Category Archives: Organizations

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…

Giving HIV a red card

Over the past 7+ years, Grassroot Soccer (GRS) has created and implemented curricula, programs, and strategies for expansion that have seen its efforts educate more than 300,000 kids in several…

Beyond Sport 2010 – Open for entries

Following the great success of its inaugural effort in 2009, Beyond Sport will once again hold its Summit and Awards event.  The Beyond Sport Awards 2010, which allow any organization…

Global games, global family

Over the past few days we have highlighted the efforts of a number of athletes and organizations to aid the people of Haiti in this incredible time of need. Support…

All-star caliber assistance

On the day he received the National Civil Rights Museum Sports Legacy Award* along with legendary HOFer Oscar Robertson, Alonzo Mourning announced that his just-created partnership with former teammate and…

Two minute warning – Who Gives? campaign ends tomorrow

Tomorrow is the last day to get in your donations in for the Athletes for Hope sponsored “Who Gives? Racing for a Cause” campaign. You can learn more about the…

Relief efforts in Haiti – Your knowledge counts

For many of you who live and breathe the world of sports and development, who have programs all around the U.S. and around the world, the conditions in Haiti before…