Donovan McNabb Bobblehead to Touch Down In McDonald's Restaurants

SOURCE: PRNewswire

PHILADELPHIA - Beginning Friday, August 17, McDonald's Restaurants of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Kent and New Castle Counties, DE, not only will be serving quarter pounders, they also will be selling quarterbacks! To gear up for the upcoming Eagles' season, McDonald's is proud to introduce the Donovan McNabb bobblehead doll, available exclusively at participating McDonald's Restaurants of the Greater Philadelphia Region. Fans and collectors can purchase the hand painted, ceramic doll for $4.49 with the purchase of any soft drink, while supplies last. Donovan bobblehead dolls will be available in home and away jerseys.

"Bobblehead dolls are sweeping the nation and becoming the next great collectible," says Dave Santoro, McDonald's owner/operator and president of McDonald's Restaurant Association of Greater Philadelphia. "McDonald's is proud to partner with Donovan on this exciting product. We love to see our customers smile, and we think the Donovan bobblehead will bring smiles to fans and collectors alike."

"Donovan is excited to be working with McDonald's on this promotion," says Peter Raskin, Donovan's marketing representative at SFX Sports, Washington, DC. "McDonald's is a great corporate partner for Donovan - we hope to develop more family-driven programs with them in the near future."

In addition to the McNabb bobblehead available at McDonald's restaurants, Alliance Marketing Partners (AMP) and McDonald's will auction off a rare prototype set on eBay to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Greater Philadelphia Region and the Donovan McNabb Foundation. The limited edition set of five dolls will include: a pre-production, unpainted sample; one with a gold painted football; one with a home jersey; one with an away jersey; and one bearing McNabb's authentic autograph. The set of five will be available on eBay starting Friday, August 10. The auction will close on Wednesday, August 15.

McNabb, the first Philadelphia Eagle to be featured as a bobblehead, is tentatively scheduled to be on hand for a special unveiling of the bobblehead. An exact date, time and location have not been confirmed as of this date.