Men鈥檚 Final Four, Atlanta Dream team up for community service

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. 鈥 The University of Louisville will take part in an April 6 Atlanta-based community service project that includes the men鈥檚 NCAA Final Four basketball teams and the Women鈥檚 National Basketball Association鈥檚 Atlanta Dream.

    Representatives from UofL, University of Michigan, Syracuse University, Wichita State University and Atlanta Dream鈥攁ided by Hands On Atlanta鈥攚ill work with Lift Up Atlanta to sort and package clothing and supplies for homeless families.

    Volunteers will work from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.and busses will shuttle workers to and from the volunteer site.

    The project was conceived by UofL, the alma mater of Atlanta Dream player Angel McCoughtry. Louisville volunteers will wear Atlanta Dream T-shirts with McCoughtry鈥檚 name and number.

    For more details, contact Glenn Gittings, UofL鈥檚 special programs director in the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, at 502-852-6937 (office), 502-415-2767 (mobile) or glenn.gittings@louisville.edu

    For more details on Hands On Atlanta and Lift Up Atlanta see and www.liftupatlanta.org. Information about Atlanta Dream is available at .

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    Mark Hebert
    Following a 28-year career as a radio and television reporter, Mark Hebert joined the University of Louisville as the Director of Media Relations in 2009, serving as the main spokesperson. In 2015, Mark was named Director of Programming and Production. He鈥檚 now producing and hosting a radio show about 鈥渁ll things UofL鈥, overseeing the university鈥檚 video and TV productions and promoting UofL鈥檚 research operation. Mark is best known for his 22 years as the political and investigative reporter for WHAS-TV in Louisville where he won numerous awards for breaking stories, exposing corruption and objectively covering Kentucky politics. In 2014, Mark was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.