Save the Date for December 12, 2011 for President Obama’s Classic Basketball game in Washington D.C. Confirmed to play: Ray Allen – Carmelo Anthony Chris Bosh – Vince Carter Tyson Chandler – Jamal Crawford Kevin Durant – Baron Davis Patrick Ewing – Derek Fisher Rudy Gay – Blake Griffin Tyler Hansbrough – Dwight Howard Juwan [...]
Starbucks is teaming up with Opportunity Finance Network® (OFN) which is a group of community lending institutions set up to provide financing to community businesses that need our help. In donating to OFN, 100% of your donation will help create and sustain jobs in underserved communities. To launch this project, the Starbucks Foundation is donating [...]
Alicia Keys presents STICK FLY, the critically-acclaimed American play by Lydia R. Diamond and directed by Kenny Leon, opening this fall on Broadway at the Cort Theatre. The cast includes Dule’ Hill, Mekhi Phifer, Tracie Thoms, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Condola Rashad and Rosie Benton. Tickets are on sale now with a chance to win tickets to the [...]
For the month of October, YMCA of Birmingham and Champions for Health are challenging Jefferson County residents to walk 250,000 miles, approximately the distance to the moon. The October Walking Challenge seeks to raise awareness of the value of walking — and physical activity in general — for overall health. The endeavor launched with a [...]
Three of the Southeast’s most successful construction and development professionals, Samuel L. Gude III, Kenneth S. Chestnut and Egbert L. J. Perry, have formed IntegralGude LLC (IG). The new company, based in Atlanta, will formally bring together executives highly regarded in the Program Management and Constructionfields. A unique opportunity to secure market share both through [...]
Revitalized by the upcoming release of the highly anticipated film The Rum Diary, an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel, a gonzo-eye’s view of a world first charted by Graham Greene, starring Johnny Depp, Actress Karimah Westbrook, who portrays Papa Nebo has a new movie, a new agent and most importantly a new attitude and [...]
The BronzeLens Film Festival of Atlanta, Georgia is a non-profit organization, founded in 2009, that is dedicated to bringing national and worldwide attention to Atlanta as a center for film and film production for people of color. The mission of the BronzeLens Film Festival of Atlanta, Georgia is two fold: to promote Atlanta as the [...]
We Give Books, the digital reading initiative from the Pearson Foundation and the Penguin Group, announced new support for Jumpstart’s Read for the Record, a national campaign that raises awareness about the importance of early literacy by annually engaging adults and children in setting a new world reading record. Today, We Give Books is offering [...]
A new strategic partnership between Rotary International and the global charity Mercy Ships will improve the delivery of vital health care services throughout West Africa.Through the partnership, The Rotary Foundation, Rotary’s charitable arm, will provide grants to Rotary clubs and districts to assemble vocational training teams of medical professionals. The teams will work with Mercy Ships [...]
Michelle Obama will be leading the leaping at the White House next Tuesday for a worldwide challenge to break the record for the number of people doing jumping jacks.Organized in association with National Geographic Kids, the Let’s Jump! event will see the US First Lady join hundreds of school children from the Washington area who will [...]
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