Category Archives: Social Responsibility

Maine Basketball Managers To Be Honored In Boston

Celtics President Rich Gotham and F Brian Scalabrine will participate in a ceremony honoring the ’08-09 Heroes Among Us Award recipients at the Massachusetts State House. The team established the…

Seeds of Peace – basketball clinic today

Several recent NBA draft picks will participate in the Play for Peace basketball clinic at the Seeds of Peace Int’l Camp in Otisfield, Maine. According to the camp website –…

President Barack Obama to Honor 2008 WNBA Champion Detroit Shock at White House

The full press release can be seen at http://www.wnba.com/news/shock_whitehouse_090722.html. (Excerpt below) Prior to the ceremony, the WNBA and the Shock will join forces with United We Serve – a national…

Brightening their night at Yankee Stadium

Kudos to the Yankees for hosting this very special event and for its entire Hope Week initiative. You can learn more about Hope Week and the Yankees’ other community efforts…

Brazilian Football Team Arrives For East African Charity Tour

The team comprising of former national team players arrived in Nairobi over the weekend and headed straight to Burundi to start their three nations charity tour… 20 Jul 2009 Brazil…

Dynamo nets malaria charity effort

Houston Business Journal – by Greg Barr Senior Reporter The Houston Dynamo is again teaming up with the Nothing but Nets campaign to help stop the spread of malaria in…

WNBA Toyota Project Rebound – All-Star week activity

The WNBA, the Connecticut Sun, and Toyota are teaming up to unveil a renovated basketball court at the Windham Recreation Center in Willimantic, Conn. WNBA players will be on hand…

Peace Cup starting today

The fourth edition of the Peace Cup, an international soccer tournament that benefits the Peace Dream Foundation starts today in Spain. The foundation sponsors youth soccer events in conflict regions…

Phil Mickelson makes donation to Liberty Science Center

Golfer PHIL MICKELSON recently announced a $50,000 donation to the Liberty Science Center in New Jersey, which hosts a Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy. “In the four years since Phil Mickelson…

Bosh and Villanueva – a friendly wager between friendly guys

Excerpt from the July 27 issue of Sports Illustrated: “3,000 – Pairs of sneakers the Pistons’ Charlie Villanueva will donate to children in the Dominican Republic, after losing a bet…