NEW YORK, May 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- 




    WHEN:                    Thursday, May 22nd, 11 AM-
                             1 PM


    WHO:                    Iron Man: from Marvel


                             John Osborn: President &
                             CEO, BBDO NY & President of
                             the Board for the Police
                             Athletic League


                             JD Michaels: SVP, Director
                             of Tactile Production and
                             Creative Engineering, BBDO
                             NY


                             Bill Rosemann: Creative
                             Director, Marvel Custom
                             Solutions


    WHAT:                    Join us for this interactive
                             session, where Police
                             Athletic League kids will
                             learn about diversity first
                             hand, with the help of the
                             world famous Armored
                             Avenger Iron Man-live and
                             in person.


                             Timed to coincide with
                             Marvel's 75th anniversary,
                             Heroes Welcome, starring
                             The Avengers and the young
                             hero named Nova, tells the
                             story of what can happen
                             when people of different
                             backgrounds, talents and
                             abilities come together and
                             champion one another. The
                             comic book, written by
                             Eisner Award-winner Brian
                             Michael Bendis and
                             illustrated by fan favorite
                             artist Mark Brooks, was
                             created by Marvel Custom
                             Solutions with ad agency
                             BBDO NY and their Diversity
                             Council.


                             This event is the first in
                             an initiative to distribute
                             the comic book to children
                             throughout all five
                             boroughs of NYC.


    WHERE:                   Police Athletic League
                             Harlem Center

                             441 Manhattan Avenue at
                             corner of 119th street

                            New York, NY  10026

About Marvel:

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information visit www.marvel.com © MARVEL

About BBDO:

BBDO's mantra is "The Work. The Work. The Work." Every day, BBDO people in 289 offices in 81 countries work day by day, job by job and client by client to create and deliver the world's most compelling commercial content. For eight years in a row, BBDO has been named the most creative agency network in the world in The Gunn Report. In addition, BBDO has been chosen Agency of the Year multiple times by each of the leading industry trade publications. BBDO (www.bbdo.com) is part of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE-OMC)

About Police Athletic League

New York City's Police Athletic League is the first and finest civilian-run PAL in the country. Founded in 1914, PAL has served the city's young people for 100 years. PAL provides recreational, educational, cultural and social activities to 40,000 boys and girls annually. It is also the city's largest, independent, nonprofit youth organization. For more information, please visit www.palnyc.org.

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