Category Archives: The Do’ers

People, organizations, companies making it all happen

Growing a beard? Sounds good to me!

The National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs began last week and in addition to goals, hard hits, the occasional high-sticking, we are guaranteed to see…facial hair. What? Beard-a-thon ® is the…

Best Practices Fundraising Summit – April 21-22

The Giving Back Fund (GBF) will be holding the Second Annual Best Practices Fundraising Summit on April 21st and April 22nd at the Omni Hotel in San Diego, California. The…

Haiti Update #5 – sportanddev and Up2Us

It has been a real pleasure to highlight the efforts of great individuals and organizations who are staying active in the relief and rebuilding efforts in Haiti. There are, of…

Haiti Update #4 – Alonzo Mourning and Project Medishare

No doubt Alonzo Mourning knows how to ball. All-American, Olympic gold medalist, NBA champion. He has the awards to prove it.  His excellence on the court has brought him great…

Haiti Update #3 – Peace and Sport (part 2)

In this second part, we offer an update directly from Peace and Sport about activity over the past month. Peace and Sport Coordinated Activity in the Past Month — The…

Haiti Update #3 – Peace and Sport (part 1)

“Peace and Sport puts sport and its structuring values at the heart of development projects led within communities in crisis around the world. With interventions in areas of post-conflict, extreme…

Haiti Update #2: FIFA, on and off the field

In February, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said about the earthquake in Haiti, “With a greater understanding of the magnitude of the human toll and widespread destruction, it is clear that…

Haiti Update #1: Seth Stammler and Sporting Chance Foundation

Seth Stammler, Defender, New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer; Founder of Sporting Chance Foundation. It meant a lot to hear from Seth Stammler regarding his efforts in Haiti…

Haiti Updates – April 12-16

Anniversaries are a time to reflect. Hopefully it is recognition of a happy time but certainly there are instances when the occasion is much more somber. In either case, it…

Beyond Sport Awards submissions – 1 more week

More information on Beyond Sport and the Awards can be found by clicking here. The Awards There are 12 categories for the Beyond Sport Awards 2010 covering the entire sporting…