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ESSENCE Partners With Master P and “Team Hope Nola” For Annual Festival’s Day of Service Community Beautification

ESSENCE and Team Hope NOLA to Gift 10 Lucky Students Scholarships

Apr 13, 2017

(NEW ORLEANS, LA, APRIL 13, 2017)—Time Inc.’s (NYSE:TIME) ESSENCE Festival® presented by Coca-Cola® will partner with Team Hope NOLA, a foundation started by Hip Hop Mogul Master P benefiting New Orleans youth through basketball and community driven events, for their annual “Day of Service” community beautification and scholarship initiative, taking place on Friday, June 30 in New Orleans, LA.

“New Orleans, Louisiana has been the home of the ESSENCE Festival since its birth. The residents of New Orleans have warmly opened their hearts to us and have become extended family to the ESSENCE team,” said Joy Profet, General Manager of ESSENCE. “Master P embodies the culture and pride of New Orleans and has shown his devotion to the city through his countless contributions and philanthropic efforts. For this reason, ESSENCE is honored to announce our partnership with Master P and Team Hope NOLA for a day of service.”

As a part of the Festival’s annual “Day of Service”, a community service program aimed to support the ongoing revitalization of New Orleans’ Central City, ESSENCE and Team Hope NOLA will organize a volunteer experience for local youth and traveling festivalgoers to help repair an existing landmark or building as nominated by the city and its organization.

Additionally, ten lucky Team Hope NOLA members will be gifted scholarships. The selection will be made based on a personal essay writing contest, submitted via the foundation’s website. For more information on the partnership, visit http://teamhopenola.org/.

For information about ticket sales, accommodations and the latest news about the ESSENCE Festival, visit www.ESSENCEfestival.com, and join the festival community on Twitter @ESSENCEfest #ESSENCEFest and become a fan of 2017 ESSENCE Festival on Facebook.

The ESSENCE Festival® is executive produced by ESSENCE Festivals LLC, a division of ESSENCE Communications Inc., and is produced by Solomon Group. The ESSENCE® Empowerment Experience is executive produced by GeChar.

Sponsors of the 2017 ESSENCE Festival® in New Orleans include presenting sponsor Coca-Cola and major sponsors Ford, McDonald’s, State Farm and Walmart.

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ABOUT ESSENCE COMMUNICATIONS INC. 
Essence Communications Inc. (ECI) is the number one media company dedicated to African-American women, with a brand reach of 21.2 million. With a multi-platform presence in publishing, live events and online, ECI is comprised of Essence magazine, the preeminent lifestyle magazine for African-American women; the Essence Festival; Black Women in Hollywood and Black Women in Music events; Window on Our Women and Smart Beauty consumer insights series; Essence.com; and ventures in digital media (mobile, television and VOD). 

 

ABOUT TIME INC. 
Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) is a leading content company that engages over 170 million consumers every month through our portfolio of premium brands across platforms. By combining our distinctive content with our proprietary data and people-based targeting, we offer highly differentiated end-to-end solutions to marketers across the multimedia landscape. Our influential brands include PEOPLE, TIME, FORTUNE, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, INSTYLE, REAL SIMPLE and SOUTHERN LIVING, as well as approximately 60 diverse brands in the United Kingdom. Time Inc. has been extending the power of our brands through various acquisitions and investments, including Viant, an advertising technology firm with a specialized people-based marketing platform; The Foundry, Time Inc.’s creative lab and content studio; and the PEOPLE ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY NETWORK (PEN). The company is also home to celebrated events, such as the TIME 100, FORTUNE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN, PEOPLE’s SEXIEST MAN ALIVE, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’s SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR, the ESSENCE FESTIVAL and the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen. 

 

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Bradford Bridgers, 212-522-0108, bradford.bridgers@timeinc.com 

 

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