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Notice is hereby given inviting you to the First meeting of the Board of Directors of the Teddy & Joan Pendergrass Foundation to be held on:

Saturday September 12, 2015 3:00 - 7:00 PM

Location: Maggiano's Little Italy

1201 Filbert Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 Phone (215) 567-2401 www.maggianos.com

The Teddy & Joan Pendergrass Foundation P.O. Box 164, Randolph Mass 02368

Phone: 781.437.4051 info@teddypendergrassofficial.com www.teddypendergrassofficial.com

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Table of Content

Contents Table of Content ........................................................................................................................... 2 Thank You Letter .......................................................................................................................... 3 A Message From Teddy ................................................................................................................ 4

The Teddy Pendergrass Alliance ................................................................................................ 4 Board Members Invitation ............................................................................................................. 5 Teddy & Joan Pendergrass Foundation Teddy & Joan Pendergrass Foundation Board of Directors Meeting Agenda ............................................................................................................................ 6 Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation ....................................................................................... 7 BYLAWS OF TEDDY AND JOAN PENDERGRASS FOUNDATION ......................................14 Conflict of Interest Policy For Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation .......................................25 The Teddy Pendergrass Alliance At a Glance ...............................................................................29

Mission.....................................................................................................................................29 Background ..............................................................................................................................29 The Need ..................................................................................................................................29 The Alliance Approach .............................................................................................................30 Education at the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance ............................................................................31

Teddy’s Bio ..................................................................................................................................33 Help get Teddy Pendergrass inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .................................35 Teddy Pendergrass .......................................................................................................................37 Honoring Teddy Pendergrass (1950-2010)....................................................................................39 Teddy Pendergrass' widow hopes to make a movie about her husband's life, ...............................41 Sample Board Roles & Responsibilities ........................................................................................42

To establish the organization's mission, vision, and direction ................................................42 To ensure the financial health of the organization .................................................................42 To ensure the organization has sufficient & appropriate human resources .............................42 To direct organizational operations .......................................................................................42 To ensure effective community relations ...............................................................................42

LIFE IS ALL ACCESS. PLEASE HEHP AND MAKE A DIFFERNCE ......................................43

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Thank You Letter Dear Board Member; Thank you for agreeing to be a Board Member for the Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation (TJPF). Your role as a board member is critically important to both the organization and the many people with Spinal Cord Injuries (“SCI”). As previously stated, our goal is to help as many people with Spinal Cord Injuries (“SCI”) as possible so that they too can experience the highest level of independence that Teddy was blessed enough to possess. The mission of Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation is to create a coordinated outreach organization that encourages and assists individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCI) to achieve their maximum potential in areas of education, employment, housing, productivity and overall independence. Through partnerships with existing organizations, the TJPF strives to expose the necessary resources; as well as help make the appropriate connections for people with SCI, so that they can have the opportunity to lead productive lives in their chosen profession. Your service to the foundation is extremely important, a job we hope you will enjoy performing. We anticipate this volunteer role will require 5 hours each month. Board members have the responsibilities; to be Ambassadors, Advocates and/or Askers in the community on behalf of the foundation; specific role(s) determined by the board member to match tasks, expertise and motivation(s), to work cooperatively and creatively with other volunteers and the foundation staff in the advancement of the mission and vision of the organization. Again, thank you for agreeing to participate on the Board and using your talents to help the foundation enable others with SCI. Sincerely, Joan Pendergrass Tomás Ávila Chairwoman Board Chair

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A Message From Teddy The Teddy Pendergrass Alliance

Source: http://teddypendergrass.com/alliance.htm "It is important that those of us with SCI live and are given the right to live as individuals in the way that we choose." As a world-renowned entertainer I enjoyed an exciting, productive and active life as well as all the trappings of success. I’ve had five consecutive multi-platinum albums, Grammy nominations, numerous awards, keys to cities, movie appearances, TV specials, sold out national and international concerts, and endorsements. I had nothing but success everywhere I turned, everything I touched, everything I did, I was showered with success, and there was more to come. I was on top of the world and felt utterly invincible. Until, one tragic evening in March, 1982 when an automobile accident caused my life to change drastically. I became one of over 250,000 Americans suffering from a spinal cord injury (SCI). Fortunately, I am blessed to be able to continue to work and be productive in my chosen profession. Far too many others, however, are not so fortunate. In May 2001, I returned to the stage after 19 years. There are many agencies that are working tirelessly to find a much needed cure for spinal cord injuries. While I commend these worthwhile organizations and continue to support them, I feel that equal emphasis must be placed on quality of life today. Because the quality of one's life is so important, I founded the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance to help provide education and occupational opportunities to people with SCI. From personal experience I recognized a strong need for a coordinated outreach to individuals with SCI that will encourage them to reach their maximum educational and vocational potential. There is a need to assist those with SCI to become or return to being productive members of society. My vision is to create a national organization that will act as a conduit among individuals with SCI, colleges, universities, other educational institutions and employers. The Alliance will function as a national coordinating and referral service in partnership with local educational and vocational resources. We will also develop programs and scholarships to further assist those with SCI. It is important that those of us with SCI, LIVE and are given the right to LIVE as individuals in the way that we choose. It is important that society recognize that people with SCI are people, not conditions or diseases. We all have challenges. I invite you to get involved with the TPA by becoming a corporate sponsor/partner, education partner, making a tax deductible donation, or volunteering your time. With your help, we can truly make a difference. The Teddy Pendergrass Alliance is a 501c3 non-profit organization. You may contact the Alliance at Tpalliance1@aol.com.

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Board Members Invitation Dear Board Member and Friends Notice is hereby given inviting you to the First meeting of the Board of Directors of the Teddy & Joan Pendergrass Foundation to be held on:

Saturday September 12, 2015 3:00 - 7:00 PM

Location: Maggiano's Little Italy

1201 Filbert Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 Phone (215) 567-2401 www.maggianos.com

The purpose of the meeting is: Officially meet each board member. Update members about the foundation, Discuss future plans We look forward to your attendance, and please RSV by August 24, 2015 Sincerely Joan Pendergrass Tomás Ávila Chairwoman Board Chair

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Teddy & Joan Pendergrass Foundation Teddy & Joan Pendergrass Foundation Board of Directors Meeting Agenda

Saturday September 12, 2015

“OPPORTUNITY and CHALLENGE”! Be challenged; challenge those around you, because CHALLENGE creates amazing opportunities.” Teddy Pendergrass Board of Directors: Tomás Ávila, President/Chair, Pamela Thomas, Treasurer, Gordon Nicholas, Chris Cesario, Doug Heir, Esquire, Jerry Pendergrass, Thane Martin Call to Order Chairman Tomás Ávila Opening Prayer Jerry Pendergrass Roll Call Tomás Ávila Opening Remarks Joan Pendergrass Board of Directors Introduction Individual member Foundation’s Update Report Helen McCrary Salahuddin New Business Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation, Inc. Page 7-8 Foundation Update report

