Category Archives: Organizations

Eating Pizza Cures Cancer?

No, sadly we are not talking about the latest and greatest medical breakthrough in cancer research.  Instead though, we are talking about March, when everything gets a little mad.  March…

National After-School Program shows results in DC fighting childhood obesity, keeping kids out of trouble

A new report from DC SCORES shows the effectiveness of its after-school program in District public schools. DC SCORES partnered with Symphonic Strategies, an independent consulting firm, to assess its…

Surfrider Foundation celebrates World Water Day

March 22nd is World Water Day – a global observance of our planet’s most precious resource.  In recognition of World Water Day, the Surfrider Foundation is unveiling a robust offering…

Down to the Sweet 60 – Street Soccer USA

Our friends at Street Soccer USA have moved onto the final round of Change.org’s “Ideas for Change in America” competition.* This is a great accomplishment. From January – February 2010,…

Dribble, Drive, Diabetes

Athletes, for the most part, are in great shape. Makes sense. You play sports all the time, work out, hopefully pay attention to what you eat. Despite all that, issues…

Starting early to prevent damage later

We have covered the issue of athlete safety multiple times, including looking specifically at concussions in football (the U.S. version my int’l friends). The long-term impact can be harsh, and…

Lessons for life taken from the field of play

While the previous story about Binghamton illustrates what happens when athletes, coaches, administrators and communities forget the organic values of sports, the Doc Wayne Athletic League reminds us why we…

A Family of Acronyms working together

Last week the U.S. Fund for UNICEF sent out a press release that expressed its gratitude to so many from the world of sports who have given so generously to…

Welcome to March. Now go grab some fruit!

Happy first day of March! Now that we have made it through February, are starting to dig out of the snow that covered most of the East coast for the…

A billion bicycles

I have always found it a bit annoying when anyone, especially those in the business world, would tout the China or India markets as so monolithic and homogeneous that the…