Category Archives: The Do’ers

People, organizations, companies making it all happen

Crawford and Sabathia team up

Rays LF CARL CRAWFORD and Yankees P CC SABATHIA yesterday afternoon held a clinic for “more than 200 kids from area Boys & Girls clubs, trying to encourage more African-American…

Sports and Sustainability – Survey of D1 college athletic depts

From Inside Higher Ed. The full article can be found at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/07/30/sustainable, with an excerpt provided below. The below mentioned survey report is available here. 2009-Collegiate-Athletic-Department-Sustainability-Survey (Excerpt) July 30, 2009 College…

New Balance Foundation Marine Mammal Center

New Balance Foundation Marine Mammal Center Opens at New England Aquarium Please visit http://www.neaq.org/about_us/center_opening.php to see a slide show of the opening earlier this month. BOSTON – In celebration of…

Jason Bay Day

All-Star Sox slugger Jason Bay treated 150 kids from local Boys & Girls Clubs to a Q & A at Fenway, a tour of the old ballyard, and lunch atop…

Maine Basketball Managers To Be Honored In Boston

Celtics President Rich Gotham and F Brian Scalabrine will participate in a ceremony honoring the ’08-09 Heroes Among Us Award recipients at the Massachusetts State House. The team established the…

President Barack Obama to Honor 2008 WNBA Champion Detroit Shock at White House

The full press release can be seen at http://www.wnba.com/news/shock_whitehouse_090722.html. (Excerpt below) Prior to the ceremony, the WNBA and the Shock will join forces with United We Serve – a national…

Brightening their night at Yankee Stadium

Kudos to the Yankees for hosting this very special event and for its entire Hope Week initiative. You can learn more about Hope Week and the Yankees’ other community efforts…

GamesCampus Teams with the Fergie Jenkins Foundation

GamesCampus Teams with the Fergie Jenkins Foundation Saturday 07/25/2009 9:39 AM ET – Close-up Media San Jose-based online game publisher, GamesCampus announced that it has established a partnership with Hall…

WNBA Toyota Project Rebound – All-Star week activity

The WNBA, the Connecticut Sun, and Toyota are teaming up to unveil a renovated basketball court at the Windham Recreation Center in Willimantic, Conn. WNBA players will be on hand…

Peace Cup starting today

The fourth edition of the Peace Cup, an international soccer tournament that benefits the Peace Dream Foundation starts today in Spain. The foundation sponsors youth soccer events in conflict regions…