1. 501-c3 Tax Exempt Letter Page 9 2. Articles of Incorporation Page 10-13 3. Bylaws Page 14-24 4. Conflict of Interest Policy Page 25-28 5. Other

Website Development/Social Media Teddy Pendergrass Fan Club Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Petition Page 35-36 Executive Director Old business

• Teddy Pendergrass Alliance at a glance Page 28-31 • Teddy’s Bio Page 33-34 • Teddy Pendergrass Page 37-38 • Honoring Teddy Pendergrass 1950-2010 Page 39-40 • Mrs. Pendergrass Teddy’s Legacy Page 41

Good and Welfare Closing Prayer Jerry Pendergrass Adjournment

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Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation Source: http://teddypendergrassofficial.com/our-mission/

The mission of Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation is to create a coordinated outreach organization that encourages and assists individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCI) to achieve their maximum potential in areas of education, employment, housing, productivity and overall independence. Through partnerships with existing organizations, the TJPF strives to expose the necessary resources; as well as help make the appropriate connections for people with SCI, so that they can have the opportunity to lead productive lives in their chosen profession. In addition, the TJPF aims to highlight the contributions and

achievements of these individuals in an ongoing effort to change the negative perceptions, which currently exist for people living with SCI.

In 1998, after all that he had experienced and endured, Teddy Pendergrass founded the Teddy Pendergrass Educational/Occupational Alliance for the Disabled, (Teddy Pendergrass Alliance/TPA), a Pennsylvania registered 501(c) 3 organization. The purpose of TPA was to help those individuals with spinal cord injuries achieve the benefits they so richly deserve. Unfortunately, Teddy died before he could fully implement his vision but his widow, Joan Pendergrass, made Teddy a promise to continue the fight for those less fortunate than Teddy. So in 2015 the “Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation” was established to carry out the mission of helping those with spinal cord injuries. The Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation mission is to empower persons with disabilities. Its purpose is to be a coordinated outreach organization that encourages and assists individuals with spinal cord injuries to achieve their maximum potential in areas of education, housing productivity and overall independence”. Simply, “to be able to pursue their everyday activities and interests.” Teddy believed that a physically challenged person can move forward in becoming and being an effective parent, business owner, can be satisfied with life, be challenged, and be competitive in every area including having and sustaining an intellectual, spiritual and sexual relationship. He believed that people who are physically challenged can do, almost, anything that any able-bodied person can do…they just do it, differently, and often times, better.

The Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation is a non-profit organization, not looking for a cure, but looking to provide opportunities for the physically challenged, enabling the afflicted to pursue avenues to successes, big and small, innate and exceptional.

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It is believed that there are more than 1,500,000 people with some form of disability in this country, alone. Sadly, and according to statistics, there are approximately 15,000 new spinal cord injuries from car accidents and/or swimming incidents, hundreds of people with permanent paralysis from botched surgeries, hundreds more from diseases and gunshot wounds each year. Let us not forget our brave soldiers and their families who suffer tremendous loss of physical abilities sustained protecting our freedoms, capabilities that they may never regain. The Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation will provide a helping hand to all who reach out for opportunities necessary to get back to life. A long term goal of the Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation, and a project begun by Teddy before he died, is the purchase a building complex in Philadelphia for the purpose of educational/vocational training and to provide temporary housing. Here those physically challenged individuals, who have met the necessary requirements, not criteria, will be taught new skills, perfect existing skills, and be educated,… to develop confidence and leadership abilities, to gain emotional independence, mental strength and freedom to compete, achieve and be productive in today’s society; qualified to be neighborhood, corporate and government leaders; without fear of incapability, or concern for anybody’s thoughts of what can or cannot be done. The Foundation alone, cannot accomplish all that has to be done. We need you to be an Ambassador for Teddy and his dream, whenever and wherever possible. Tell everyone about your commitment, and challenge them to become partners, at some level. We need companies to develop opportunities for everyone…..and, of course, we need your financial support to help Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation acquire and develop that complex that will provide an educational/vocational training and temporary housing academy. For more information on the Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation please contact us at P.O. Box 164, Randolph Mass 02368.

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BYLAWS OF TEDDY AND JOAN PENDERGRASS FOUNDATION

ARTICLE I

Name TEDDY AND JOAN PENDERGRASS FOUNDATION

ARTICLE II

Purposes and Operation

Section I. Purposes. The Corporation is incorporated under the Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988, as amended ("PaNPCL"). (All references to the PaNPCL in these Bylaws shall include the corresponding provisions of any subsequent nonprofit corporation law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania). The Corporation does not contemplate pecuniary gain or profit, incidental or otherwise. The nature of the activities to be conducted, and the purposes to be promoted or carried out by the Corporation, shall be exclusively those within the purview of Sections 50J (c)(3) and 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Code"). (All references to the Code in these Bylaws shall include the corresponding provisions of any tax laws of the United States). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the purposes of the Corporation shall be:

(a) To retrain and rehabilitate disabled individuals.

(b) To do all things which may be necessary, appropriate or convenient

to the achievement of the foregoing purposes and which may lawfully be done by a nonprofit corporation under and pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

(c) To do all things which may lawfully be done by a nonprofit

corporation under and pursuant to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and which are not otherwise prohibited by its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws.

Section 2. Restrictions. No part of the net earnings of the Corporation

shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to, its members, directors, officers, or other private persons, except that the Corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for

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services rendered, and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in Article II, Section 1 hereof. Except as may be permitted under the provisions of Section 501(h) of the Code, no substantial part of the activities of the Corporation shall consist of the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation. The Corporation shall neither participate nor intervene in (including the publication or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office, nor shall it take a position on any issue raised in a political campaign for the purpose of aiding or opposing any candidate. Any other provision of these Bylaws to the contrary notwithstanding, the Corporation shall not carry on any activities not permitted to be carried on: (a) by a corporation exempt from Federal Income Tax under Section 501(a) and Section 501(c)(3) of the Code; or (b) by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under Section 170, 2055 and 2522 of the Code. These Bylaws shall not be altered or amended in derogation of the provisions of this Section.

Section 3. Termination. Upon the dissolution of the organization, assets shall be

distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Code. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by a court of competent jurisdiction of the county in which the principal office of the organization is then located, exclusively for such purposes.

Section 4. "Private Foundation” Provisions. In the event the Corporation is, or

in the future may become, a "private foundation" within the meaning of Section 509 of the Code:

(a) The Corporation shall distribute its income for each taxable year at such time and in such manner as not to be subject to the tax on undistributed income imposed by Section 4942 of the Code.

(b) The Corporation shall not engage in any act of self-dealing as defined

in Section 4941(d) of the Code.

(c) The Corporation shall not retain any excess business holdings as defined in Section 4943(c) of the Code.

(d) The Corporation shall not make any investments in such manner as

to subject it to tax under Section 4944 of the Code.

