WASHINGTON, May 16, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- This week, Washington Redskins' Wide Receiver, Brandon Lloyd will head to the Cayman Islands as part of a select group of the NFL's top passers and receivers invited to attend the league's 17th annual "Quarterback Challenge" event.
During his stay in the Caribbean, Lloyd will be devoting his free time to work with "Stay-Focused," a unique non-profit organization that offers mobility-challenged persons the opportunity to become certified SCUBA divers. Lloyd will join this very special group of kids as they embrace the opportunity to leave behind their wheelchairs and explore the world beneath the ocean's surface.
"I am really looking forward to experiencing the strong will and determination of these kids," said Lloyd. "For them to be able to spend this time participating in an activity without concern for their disabilities is going to be extremely rewarding and I'm really excited to be doing this alongside them."
"I'm thrilled to have Brandon join us. To have him there will make this the dive of a lifetime for these kids," said the founder of Stay-Focused, Roger Muller, who established the organization because his own brother was left paralyzed by a spinal cord injury. "Water is the great equalizer which means Brandon will be able to witness, firsthand, how it levels the playing field for those with mobility issues. This is truly going to be something special."
Lloyd will be joining the teens from Stay-Focused as they SCUBA dive off Grand Cayman on Friday May 18th and Saturday May 19th.
This year's NFL Quarterback Challenge competition will take place May 19th at Cayman Islands International School Park and will air on ESPN on Friday, August 3rd at 7-9 p.m. ET.
For more information on the Stay-Focused organization, please visit: www.Stay-Focused.org
Photographs and video footage of the two dive outings will be made available to media for print or broadcast beginning May 21st. Please contact PR@momentumSportsPR.com for requests.