Category Archives: The Do’ers

People, organizations, companies making it all happen

Pepsi looking to be Super in your community

Big news regarding a big Super Bowl sponsor. Pepsi will drop its beverage-related Super Bowl advertising in 2010 – the total for the 2009 game was $15 million for 150…

Award 3, recognize 30, educate thousands more – The Rudy Awards

I just learned about a new award given out by an organization of which, I again, am just becoming aware. This is what makes publishing this blog so much fun….

Charles Woodson – Playing and acting like the best

Charles Woodson, Heisman Trophy winner from the Univ. of Michigan and current Green Bay Packer has often been viewed, rightly or wrongly, as very self-centered. Some of that was based…

NFLPA and Native American health – a shared vision

The NFL Players Association and Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health recently co-hosted the 14th Annual Evening With the Stars Gala to benefit Native Vision, an initiative that serves…

5th "anniversary" of Tsunami Disaster

I actually don’t like the word “anniversary” when it comes to acknowledging such a terrible event, as anniversary should be associated with celebratory events. But in this case, the use…

Supporting play…from birth

We have highlighted the efforts of KaBoom! before. The organization is a leader in creating opportunities for children to play and pushing discussion about the need for kids to be…

Reminder – Red Carpet Soiree

The United Way’s Young Leaders Council is having its 2nd Annual Red Carpet Soiree: A night of fun and philanthropy tonight, Dec. 12, in New York City, honoring Beverly Bond,…

Sports. Business. Philanthropy.

Sports. Business. Philanthropy. These are three driving forces behind the Sports Doing Good blog and The Kaur Group. So when I had the chance to attend an event entitled “Sports,…

Things to see – The Blind Side; Invictus

The Blind Side, the remarkable true story of NFL rookie Michael Oher, has been on a nice run at the theater, earning more than $125 million in 3 weeks. Here…

Something about these Princeton grads

Two good stories involving the Tigers, Princeton that is. First, George Parros of the Anaheim Ducks has launched a clothing line – ah, the fresh smell of entrepreneurship – the…