Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg have announced an official wager on the AFC Championship game between the New York Jets and the Pittsburgh Steelers based on fan suggestions.

If the Steelers win, Mayor Bloomberg will hang a “Terrible Towel” on a New York City landmark and if the Jets win, Mayor Ravenstahl will place a Jets Fireman hat on a Pittsburgh landmark – with either act filmed and posted on YouTube.

In addition, regardless of the outcome of the game, each Mayor will take part in a volunteer service project to assemble care packages to be sent to members of the armed services who are from the winning city and recently have returned home.  The loosing Mayor will do so while wearing the jersey of the winning team.

“After this game, the only Jet that will be going to Dallas is the one carrying the Steelers,” said Ravenstahl. “I’m glad that no matter which team prevails, we can raise awareness for our dedicated troops who could use our help to ease their transition home.”

“Peyton, down. Brady, down. Big Ben is next. I have a shiny, new number six Jets jersey picked out and ready for Mayor Ravenstahl,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “Regardless of the outcome of the game, this is a great opportunity to give back and tell some of the men and women in uniform ‘thanks for taking care of us’.”

Mayor Ravenstahl asked fans to submit suggestions through the City of Pittsburgh Facebook page at www.facebook.com/city.of.pittsburgh and to its Twitter page at @CityPGH. Mayor Bloomberg asked fans to submit suggestion by tweeting @NYCMayorsOffice using the hashtag “#JetsBet.” The final wager terms were a combination of various suggestions submitted.

Mayor Bloomberg and Mayor Ravenstahl are founding members of Cities of Service, a bipartisan coalition of more than 100 mayors from across the country dedicated to engaging more Americans in community service and harnessing the power of volunteers as a serious strategy to address local challenges.