Emmitt Smith Talks Charity

NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith (far right, with ESR colleagues Brant Landry, Ronelle Lanace, and Sharon Morrison) invited his commercial real estate colleagues and clients in for an open house about a week ago at E Smith Realty Partners. He talked a little business and a lot charity touting Pat and Emmitt Smith Charities, The Emmitt Smith Golf Challenge, and 2014 Emmitt Smith Celebrity Invitational events. He tells us The Emmitt Smith Golf Challenge is a series of regional events at top-rated courses from January through April.

The two-day Emmitt Smith Celebrity Invitational invites the highest fundraising team and best golfers from each tournament to play in the golf tournament on May 9-10 in Dallas. Emmitt--bookended by Patel Law Group’s Anish Patel, BHP Investments’ Biran Patel, New Vision Hospitality’s AJ Jariwala, and New Vision Group’s Dimple Patel, and Premium Healthcare Solutions’s Peter Patel--gave us his Super Bowl prediction: The Seattle Seahawks, but he did add the caveat that he hopes Peyton Manning has a great outing. He also did a promo (along with other NFL stars) singing the national anthem.

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