Tony Hawk to Receive Stoked Achievement Award

New York, NY (October 27, 2008):

On November 12th, 2008 Tony Hawk will be presented with the Stoked Achievement Award as part of Stoked Mentoring's 2nd Annual Stoked Awards presented by Toyota Matrix. Tony Hawk is being recognized for his work with the Tony Hawk Foundation, which has given away over $2.3 million to help fund 390 skateparks across the United States.

"I'm happy and excited to be given the Stoked Achievement Award. The work of the Tony Hawk Foundation, as well as the opportunities that Stoked is giving kids through action sports to make them more successful, is something that we need more of."

The Stoked Awards celebrates individuals that embody Stoked Mentoring's mission to “Develop Successful Teens through Opportunity Knowledge Experience and Determination.” The evening will be attended by over 300 people in the world of action sports, media, and entertainment and will include a silent aucion in addition to music by DJ Christopher Sealey.

For more information on the event or to get involved, check out StokedAwards.com.

About Stoked Mentoring

Co-founded in 2005 by Steve Larosiliere and Sal Masekela, Stoked Mentoring is a unique nonprofit organization based in New York and Los Angeles that provides innovative mentoring programs exposing “at risk” youth and their mentors to action sports. These activities are used as a means to develop and foster resiliency, determination and success. Through hands-on partnerships with social service agencies, Stoked presents and oversees several programs annually including Snow Mentor, Skate Mentor and Surf Mentor. For more information, check out Stoked.org.