(e) The Corporation shall not make any taxable expenditures as defined in Section 4945(d) of the Code.

(f) Upon dissolution or termination of the Corporation, it shall comply

with the requirements of Section 507(b)(l )(A) of the Code.

Section 5. Offices. The registered office of the Corporation shall be: 6931 Anderson Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119. The Corporation may also have offices at

such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determined.

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ARTICLE III

Members

Section 1. Members. The Corporation shall not have members.

Section 2. Duties. To the extent permitted under the PaNPCL, all duties and obligations of members shall be performed by the Directors.

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Directors

Section l. Number and Qualifications. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of not fewer than one (1) nor more than ten (10) Directors, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not proscribed by statute, by the articles of incorporation, or by these Bylaws. Directors shall be natural persons of full a g e .

Section 2. Compensation. The Board may, by resolution, fix the compensation

of directors for their services as directors.

Section 3. Election of Directors. An annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be held each year at such time and place as the Board of Directors may determine for the election of Directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Each Director elected at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall serve until her or his successor is elected and qualified.

Section 4. Vacancies. Vacancies in the Board of Directors, including vacancies

resulting from an increase in the number of Directors constituting the whole Board, shall be filled by a majority of the remaining Directors. Each person so elected shall be a Director until her or his successor is elected and qualified at the next annual meeting of the Board, or at any special meeting of the Board duly called for that purpose and held prior t h e r e t o .

Section 5. Removal. Any Director may be removed from office pursuant to the

provisions of Section 5726 of the PaNPCL.

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Section 6. Liability of Directors.

(a) No person who is or was a Director of this Corporation shall be personally liable for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a Director unless:

(i) the Director has breached or failed to perform the duties of her

or his office as set forth in appropriate sections of the PaNPCL; and

misconduct or recklessness.

(ii) the breach or failure to perform constitutes self-dealing, willful

(b) This provision of the Bylaws shall not apply t o :

criminal statute; or (i) the responsibility or liability of a Director pursuant to any

local, state or federal law. (ii) the liability of a Director for the payment of taxes pursuant to

(c) If the PaNPCL hereafter is amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of Directors, then the liability of a Director of the Corporation, in addition to the limitation on personal liability provided herein, shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by the amended PaNPCL.

ARTICLE V

Directors' Meetings Section I. Conduct of Meetings. The President shall preside as the Chair at all meetings of the Board and the Secretary shall keep minutes and report to the Board at its next regular meeting or when required.

Section 2. Reorganizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly

constituted Board (the reorganizational meeting) may be held at the same place and immediately after the meeting at which Directors were elected and no notice need be given to the newly elected Directors in order to legally constitute the meeting; or it may convene at such time and place as may be fixed by the consent or consents in writing of all the Directors.

Section 3. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at such

time and place as shall be determined from time to time, by resolution of the Board. Notice of each

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regular meeting of the Board shall specify the date, place and hour of the meeting and shall be given to each Director at least 24 hours before the meeting either personally or by mail or telegram.

Section 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the

President on 24 hours notice to each Director, either personally or by mail or by electronic transmission. Special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of a majority of the Directors. Notice of a special meeting of the Board shall specify the date, place and hour of the meeting. Unless required by statute or these Bylaws, the notice need not state the nature of the business to be conducted at the special meeting.

Section 5. Quorum. At least one half (1/2) of the persons entitled to vote at

any meeting of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at that meeting, and the acts of a majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the acts of the Board.

Section 6. Informal Action by Directors. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the Directors of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting if consent or consents in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by all of the Directors and shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VI

Committees

Section I. Executive Committee.

(a) There shall be an Executive Committee of the Board consisting of not fewer than three (3) nor more than five (5) Directors who shall be chosen by the Board at its reorganizational meeting. Each member of the Executive Committee shall serve until her or his successor is chosen at the next reorganizational meeting of the Board. The President shall be an ex officio member of the Executive Committee with the right to vote.

(b) (b) The Executive Committee shall have and exercise the powers of the Board when the Board

is not in session, except that the Executive Committee shall not have any power or authority as to the following: (i) the submission to members of any action requiring approval of the members under the appropriate sections of the PaNPCL; (ii) the filling of vacancies on the Board of Directors; (iii) the adoption, amendment or repeal of these Bylaws; (iv) the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board; or (v) action on matters committed by these Bylaws or resolution of the Board of Directors to another committee of the Board.

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(c) Prior to each reorganizational meeting of the Board, the Executive Committee shall nominate a slate of candidates for election as officers of the Corporation and shall present such slate of candidates to the Board at its reorganizational mee t ing.

Section 2. Other Committees of Directors.

The Board may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more other committees, each such committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Any such committee to the extent provided in such resolution or in the by-laws, shall have and exercise the authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation. In the absence or disqualification of any member of such committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another director to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

Section 3. Committee Meetings.

(a) The Executive Committee and any other committees (collectively the

"Committees") shall hold meetings as necessary or desirable for the purpose of transacting such business as may properly come before the meeting. The Secretary shall keep minutes at all meetings of the Committees and report to the Board at its next regular meeting or when required.

(b) Regular meetings of the Committees shall be held at such time and place

as shall be determined from time to time, by resolution of the Committees. Notices of regular meetings of the Committees shall specify the date, place and hour of the meetings and shall be given to each member at least 24 hours before the meetings either personally or by mail or telegram.

(c) Special meetings of the Committees may be called by the President on 24

hours notice to each member, either personally or by mail or by telegram. Special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two (2) members. Notices of special meetings of the Committees shall specify the date, place and hour of the meetings. Unless required by statute or these Bylaws, the notices need not state the nature of the business to be conducted at the special meetings.

(d) At least a majority of the persons entitled to vote at meetings of the

Committees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the acts of a majority of the members present at meetings at which a quorum is present shall be the acts of the Committees.

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ARTICLE VII

Officers

Section I. Qualification and Election. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected at the reorganizational meeting of the Board and shall include a President, Secretary and Treasurer. The President and the Secretary shall be natural persons of full age. The Treasurer may be a corporation but, if the Treasurer is a natural person, the Treasurer shall be a person of full age. Any number of offices may be held by the same persons, except the President and the Secretary must be different persons.

Section 2. Term. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until

their successors are chosen and qualified. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever, in its judgment, the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled by the Board.

Section 3. President. The President shall have general and active management of the Corporation, shall preside as the Chair at all meetings of the Board and Committees, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect, and shall perform such other duties as the Board may from time to time assign to her or him. The President shall have sufficiently broad authority to enable her or him to carry out her or his responsibilities and she or he shall act as the duly authorized representative of the Corporation whenever appropriate.

Section 4. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board a n d the Committees and shall record all the votes and the minutes thereof in a book to be kept for that purpose. She or he shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Board and the Committees, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board, the Committees or by the President under whose supervision she or he shall be. She or he shall keep in safe custody the corporate seal of the Corporation and, when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by her or his signature or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary.

