ONLY TWO WEEKS AWAY!! The Sports Philanthropy World Congress is on August 9th in Chicago. LOOK AT OUR UPDATED PAGE!! New organizations added to the list every day. We hope to put your name on the list TODAY!!
Some high profile names on this week’s list as we see terrific initiatives from Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, MLS, Lionel Messi, DeAndre Joran, Malcolm Jenkins and many, many more! Lots of great stories this week as the summer season is in full swing!
- July 26, 2019 – The Durant Center is helping minority low income high schoolers earn a college degree as well as the Kevin Durant Foundation pledging $10M over the next 10 years to help students in the area where he grew up
- July 25, 2019 – Through Only 3 Elements team building event, they were able to build and donate 153 sports wheelchairs to grassroots inclusive sport clubs and rehabilitation centers
- July 25, 2019 – Karen Ryan’s daughter was born with Down Syndrome and she wanted to pass on the love of sports to her daughter Violet and Special Olympics made that possible
- July 25, 2019 – DeAndre Jordan spent time in the New York Community and worked with Beyond Meat and Dunkin Donuts to spread the love
- July 24, 2019–PODCAST: Sports Philanthropy Podcast with Randy Blakeslee, Symboliq Media sharing his insight with our host Roy Kessel.
- July 24, 2019 – The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame highlighted that there are now 775 Colleges and Universities nationwide that offer the sport of Football
- July 24, 2019 – Messi’s Foundation is involved with building new water pumps, providing food supplies, working with UNICEF and building classrooms in Syria
- July 24, 2019 – Philadelphia Eagles Safety Malcolm Jenkins spoke to students about his experience with mental health at the Beating the Odds Summit at Howard University
- July 23, 2019 – Casey Wasserman, President and CEO of the Wasserman Foundation launches The Collective with $1M for Women in Sports
- July 23, 2019 – My Twenty Four interviewed Malcolm Lemmons on “Behind the Number” Podcast and speaks out about how he went from student athlete to pro athlete to businessman/author
- July 23, 2019 – NHL Star Theo Fleury talked to Sport Techie about his struggles with addiction and suicide and how he is working to advocate for mental health awareness
- July 23, 2019 – Panelists gathered at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee following the Milwaukee Bucks Inc. “Empowering Women through Sports” panel discussion and got featured in the Sports Business Journal
- July 22, 2019 – AliPay has committed 1 billion Yuan over 10 years to develop women’s soccer in China and the money will be used for various things to benefit the team
- July 22, 2019 – The Malcom Jenkins Foundation put on their 10th GetReadyFest distributing food and personal goods to 400 underserved families in West Philadelphia
- July 22, 2019 – Is Philanthropic collaboration worth it? New research reveals what leads to success or to failure
- July 22, 2019 – A record crowd of 17,388 sees returning World Cup players spur the Chicago Red Stars to comeback win vs the Carolina Courage
- July 22, 2019 – Project Play WNY and Bridget Niland are experimenting with ways to bring back sports to kids Buffalo, New York because too many kids nationwide are pushed out of sports from pressure and costs
- July 22, 2019 – The Michael Johnson Young Leaders were inspired by their desire to make a difference through sport at the Michael Johnson Young Leaders Summit
- July 22, 2019 – For Billie Jean King – surely the greatest activist in the history of sport senses that a movement is building is undeniable and that movement could be Women’s Sport
- July 22, 2019 – Chase Utley and Alex Verdugo among those scheduled to attend the annual Dodgers All-Access event benefitting the Dodgers Foundation and the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission
- July 22, 2019 – Here are 10 Athletes in history with Weird Contract Clauses but what if athletes can add in social impact clauses or donation clauses to their contracts with teams
- July 22, 2019 – ESPN is a proud supporter of the Special Olympics Unified Program. Congratulations to the 2019 Special Olympics Unified All-Star Athletes!
- July 21, 2019 – “Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world” -Nelson Mandela
- July 21, 2019 – Interesting perspective on the most important words in life from Paul Cocuzza
- July 21, 2019 – The School that Lebron James had opened for kids is crushing expectations and sees a huge gain in test scores
- July 21, 2019 – Each Season, Major League Soccer and Wells Fargo recognize individuals who are using soccer to improve the lives of others in a Community MVP Contest
- July 20, 2019 – DICK’S Sporting Goods pledges to give 1 Million Youth Athletes access to sports by 2024 as well as match up to $1 Million in donations made by customers to the foundation at DICK’S store checkouts or online
- July 20, 2019 – Milwaukee Youth Sport Alliance had 11 organizations united together to use sport as a tool for social change
- July 20, 2019 – As part of the NFL Foundation’s Athletic Trainer Grant Program, the Los Angeles Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams are making a two-year commitment of $100,000 to WCSM Foundation and Team HEAL to provide ATs and resources to underserved high schools in the Los Angeles region
- July 20, 2019 – Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat.Learn.Play Foundation will address Nutrition, Education and Recreation to help kids have a healthy childhood
