When you think of professional athletes giving back to the community, who jumps to mind? LeBron James? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? Colin Kaepernick? Kevin Durant? Malcolm Jenkins? Chances are your list will start off with a lot of well known MALE athletes. But there are hundreds of elite female athletes that are just as competitive, hard working… Continue reading Women’s History Month: Female Athletes Giving Back to the Community
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February 2019 Sports Philanthropy Round Up
NFL Maroon 5 Follow Travis Scott's Lead, Donate $500,000 to Charity Ahead of Super BowlMaroon 5 has followed Travis Scott's lead and partnered with the NFL and Interscope Records to donate $500,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America in advance of their #SBLIII halftime performance. Carrie Bradshaw, 'The Dude' to star in Super Bowl… Continue reading February 2019 Sports Philanthropy Round Up
The Value of Corporate Social Responsibility in Sports
Stats and research provided in partnership with ZeroCater. Plenty of people give back for all sorts of reasons during the year. Lots of giving is concentrated at the holiday time when people’s needs become much more amplified but people give back throughout the year, too, because frankly the need is always there—it doesn’t matter when.… Continue reading The Value of Corporate Social Responsibility in Sports
PeacePlayers International: Baltimore Project
PeacePlayers International is an organization that offers sports programming, peace education and leadership development to those living in communities in conflict around the world. Founded by brothers Brendan and Sean Tuohey, their international programs are based in South Africa, the Middle East, Cyprus, Northern Ireland and now the United States. Sean had the idea for… Continue reading PeacePlayers International: Baltimore Project
Social Impact Theme Dominates at SBLIII Atlanta
It’s time again for another Super Bowl weekend. As it does every year, the big game brings in brands looking to capitalize on the eyeballs. And boy are there a lot of eyeballs already. According to SRI Insights and Front Office Sports, there have been over 150,000 Super Bowl tweets and retweets that mention Atlanta… Continue reading Social Impact Theme Dominates at SBLIII Atlanta
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