DALLAS, TEXAS (September 30, 2008) –
Vincent "Young Heartbreak" TuckerOn a mission to prove that young people from the hip hop generation do care about their communities and giving back to others, urban music/entertainment executive Vincent "Young Heartbreak" Tucker is joining the American Diabetes Association on a quest to cure diabetes. As his latest philanthropic endeavor, Mr. Tucker will take part in Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes on November 1st in Dallas , Texas to raise five thousand dollars for diabetes research.
The Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes is the American Diabetes Association's signature special events fund-raising campaign. With strong support from the business community including sponsorships and corporate teams, this campaign raises over $20 million yearly. The funds are used to improve the lives of people affected by diabetes, funding diabetes public information programs, prevention and research for a cure.
According to the American Diabetes Association, 23.6 Million children and adults in the United States suffer from diabetes. The seventh leading cause of death by disease in the U.S. , Diabetes can, and does, lead to a wide range of other serious health complications. By participating in Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes, Mr. Tucker is not only walking and raising funds to eliminate diabetes, but cardiovascular problems, kidney failure, blindness, lower limb amputations and much more.
Philanthropic by nature, Vincent "Young Heartbreak" Tucker has continued to bright light and attention to different social causes ever since he entered the music & entertainment industry in August 2005. Just this year alone, Mr. Tucker partnered with Koch Recording Artist Pikahsso to collect and donate clothes to the homeless in the area, hosted a Hip Hop Helps Heal Breast Cancer Benefit show and formed his own non-partisan voter registration campaign entitled "Register To Speak Out!" Over the summer, Vincent became the official Dallas / Fort Worth Street Team Leader for Rock the Vote, helping the 20-year-old organization register 1.7 million new voters and counting.
"I need everyone especially my peers in the music & entertainment industry to donate to this cause," states Mr. Tucker. "Everyone knows somebody that has diabetes if they don't have it themselves. I'm not asking for big donations, maybe ten or twenty dollars. Let's all do our part to help stop this disease before more Americans suffer from it." For more information on how to get involved, please visit www.VincentTucker.com.
About Vincent "Young Heartbreak" Tucker
A rising music/entertainment executive, promoter, event host, radio personality & philanthropist, Vincent "Young Heartbreak" Tucker is the founder of CWC Entertainment Group, L.L.C. Featured in numerous media outlets this year alone, Vincent "Young Heartbreak" Tucker is the host of the syndicated online radio program, The Vincent Tucker Radio Show, public relations executive for D210 TV, Dallas/Fort Worth street team leader for Rock the Vote!, & and founder of Register To Speak Out!™. For more information, please visit www.VincentTucker.com.
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