Category Archives: The Do’ers

People, organizations, companies making it all happen

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…

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…

Puma, UNEP and the Play for Life campaign

Global sportswear and equipment manufacturer PUMA and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recently announced a strategic partnership to support biodiversity worldwide and specific initiatives in Africa. Puma has created…

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…