Category Archives: Charitable Work

3 Elite Receivers Making Big Plays

First Larry Fitzgerald and now these guys. It is the day of the receiver doing good. The Make a Play Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that is truly built on…

NFL Star Battles Cancer With Ice Cream

NFL Star Battles Cancer With Ice Cream Shared via AddThis This is a short video from GMA of superstar wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals and his partnership…

Make a Difference Day – Oct. 24

Just giving some advance notice. http://www.usaweekend.com/diffday/index.html Make A Difference Day, the largest national day of helping others, is sponsored by USA WEEKEND Magazine and its 600 carrier newspapers. Make A…

No stopping them – Dreams and Kids

I received some great materials from Tom Tuohy, Founder and President of Dreams for Kids. It is a wonderful organization started in 1989. I strongly encourage you to visit their…

A FIFA Hat-trick at Clinton Global Initiative

We have seen soccer/football used by many organizations around the world as their sport of choice to connect with communities, especially young people, to bring joy and messages regarding health,…

Making it happen in N.O.

The story of how this community in New Orleans is rebuilding with a commitment to sport and play is instructive of the challenges to get things done but how a…

Hasheem Thabeet, Visits Tanzania and Learns How Right To Play Games Are Changing Lives

Another benefit of the influx of athletes from other countries playing in U.S.- based professional leagues is the built-in connection they have to their homelands, ones often which have real…

Allstate AFCA Good Works Team(R) Honors Student-Athletes for Outstanding Efforts in Volunteerism and Community Service

From PRNewswire-FirstCall. You can find the full release at http://news.prnewswire.com/ViewContent.aspx?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/09-22-2009/0005098760&EDATE=, with an excerpt below. (Excerpt) Allstate and the American Football Coaches Association Announce Twenty-Two College Football Players Named to the…

Gym class still important

When it comes down to it, you can basically summarize much of what needs to be addressed in the U.S. and other countries by the following statement: (truly one of…

Barclays and Nets – already working together

We have highlighted before Barclays efforts in the UK (Barclays Spaces for Sports). Below, you will see more work from the company, this time with its naming rights partner, the…