Section 5. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corp orate

funds and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation, and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as shall be designated by the Board.

Section 6. Compensation. The compensation of the officers elected by the Board

of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors or by such officer as may be designated by resolution of the Board.

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ARTICLE VIII

Administration

Section I. Other Officers. The Board may provide for and designate such other officers and assistant officers, including vice presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers as the needs of the Corporation may require. These officers shall hold their offices for such terms and shall have such authority and perform such duties as, from time to time, shall be specified by the Board.

Section 2. Employees. The Corporation may retain or employ and compensate such

employees and independent contractors, professional or otherwise, as may be deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of the Corporation.

ARTICLE IX

Indemnification

Section I . Terms. The Corporation shall indemnify, to the extent permitted under the PaNPCL, any person who was or is a party (other than a party plaintiff suing on her or his own behalf or in the right of the Corporation), or who is threatened to be made such a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (including, but not limited to, an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that she or he is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer or employee of another domestic or foreign corporation, for-profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (such person being herein called an "Indemnified Person"), against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by her or him in connection with such action or proceeding (herein called collectively the "Indemnified Liabilities"), unless the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness of the Indemnified Person.

In addition, the Corporation shall indemnify any Indemnified Person against the

Indemnified Liabilities to the full extent otherwise authorized by Pennsylvania law, including, without limitation, the indemnification permitted by Section 5741 et seq. of the PaNPCL.

Section 2. Powers. The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person

who is or was an agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as an agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably

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incurred by her or him by reason of her or his services on behalf of the Corporation, except as prohibited by law.

Section 3. Ability to Advance Expenses. Expenses incurred by an officer,

director, employee or agent in defending a civil or criminal proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding, as authorized in the manner provided in Section 4 of this Article, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that she or he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article.

Section 4. Determination of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses.

(a) Any indemnification under Section I of this Article (unless ordered

by a court) shall be made by the Corporation unless a determination is reasonably and promptly made that indemnification of the director, officer or employee is not proper in the circumstances because she or he has not satisfied the terms set forth in Section I.

(b) Expenses shall be advanced by the Corporation to a director, officer

or employee upon a determination that such person is an Indemnified Person as defined in Section I of this Article and has satisfied the terms set forth in Section 3 of this Article.

(c) Any indemnification under Section 2 of this Article or advancement

of expenses to an agent under Section 3 of this Article (unless ordered by a court) may be made upon a determination that the agent has satisfied the terms of Section 2 or 3, as applicable, and in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity or advancement of expenses.

(d) All determinations under this Section 4 shall be made:

(1) By the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum

consisting of Directors who were not parties to such action or proceeding; or

(2) If such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in written opinion; or

(3) By such other body as may be provided in these Bylaws.

Section 5. Other Rights of Indemnified Person. The indemnification

and advancement of expenses provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in her or his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.

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Section 6. Insurance. The Corporation shall have power to purchase and

maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, for-profit or not-for-profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against her or him and incurred by her or him in any such capacity, or arising out of her or his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify her or him against such liability under the provisions of this Article.

ARTICLE X

Miscellaneous

Section 1. Contracts. The President shall execute bonds, mortgages a n d other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or p e r m i t t e d by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

Section 2. Depository for Corporate Funds. The funds of the Corporation shall be

deposited in its name in a depository or depositories designated by the Board. All checks, demands for money and notes for the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board may, from time to time, d e s i g n a t e .

Section 3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

Section 4. Seal. The seal of the Corporation shall be circular in form, setting

forth the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal."

Section 5. Gifts. The Board may accept on behalf of the Corporation a n y contribution, gift, bequest or devise for the general purposes or for any special purpose of the Corporation.

Section 6. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice of any meeting is required as

aforesaid, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

Section 7. Meetings Involving Telephone. One or more Directors or members of the

Committees may participate in a meeting of the Board or the Committees by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment, whereby all persons participating in the call can hear each other. Providing all notice requirements for holding the meeting involved have been met, action may be taken at such a telephone meeting to the same extent and in the same manner as if all persons participating were physically present at the same location.

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Section 8. Adjournment. If any meeting of the Board or the Committees cannot be organized because less than a quorum of the persons involved is in attendance, those persons in attendance may adjourn the meeting to such time and place as they may determine and it shall not be necessary to give any notice of the adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted, other than the announcement to the meeting at which such adjournment is taken.

Section 9. Amendment of Bylaws. These Bylaws may be altered, amended

or repealed by a majority vote of the Board of Directors at any Regular or Special Meeting, duly convened after due notice to the Directors of that purpose.

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Conflict of Interest Policy For Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation

Article I Purpose The purpose of the conflict of interest policy is to protect this tax-exempt organization’s (Organization) interest when it is contemplating entering into a transaction or arrangement that might benefit the private interest of an officer or director of the Organization or might result in a possible excess benefit transaction. This policy is intended to supplement but not replace any applicable state and federal laws governing conflict of interest applicable to nonprofit and charitable organizations.

Article II Definitions 1. Interested Person: Any director, principal officer, or member of a committee with governing board delegated powers, who has a direct or indirect financial interest, as defined below, is an interested person.

If a person is an interested person with respect to any entity in the health care system

of which the organization is a part, he or she is an interested person with respect to all entities in the health care system.

2. Financial Interest: A person has a financial interest if the person has, directly or indirectly, through business, investment, or family:

a. An ownership or investment interest in any entity with which the Organization has a transaction or arrangement,

b. A compensation arrangement with the Organization or with any entity or individual with which the Organization has a transaction or arrangement, or

c. A potential ownership or investment interest in, or compensation arrangement with, any entity or individual with which the Organization is negotiating a transaction or arrangement. Compensation includes direct and indirect remuneration as well as gifts or favors that are not insubstantial.

A financial interest is not necessarily a conflict of interest. Under Article III, Section 2, a person who has a financial interest may have a conflict of interest only if the appropriate governing board or committee decides that a conflict of interest exists.

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Article III Procedures

1. Duty to Disclose

In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, an interested person must

disclose the existence of the financial interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement.

2. Determining Whether a Conflict of Interest Exists

After disclosure of the financial interest and all material facts, and after any discussion with the interested person, he/she shall leave the governing board or committee meeting while the determination of a conflict of interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining board or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists.

3. Procedures for Addressing the Conflict of Interest

a. An interested person may make a presentation at the governing board or committee meeting, but after the presentation, he/she shall leave the meeting during the discussion of, and the vote on, the transaction or arrangement involving the possible conflict of interest.

b. The chairperson of the governing board or committee shall, if appropriate,

appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement.

c. After exercising due diligence, the governing board or committee shall determine

whether the Organization can obtain with reasonable efforts a more advantageous transaction or arrangement from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest.

d. If a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably possible

under circumstances not producing a conflict of interest, the governing board or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the transaction or arrangement is in the Organization’s best interest, for its own benefit, and whether it is fair and reasonable. In conformity with the above determination it shall make its decision as to whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement.

