that has done the most to reflect credit upon Philadelphia and to the team or sport in which they excel.” In honor of his break-out performance (28 goals and 65 assists for 93 points) during the 2011-12 season, Claude Giroux will receive this year's Wanamaker award.

The Robert P. Levy Community Service Award is presented to the “individual, business or organization that has done the most to contribute to the quality of life in Philadelphia through sports.” Paralyzed as a result of neck surgery in 1988, Jerry Segal has raised more than $10 million for Magee Rehabilitation with the Jerry Segal Classic.

Ed Snider becomes the fifth recipient of a Wanamaker Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1967, Snider brought an NHL franchise to Philadelphia when he founded the Flyers and was the driving force behind the construction of the Spectrum.  A member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, he created the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation in recent years to bring the “the greatest game ever invented” to children who otherwise might never have the opportunity to play.

The City of Philadelphia's Parks & Recreation Department will also present its second annual Sports Volunteer of the Year Award to Joe and Roseann Kirlin, whose mission is to provide financial support that fosters participation in wheelchair sports for children in Philadelphia.

To learn more about the Philadelphia Sports Congress, visit www.philadelphiasportscongress.org.

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