Category Archives: Grassroots

GoGirlGo! and NFL/United Way tackle obesity head on

Nationwide, we are facing an obesity and overall poor health epidemic. It truly is everywhere. For example, a recent study was done involving kids in Massachusetts which found that 1…

GAMECHANGERS|Sports Micro-Venture Fund – microfinancing CAN change the game

Since the pioneering efforts of Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank, the idea of microfinance has captured the imagination and attention of individuals, organizations, and companies in the development world….

Respecting the game, respecting the culture

Bringing sports and all of its related benefits to those young and old is a wonderful gesture, one that helps elevate those now enjoying and developing through sport, and those…

Olympic champions providing a level playing field…and swimming pool

So much of what is challenging for young athletes is having access to basic and then higher-level resources – whether equipment, field-space or money. That is often the case when…

Trekking to new heights

It is said in the world of entrepreneurship that in starting a new company or organization, “go with what you know.” Leverage your past experience and current expertise. It is…

Aug. 18 deadline – Voting in Nike/Changemakers “changing lives through football”

Nike and Ashoka’s Changemakers have again partnered up on a competition that brings together energetic, inspiring individuals and organizations and their local and worldwide supporters.  Building on the success of…

Rural challengers – the love and impact of sports knows no boundaries

Providing access to sports and all its related positive effects can be a challenge even in the most developed locations. Money, infrastructure, eduation, etc. Even when it’s all there sometimes…

Benchmarking passion for team, league, and sport

In 2011, Major League Soccer (MLS) will invite 2 more teams into the fold – the Vancouver Whitecaps and the Portland Timbers – bringing the total to 18 teams in…

Sport and development in good hands

Good acts borne from and/or related to sports in the modern era have been around since those sports were first “created.” That is what is inherent in sports, i.e. working…

Rebirth of a sports legend? The New York Cosmos

The late 1970s and early 1980s featured maybe what was the initial version of the term Galacticos made famous by football/soccer teams such as Real Madrid and Chelsea. Powerhouses that…