4. Violations of the Conflicts of Interest Policy

a. If the governing board or committee has reasonable cause to believe a member has failed to disclose actual or possible conflicts of interest, it shall inform the member of the basis for such belief and afford the member an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose. b. If, after hearing the member’s response and

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after making further investigation as warranted by the circumstances, the governing board or committee determines the member has failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, it shall take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action.

Article IV Records of Proceedings The minutes of the governing board and all committees with board delegated powers shall contain:

a. The names of the persons who disclosed or otherwise were found to have a

financial interest in connection with an actual or possible conflict of interest, the nature of the financial interest, any action taken to determine whether a conflict of interest was present, and the governing board or committee’s decision as to whether a conflict of interest in fact existed.

b. The names of the persons who were present for discussions and votes relating to the transaction or arrangement, the content of the discussion, including any alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement, and a record of any votes taken in connection with the proceedings.

Article V Compensation

a. A voting member of the governing board who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from the Organization for services is precluded from voting on matters pertaining to that member’s compensation.

b. A voting member of any committee whose jurisdiction includes compensation

matters and who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from the Organization for services is precluded from voting on matters pertaining to that member’s compensation.

c. No voting member of the governing board or any committee whose

jurisdiction includes compensation matters and who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from the Organization, either individually or collectively, is prohibited from providing information to any committee regarding compensation

Article VI Annual Statements

Each director, principal officer and member of a committee with governing board delegated powers shall annually sign a statement which affirms such person:

a. Has received a copy of the conflicts of interest policy;

b. Has read and understands the policy;

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c. Has agreed to comply with the policy; and

d. Understands the Organization is charitable and in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax- exempt purposes.

Article VII Periodic Reviews To ensure the Organization operates in a manner consistent with charitable purposes and does not engage in activities that could jeopardize its tax-exempt status, periodic reviews shall be conducted. The periodic reviews shall, at a minimum, include the following subjects:

a. Whether compensation arrangements and benefits are reasonable, based on competent survey information and the result of arm’s length bargaining. b. Whether partnerships, joint ventures, and arrangements with management organizations conform to the Organization’s written policies, are properly recorded, reflect reasonable investment or payments for goods and services, further charitable purposes and do not result in inurement, impermissible private benefit or in an excess benefit transaction.

Article VIII Use of Outside Experts When conducting the periodic reviews as provided for in Article VII, the Organization may, but need not, use outside advisors. If outside experts are used, their use shall not relieve the governing board of its responsibility for ensuring periodic reviews are conducted.

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The Teddy Pendergrass Alliance At a Glance Mission:

The Teddy Pendergrass Alliance was founded in 1998 as a 501 (c) (3) non-profit

organization for the purpose of helping individuals with spinal cord injury obtain

meaningful employment.

Background:

According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, the unemployment

rate among people with spinal cord injury (SCI) is approximately 63%. This compares to an

estimated national unemployment rate of only 4.5%. Most Americans want to work. In fact, a

1998 Harris Survey found that even the majority (72%) of those of us with disabilities wants

to work. In our society a person's identity, social status, and feelings of self-worth still are

often based upon occupation.

The fact that so many individuals with spinal cord injury are unemployed may seem

logical to some people. Clearly SCI can be a barrier to some forms of employment, jobs

requiring manual labor or extensive mobility for example. But SCI does not, in and of itself,

preclude people from performing most other types of work.

The Alliance is committed to balancing out the discrepancies in the startling statistics

cited above. In so doing, we will not only improve the quality of life for people with SCI, but

will also decrease the cost to society to care for these individuals, and enrich and diversify the

fabric of the American workforce.

The Need:

The current number of Americans with spinal cord injury is 250,000, of whom 157,500

are unemployed. Vocational rehabilitation services are generally provided as a part of a

person's initial rehabilitation after injury, before they are discharge from the hospital.

However, this timing often can be less than optimal. Immediately after injury an individual's

energies are focused on medical treatment, recovery of function, and the adjustment to a

sudden and dramatic change in lifestyle. In many ways, it is unrealistic to expect someone

newly injured to be able to focus on

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Vocational planning and other long-term goals. For some people, especially those with severe

disabilities, it requires many months of "getting used to being disabled," before vocational rehabilitation

can be meaningful. Current health insurance constraints dictate that an individual be discharged from the

hospital long before this adjustment has been achieved.

Re-entry (or initial entry) into the world of work after SCI is a slow process, which for some

individuals may span a decade or more, even so, current statistics show that only 1/3 of people with

SCI ever becomes employed. Part of the explanation for this phenomenon is found in the systemic

financial disincentives to employment. Congress' recent passage of the Work Incentives Improvement

Act of 1999 will help to address this aspect of the problem. But another reason why nearly 2/3 of those

with SCI never return to work after their injury may be because they have not been encouraged or

helped to develop a new set of hopes and attitudes years after their injury. In addition, they find

themselves without the requisite resources, education, skills, and tools to achieve any employment

goals, and they are often at a lost as to how to obtain them.

Because the effects of SCI and the individual's adjustment to injury are not static or short-term,

but rather unfold over a lifetime, the individual's re-integration into the community also must evolve

over time. However, after the initial rehabilitation, there is no effective mechanism to identify and

recruit individuals who are often "lost to the system". Individuals with SCI then are left totally on their

own to find appropriate educational and vocational services, but by then they may be without the

vision, resources, or motivation to do so.

The Alliance Approach

The Teddy Pendergrass Alliance believes that there is an overwhelming need for a coordinated

outreach to individuals who have left the strictly medical model of rehabilitation to encourage them to

reach their maximum educational and vocational potential. Mr. Pendergrass was himself at the height of

a very successful music career in March of 1982 when he was spinal cord injured in an automobile

accident. From his own personal experience, he has come to understand the pressing need to help those

with SCI become or return to being productive members of society - even, or perhaps especially, years

after their injury. Because of Mr. Pendergrass' celebrity status and entertainment and corporate

connections, the Alliance is in a unique position to draw out members of the SCI community as well as

potential employers who might otherwise be unresponsive to such vocational outreach. In addition, The

Alliance believes

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there is a need to help persuade employers that disability does not mean inability and that there is a vast

untapped resource of individuals with SCI available for the workforce of the new millennium.

Understanding that the purpose of advertising is to sell a service or product to consumers, the

Alliance will roll out a national media campaign to include Public Service Announcements and print ads

that will add a marketing aspect to the vocational rehabilitation process. The campaign will help

identify unemployed people with SCI as well as potential employers. In addition, the Alliance will

function as a national coordinating and referral service in partnership with local educational and

vocational resources. Finally, the Alliance will work to develop scholarships and other appropriate

programs as gaps in local services are identified.

The Alliance's goal is to provide services nationally. To do this, it will expand into major urban

markets one by one. Because Mr. Pendergrass hails from Philadelphia, this city has been selected as the

site of the model program.

