Category Archives: The Do’ers

People, organizations, companies making it all happen

TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL GREAT SPORTS LEGENDS DINNER RAISES MORE THAN $6.3 MILLION

The Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner to benefit the Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis is one of the most high profile and best fundraisers in the world of sports and…

Betfair Donates Cash 4 Clubs

http://www.gamingalerts.co.uk/news/industry-news/Betfair-Donates-Cash-4-Clubs5350.html 2nd October, 2009 Reports from eGaming Review have revealed that online bookmakers, Betfair, have donated £10,000 to amateur sport as part of its corporate social responsibility plans. The cash…

Adonal Foyle on tour

We recently included a news item about NBA player Adonal Foyle and two others being inducted into World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame. Unlike other Halls of Fame, inductees can…

Playground Best Practices

KaBOOM! just announced its top 12 play programs in the U.S. Part of the criteria was measurable results and a model of performance that can be emulated by others.  Congratulations…

The NFL and Breast Cancer Awareness

Great job by the League in building this campaign. This past weekend was the most high profile part of the campaign but this is a comprehensive effort that should make…

Give it a chance – UFL (United Football League)

I am excited by the start of the UFL’s inaugural season. I admit that excitement is more about the prospect of seeing a new league, especially a pro football one,…

Commercially supported campaigns – Lady Foot Locker

It is not all about donations. We have seen a trend, thankfully, of giving people the chance to buy products they can really use and at the same time contribute…

Frank Lampard and Thierry Henry to front PepsiCo's anti-obesity ads

I like the partnership between government, corporate, and individuals to bring attention to this issue. You can find the full article by Mark Sweney at The Guardian at http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/05/frank-lampard-anti-obesity, with…

CNN Heroes – It's All Good

CNN Heroes is a terrific initiative to highlight the positive works of everyday individuals around the country and around the world. Right now voting is taking place to pick the…

Addressing a problem at the point of impact

We highlighted a story a few days about the NFL study that looks at the possible relationship between playing careers in the league and memory-loss and brain related diseases later…