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Grassroots

Sports That Serve Meeting Needs of Orphans

“There are many Calcuttas in the world,” said Mother Teresa. “Find your Calcutta.” This is one of the many great lessons we can take from Mother Teresa. It’s a call on all of us to find, and pursue, a service we are each passionate about.
Rob Shields definitely found his Calcutta. Perhaps it’s [...]

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Variety of Illinois Takes a Look Back on 2009

Check out the new 2009 retrospective from Variety of Illinois. The non-profit group is helping to give children with disabilities the freedom and independence to live life and fulfill their roles in society. The effort reaches well beyond Illinois, though. Through a network of 54 chapters in 14 countries, Variety the Children’s [...]

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True Sport Making an Impact on Canadian Sports

In Canada, there is a social movement powered by people using sports to transform lives. At the heart of True Sport is the simple idea that good sport can make a great difference. In its purest form, youth sports should inspires friendship, learning, health, and personal growth. Check out the video, which [...]

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Is it Right to Pay a Child for Every Goal Scored?

If I was on this plan when I was a kid, I’d be a rich man. I always better at playing soccer than I was at taking out the garbage and mowing the lawn. While scoring a goal can hardly be considered a chore, it is a source of revenue for one kid.
Positive [...]

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Sports Shed Takes Equipment Drive to New Level

Chicago’s NBC 5 profiles The Sports Shed, a growing Illinois-based organization that is distributing sports equipment to non-profit organizations, including Girls in the Game and Mercy Home for Boys, who run sports and fitness programs for youth. The TV news piece throws a bit a curve. What starts as an apparent plug for [...]

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Upcoming Dempsey Challenge Already a Success

The inaugural Demspey Challenge is less than a week away. Maine in the fall surely adds appeal to this charity event, which benefits the Demspey Challenge benefits The Patrick Demsey Center fo Cancer Hope & Healing located at Central Maine Medical Center. The Dempsey Center opened nine months ago, making the Challenge [...]

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No Kidding! Comedian Eddie Izzard Completes Charity Run Around United Kingdom

Is anybody up for a nice brisk run around the United Kingdom? The entire U.K.? Officials at U.K.-based charity Sport Relief initially thought such an idea was crazy, but comedian Eddie Izzard wasn’t joking. I can almost hear the more serious tone of Izzard affirming his plan, “I said 1100 miles. I [...]

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Life Rolls On Merges with Reeve Foundation

They’re billing it as the “most major event” in their ten-year history, and for good reason. While Life Rolls On will continue to produce unique quality of life programs, including its award-winning, adaptive surfing program, They Will Surf Again, as well as education, motivation and awareness initiatives, the organization will now do so with [...]

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Street Games Festival Exposing Kids to Sports

Olympic athletes Beth Tweddle and Diane Modahl recently took time to meet with children to encourage them to get involved in different sports. The event was part the sixth annual North West Street Games Festival in the U.K. The festival, organized by Sport4Life, aims to bring sports to children from disadvantaged backgrounds. [...]

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PCA Gives Out Three Honoring the Game Awards

As part of the National Youth Sports Awards Program sponsored by Deloitte, Positive Coaching Alliance now bestows quarterly Honoring the Game Awards to schools and youth sports organizations that embody PCA ideals.
The most recent winners include Mustang Soccer in Danville, Calif., Niles North High School in Skokie, Ill., and Northport Cow Harbor United Soccer Club [...]

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CAN Futbol Foundation Using Soccer to Serve Children; Lakers’ Farmar Active With His Own Foundation

The CAN Futbol Foundation is a grassroots, humanitarian organization that uses soccer and education as its vehicle to empower the world’s underprivileged youth.
This eight-minute film takes a look at CANFF’s work in Honduras.
After the jump, there’s a video on Los Angeles Lakers G Jordan Farmar.

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News Bytes: Catching Up On the Week’s Stories

Golf takes the top this week, with the Mike Weir Foundation being named an official charity of the RBC Canadian Open. Plus, Tiger’s foundation announced a matching donations effort. Also after the jump, bytes on Michael Phelps, Athletics for Kids and reader suggestions from the West Coast.

Mike Weir: RBC and the Royal Canadian [...]

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