Education at the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance The Teddy Pendergrass Alliance recognizes that for many individuals with spinal cord injury,

further education and training is critical for future employment and for overall quality of life. Yet for

many, access to education continues to be problematic due to (1) lack of information about the range

of educational opportunities available, (2) lack of financial resources needed to access available

education programs, and (3) due to lack of information about the available supports and services

needed to successfully participate in these education program (e.g., tutoring, accommodations,

adaptive technologies).

The Teddy Pendergrass Alliance will begin to address these barriers by forming partnerships

with a range of educational institutions in local communities and by providing information and other

needed supports to persons with spinal cord injuries who wish to access these educational and training

opportunities. It is the long-term goal of the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance to raise funds needed to

establish the Teddy Pendergrass Scholarship Program so that persons with spinal cord injury who

wish to access education have the financial resources to do so.

The range of education and training service providers that will become Alliance partners

includes:

• Independent Living skills development programs

• Advocacy and self advocacy programs

• Career determination and needs assessment programs

• Adult literacy and GED programs

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'"• Information Technology (IT) training programs

• Vocational/Technical Programs

• Community Colleges with active offices of disability resources and services

• Colleges and Universities offering 4-year and graduate programs with active offices

of disability resources and services

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Teddy’s Bio Source: http://teddypendergrassofficial.com/biography/

Theodore “Teddy” Pendergrass began singing gospel music in Philadelphia churches. He became an ordained minister at the age of ten. When he was only 6 years old, Teddy was invited to sing in the highly prestigious citywide McIntyre Elementary School Choir and in the All-City Stetson Junior High School Choir. A self-taught drummer, Pendergrass had a teen pop vocal group by age 15. Pendergrass’ musical career really took off after he became the drummer for The Cadillacs, a local singing group. In the late ’60s, The Cadillacs merged with the more-established group, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. In 1970, the “Blue Notes” broke up and Harold Melvin, now aware of Pendergrass’ vocal prowess, asked Teddy to take the lead singer position. Once Pendergrass’ distinct vocals were heard by the dynamic production team of Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, they eagerly signed the

group to Philadelphia International Records. A new era of music had begun. Beginning with “I Miss You” a steady stream of hit singles flowed from the collaboration of Gamble & Huff and Pendergrass: “If You Don’t Know Me By Now,” “The Love I Lost,” “Bad Luck,” “Wake Up Everybody” (number one R&B for two weeks in 1975). Pendergrass also recorded two major gold albums; “To Be True” and “Wake Up Everybody”. With Teddy’s lead vocals spurring the group to more success, the billing of the group was revised to Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes featuring Theodore Pendergrass. In 1976, Pendergrass left Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes and formed his own Blue Notes, featuring Teddy Pendergrass. Teddy eventually disbanded his Blue Notes in favor of a solo career and went on to sign a contract with Philadelphia International Records. With the launch of his solo career, Teddy burst on the scene with his platinum solo debut album Teddy Pendergrass that included the top-notch singles: “I Don’t Love You Anymore,” “You Can’t Hide From Yourself,” and “The More I Get the More I Want.” Inspired by the great Shep Gordon, Teddy began to institute his infamous “Ladies Only” concerts. His next three albums, Life Is a Song Worth Singing (1978), Teddy (1979), and Teddy Live (Coast to Coast) went on to become gold or platinum. Teddy received several Grammy nominations during 1977 and 1978 including Billboard’s 1977 Pop Album New Artist Award, an American Music Award for best R&B performer of 1978, and awards from Ebony magazine and the NAACP. Teddy was also the number one choice in consideration for the lead in the movie biopic The Otis Redding Story. The ’70s ended, but Teddy kept racking up the hits.

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Teddy’s album “Teddy” produced the hits “Turn Off the Lights,” and “Come Go With Me,” in 1979. His hits “Shout and Scream,” and “It’s You I Love,” were on his album Live Coast to Coast also in 1979. And in 1980 his album “TP” produced the hit “Love TKO”. His 1981 album “It’s Time for Love” gave Teddy another gold album and included the hit singles “My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration” and “I Can’t Live Without Your Love.” In 1982, a devastating car accident left Teddy paralyzed from the waist down and wheelchair bound. After nearly a year of physical therapy and counseling, Teddy triumphantly returned to the recording scene. In 1983 he signed a contract with Elektra/Asylum in 1983. With tenacity and a determined spirit, Teddy submerged himself back into the music. Philadelphia International Records later issued two albums of unreleased tracks, “This One’s for You” (1982) and “Heaven Only Knows” (1983). Teddy’s ninth solo album, the Elektra/Asylum debut, “Love Language” went gold in the spring of 1984. Other albums included “Workin’ It Back” (1985), “Joy” (1988), whose title track peaked at number one RB for two weeks, and “Little More Magic” (1993). The latter half of the ’90s found Teddy recording for the Surefire/Wind Up label. “Truly Blessed” (the name of a 1991 Elektra album) is the title of the telling autobiography Teddy Pendergrass co-authored with Patricia Romanowski. In May 2001, after a 19-year absence, Teddy made a remarkable return to the concert stage, performing two sold out shows at the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ. The shows were met with standing ovations and national recognition. Since then, Teddy has played too sold out concerts across the country including a performance at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles on Valentine’s Day 2002 for a DVD/ CD and VHS release entitled, “From Teddy with Love.”

In 2002, Mayor John F. Street of Philadelphia declared October 12th “Teddy Pendergrass Day” to commemorate the first live performance given by Teddy in over two decades. Prior to his death, Teddy become an outspoken advocate for the disabled founding a national nonprofit organization that helps people with spinal cord injury (SCI) rebuild their lives.

On June 5, 2009, Teddy underwent successful surgery for colon cancer. He returned home on June 15th only to return to the hospital one day later with respiratory issues. On January 13, 2010, seven months later, at age 59, he died of respiratory failure with his beloved wife Joan by his side. His body is interred at the West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. He was survived by his wife Joan, his mother Ida and his children, Tisha, LaDonna and Teddy II.

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Help get Teddy Pendergrass inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Source: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/get-teddy-pendergrass-inducted-into-the-rock-and

Teddy Pendergrass was the lead singer of Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes. He was the voice behind such classic Philadelphia International hits as "If You Don't Know Me by Now","Wake Up Everybody", "The Love I Lost" and "Don't Leave Me This Way"! Teddy left the group in 1976 and went on to international super stardom becoming the first male R&B singer to have 5 consecutive platinum albums!

