Category Archives: Grassroots

Pepsi Refresh Project – off and running

Something that we have highlighted earlier – we are ahead of the game! – got into gear this week. The Pepsi Refresh Project aims to find people, businesses, and non-profits…

Making sports safe, inclusive and fair

Sometimes the worst of human behavior makes its way onto or around our playing fields. Players, and maybe worse, parents!, forget about why we play and the respect they should…

When is gym?

That used to be a question a lot of us would ask years ago. Having a respite from non-stop class, getting a chance to play – maybe even outside! –…

Places to play and programs to play in

Two major issues impacting kids’ health and “fun quotient” are lack of facilities/equipment and programs that provide at least some supervision or guidance for kids who want to play. And…

Reminder – February 3, 2010 is National Girls & Women in Sports Day

Get more information here. History NGWSD is celebrated in all 50 states with community-based events, award ceremonies, and activities honoring the achievements and encouraging participation of girls and women in…

SFF – sports friends forever

Wow, did I just channel P. Hilton and L. Lohan?  🙁 Playing sports, especially team sports, gives us the opportunity to come together for a time to share challenges, work…

Help New Orleans win again

We have covered the organization 9th Ward Field of Dreams before. Brian Bordainick and his colleagues, friends, students, and broader community in New Orleans are trying to build a state-of-the…

Alive and Kicking in 2010

Alive & Kicking manufactures hand stitched sports balls in sub-Saharan Africa in order to provide balls for children who don’t have balls to play with, jobs for previously unemployed adults,…

NBA and NFL – It's time for all of us to play

For us sports fans, we are entering a weekend that is ripe for sitting around and doing little, other than eating. Tons of college basketball and then the NFL conference…

Wanting to be "Unreasonable" – APAID

An organization we have highlighted before just contacted us with some good news.  APAID has been selected as a finalist for the Unreasonable Institute (UI). UI is a group that…