Hits like "Close The Door", "Turn off the Lights" and "Love TKO" are R&B radio staples. Teddy's innovative style and technique is often imitated but Teddy's stage presence and magnetism has never been matched. He was often referred to as "The Black Elvis" because he drove women into a frenzy with his powerful voice and matching good looks. To date, Teddy is the only artist to ever successfully sellout crowds of "For Ladies Only" concerts from coast to coast! Teddy was left a quadriplegic in 1982 as the result of a car accident. That didn't stop Teddy from fighting back. He returned with the album Love Language in 1984. The album contained the hits "Your My Choice Tonight" and "Hold Me" with a then unknown Whitney Houston. Teddy released the album Workin' it Back in 1985 with the Top 10 hit "Love 4/2". Teddy defied the odds again in 1988 with the album Joy giving Teddy another number one hit with the album's title track!. The album showed Teddy was still a musical force to be reckoned with. The follow up single "2 AM" was also a Top 10 R&B hit! Teddy came back again in 1990 with yet another #1 R&B single "It Should Have Been You" from the album Truly Blessed. "Believe in Love" from the album A Little More Magic gave Teddy another hit in 1993! Teddy would record a total of 8 albums after the accident including a live CD and a Christmas album. Teddy showed unbelievable courage by performing on stage in a wheelchair for the first time at Live Aid in front of 100,000 people at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. Teddy's performance was viewed by 1.5 billion people across the world. Teddy starred in the Broadway musical "Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God" with Stephanie Mills in 1996. Teddy returned to performing live concert tours in 2002 in front of sold out crowds! In 2005 Teddy Pendergrass was inducted into The SCI Hall Of Fame.-an organization created to celebrate and honor those individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the quality of life and advancements for individuals with spinal cord injuries. In 2007, Teddy celebrated 25 years of living with spinal cord injury with Teddy 25- A Celebration Of Life, Hope, And Possibilities. The star studded event included performances by many legendary

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performers including Teddy himself, who performed a song he wrote especially for the celebration- 'I Am Who I Am ". Teddy passed away in 2010 at the age of 59. During his later years, Teddy continued to be an advocate for people with disabilities. Teddy's influence can still be heard today as his music has been sampled by artists such as Nelly, Kanye West, D'Angelo and Jaheim. Teddy was a legend, an icon and a hero on so many levels. A talent so rare it could never be duplicated. Truly one of a kind. Please help encourage the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to celebrate and recognize the remarkable and unsurpassed talent of one of the greatest singers the world has ever known! Website http://teddypendergrassofficial.com http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/get-teddy-pendergrass-inducted-into-the-rock-and#

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Teddy Pendergrass

Artist Biography by Ed Hogan Source: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/teddy-pendergrass-mn0000020278/biography

Teddy Pendergrass started singing gospel music in Philadelphia churches, becoming an ordained minister at ten years old. While attending public school, he sang in the citywide McIntyre Elementary School Choir and in the All-City Stetson Junior High School Choir. A self-taught drummer,Pendergrass had a teen pop vocal group when he was 15. By his late teens, Pendergrass was a drummer for local vocal group the Cadillacs.

In the late '60s, the Cadillacs merged with another more established group, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. In 1970, when the Blue Notes broke up, Melvin, now aware ofPendergrass' vocal prowess, asked him to take the lead singer spot. It's no secret that Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff wanted Marvin Junior of the Dells for their Philadelphia International Records roster. Since the Dells were signed to Chess, they were unavailable. When the gruff'n'ready vocals of Pendergrass came their way, they eagerly signed the group. Beginning with "I Miss You," a steady stream of hit singles flowed from the collaboration of Pendergrass andGamble & Huff: "If You Don't Know Me by Now," "The Love I Lost," "Bad Luck," "Wake Up Everybody" (number one R&B for two weeks in 1976), and two gold albums, To Be True and Wake Up Everybody.

Unfortunately, the more success the group had, the more friction developed between Melvin andPendergrass. Despite the revised billing of the group, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuringTheodore Pendergrass, Pendergrass felt that he wasn't getting enough recognition. Around 1976, Pendergrass left Melvin's Blue Notes and formed his own Blue Notes, featuring Teddy Pendergrass. Briefly, there was some confusion as to which Blue Notes were which. The resolution came when Pendergrass disbanded his Blue Notes in favor of a solo career and Melvin's group signed a recording contract with Source Records, distributed through ABC Records, scoring a hit with "I Want to Be Your Lover."

Pendergrass signed a new contract with Philadelphia International Records in late 1976/early 1977. He burst back on the scene with Teddy Pendergrass, a platinum solo debut that included the top-notch singles "I Don't Love You Anymore," "You Can't Hide from Yourself," and "The More I Get the More I Want." Around this time, Pendergrass began to institute his infamous "Ladies Only" concerts. His next three albums went gold or platinum: Life Is a Song Worth Singing (1978), Teddy (1979), and Teddy Live (Coast to Coast). The hit single "Close the Door" was used in the film Soup for One, where Pendergrass had a small role.

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The singer received several Grammy nominations during 1977 and 1978, Billboard's 1977 Pop Album New Artist Award, an American Music Award for best R&B performer of 1978, and awards from Ebony magazine and the NAACP. He was also in consideration for the lead in the movie biopic The Otis Redding Story. The '70s ended, but Pendergrass kept racking up the hits. TP, his fifth solo album, went platinum in the summer of 1980 off the singles "Turn Off the Lights," "Come Go with Me," "Shout and Scream," "It's You I Love," and "Can't We Try." It's Time for Love gave Pendergrass another gold album in summer 1981, which included the hit singles "Love TKO" and "I Can't Live Without Your Love."

A 1982 car accident left Pendergrass paralyzed from the waist down and wheelchair-bound. After almost a year of physical therapy and counseling, Pendergrass returned to the recording scene, signing a contract with Elektra/Asylum in 1983. His ninth solo album and Elektra/Asylum debut, Love Language went gold the spring of 1984. Philadelphia International issued two albums of unreleased tracks, This One's for You (1982) and Heaven Only Knows (1983). Other albums included Workin' It Back (1985), Joy (1988, whose title track went to number one R&B for two weeks), and Little More Magic (1993). The latter half of the '90s found Pendergrass recording for the Surefire/Wind Up label. Truly Blessed, the name of an 1991 Elektra album, is also the title of the autobiography Pendergrass co-authored

with Patricia Romanowski. Apart from an appearance at a 2007 ceremony held in his honor, Pendergrass spent his later years away from the spotlight. He had difficulty recovering from colon cancer surgery and passed away on January 13, 2010.

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Honoring Teddy Pendergrass (1950-2010)

Volume 156, Number 7 Pages E63 Legislative Body Date Thu, Jan. 21, 2010 Source: http://capitolwords.org/date/2010/01/21/E63_honoring-teddy-pendergrass-1950-2010/

Rep. Chaka Fattah

Party D State PA

Madam Speaker, Teddy Pendergrass lived many remarkable lives--a life of song, rich and sensuous, a life of determination to overcome a difficult childhood in North Philadelphia, and finally a life of perseverance and triumph against the greatest odds imaginable.

When Teddy Pendergrass, at the too-young age of 59, died January 13 in a hospital several miles from where he grew up in North Philadelphia, the tributes flowed from across the nation and the world. But they weren't nostalgic reminisces for a faded star whose career might have been cut short by a paralyzing automobile accident. The praise and admiration were present-tense, for a man who--by guts and willpower-- kept performing, kept filling concert halls, stayed vibrant on the playlists and wherever music is enjoyed.

Even more, Teddy Pendergrass was a man of character and example. He grew in stature with the passage of years. He endured the hard solitary work of rehab so that he could return to the limelight--in a wheelchair, but ever-soulful. The tragedy of March 18, 1982 did not render Teddy bitter or consumed with self-pity. He emphatically made it clear that ``there is life after paralysis''.

Offstage, Teddy Pendergrass worked to inspire and encourage others. He established the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance to raise money for other victims of spinal cord injuries. He partnered with the National Spinal Cord Association. He inspired young artists--and youth people with severed spinal cords.

Theodore DeReese Pendergrass, born March 26, 1950, had a strong and special relationship with his mother Ida Burgess Pendergrass--and with the gift of music that she nurtured. Ida would stand young Teddy, at the age of two, on a chair in church and he would sing praises to the Lord. At age ten he was licensed to the Gospel Ministry. Soon he was playing the drums for various local groups including The Cadillacs. It was while drumming for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes that his vocal gift was discovered.

In 1972, he signed to Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International Records label. ``Teddy Bear'' was smoldering hot--in his recordings, on stage, everywhere he went. He recorded 10 platinum (million-selling) albums in a row for Gamble and Huff at Philadelphia International Records. No one who heard them will ever forget hits like ``Love TKO'', ``Turn Off the Lights,'' ``Feel The Fire.'' And of course, ``If You Don't Know Me By Now.'' His ``women only'' concerts are legendary.

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A year after his accident Teddy Pendergrass returned to recording, memorably in a 1984 duet with Whitney Houston, titled ``Hold Me.'' He rolled that wheelchair onstage at JFK Stadium to perform at the unforgettable ``Live Aid'' charity concert. He produced a 1998 autobiography, undertook a 2002-2003 concert tour, and all the while serving as an inspiration to many young artists. The milestone of his life was ``Teddy 25--A Celebration of Life, Hope and Possibilities'' at Philadelphia's Academy of Music. It was a fund raiser for his Alliance, and it marked 25 years since the accident.

Then, at last, came retirement. This past year, Teddy Pendergrass faced a battle with colon cancer that his great heart and courage could not overcome.

Teddy Pendergrass loved life and would light up any room with his million dollar smile. He loved his family and held them close to his heart. This love was evidenced in the way that he encouraged family and friends to share private moments with him. He and his wife Joan enjoyed spending every possible moment together; laughter was a tremendous part of their life. Their love for each other was ordained by God and they became one in marriage. Teddy returned to the Lord Jesus Christ and together they joined the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church.

Teddy leaves to cherish his memory, his loving wife, Joan Pendergrass, his devoted mother, Ida Pendergrass, his children, Teddy II (daughter-in-law, Felicia), Tishia (son-in-law, Cedric) and LaDonna; stepdaughters Sherilla Lestrade and Jessica Avila; grandchildren, Montaurius Drane, Desaray Drane, Teddy Pendergrass III, Alana Nida Sky Pendergrass, Jasmine Lestrade, Gabriel Gomes and Jeremiah Sanford. In addition to his immediate family, Teddy will be dearly missed by his godchildren, family and friends; especially, his cousins, Jerry and Francina Pendergrass, George Mouzon, Pee Wee Mosley and Neverland Dent; his special family; Joyce Canderlero, Edwin Dereese Canderlero, Antonio Canderlero, Keya Perinchief, Kylid Perinchief, Lori Edmonds, Paya Williams, ``second Mom'' Louise Hollerway, his manager's Danny Markus, Shep Gordon and Allan Strahi and longtime friend, Henry Evans.

It is as Enon Tabernacle, one of Philadelphia's great churches, that a Celebration of Life will be conducted on Saturday, January 23, at 10 a.m. Teddy Pendergrass lived a life worthy of celebration at every level. His music lives on. His spirit lives on. His fierce determination and zest for life endures. This is how we know him, by now.

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Teddy Pendergrass' widow hopes to make a movie about her husband's life,

A musical theater performance about his ladies-only shows, and a product line in his name featuring cologne, perfume, and men's lingerie.

Months after winning a contentious legal battle with the late singer's son over control of his legacy, Joan Pendergrass said she was busy making plans, which include republishing Teddy Pendergrass' autobiography and creating a traveling museum exhibit of his belongings.

Tuesday marks the five-year anniversary of the singer's death after complications from treatment for colon cancer. His widow planned to spend the day visiting his grave and speaking to reporters for the first time since his death.

"It's important that the litigation is over, and it's important to let people know that I am committed to my husband and to Teddy's legacy," she said in an interview Monday.

Teddy Pendergrass gained fame as the lead singer with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, and he became an international solo artist in the 1970s. In 1982, he was paralyzed in a car crash on Lincoln Drive. His second wife and son had been locked in a legal battle since his death in 2010.

He had almost no money at the time of his death. Dispute over control of the singer's estate disrupted plans to preserve - or profit from - his legacy. A Montgomery County judge ruled in October that Pendergrass' son and namesake, Theodore "Ted" Pendergrass II, had submitted a fraudulent will to try to gain control of his father's estate. That left a different will, submitted by Joan Pendergrass, as the only valid will, and made her the primary beneficiary of the estate.

Since October, Joan Pendergrass said she has been in communication with actor Tyrese Gibson, whom her husband asked before his death to play him in a movie based on his life. She said she also planned to add a section about his life after paralysis to his out-of-print autobiography and to restart an organization he created to assist people with spinal-cord injuries.

"People began to read about the litigation being over [and] they began to approach Joan with their ideas," said Helen McCrary, the lawyer for the estate.

During the lengthy litigation, some family members accused Joan Pendergrass - who married Teddy Pendergrass in 2008 - of simply wanting to profit from his legacy.

In one of her first interviews since her husband's death, she denied that claim and said she simply wanted to ensure that her husband was remembered as a great African American singer and sex symbol.

"I was self-made before I met Teddy," she said. "So all of these allegations from people who don't know me, they were untrue. Teddy and I were partners, lovers, best friends, soul mates."

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GO ANYWHERE, DO ANYTHING. A spinal cord injury changes a person’s life; it doesn't end it. There are meaningful employment and educational opportunities for people with SCI and an array of programs designed to help them move

ahead. The trick is knowing where to find them. Statistics tell us there are more than 43 million Americans living with disabilities. Of that number, 66% are unemployed. The vast majority lives in nursing homes or at home, supported by their families, with

no financial support other than their government subsidy checks. The Teddy and Joan Pendergrass Foundation brings together the resources people need to re-connect

with life. Sometimes it's an understanding ear simply a word of inspiration. Whether you're looking for help, or have some help to give, we'd like to hear from you.

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