Marcus Rashford welcomes school holiday support climbdown
By Hannah Richardson
Education and social affairs reporter
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01-18-2018, 03:47 PM
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Vikings Fans donate $84k and counting in recognition of sportsmanship of injured player who stayed on field for final play after losing the game
Thomas Morstead (the injured player mentioned)'s charity, What you give will grow, has committed to passing on all donations collected from this campaign to The Minnesota Children's Hospital. Since the account has reached over 100K Morstead will be flying to Minnesota to personally deliver the check. relevant article direct link to donate to Minnesota Children's through WYGWG Thomas Morstead (#6) is the punter for the New Orleans Saints (the team the Vikings won against last Sunday - where he suffered a painful injury to the ribs). This makes everyone's efforts that much more special. Vikings fans are donating to a rivals team's punter's charity (which they didn't have to) and then he turns around and gives the money right back to a local Minnesota Children's Hospital (which he didn't have to do). Class acts all around! |
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07-05-2018, 09:13 AM
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Nice story, kudos to the Japanese players.
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07-31-2018, 01:50 PM
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Cool thing LeBron is doing.
The additional thing that comes to mind is maybe also offer an early dinner along with breakfast and lunch. https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/201...-risk-children Quote:
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07-31-2018, 02:29 PM
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This was an interesting listen if you are interested in donations to education. Talks about how so much money is donated to big, wealthy schools like Harvard but how little is donated to poor schools that would do so much more with it. Story is about a guy who donated $100 million to a small university in New Jersey which basically made them a good engineering school.
http://revisionisthistory.com/episod...undred-million Last edited by RainMaker : 07-31-2018 at 02:31 PM. |
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08-03-2018, 02:19 PM
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A very kind gesture that wouldn't even have been publicized if not for the young mans family. Donovan Mitchell is a good dude! And this will make him more of a fan favorite than he already was in Utah.
How Donovan Mitchell generously aided a Jazz fan in need |
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10-26-2018, 05:34 PM
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01-06-2019, 12:41 PM
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Texans star DeAndre Hopkins dedicated game check to Jazmine Barnes | abc13.com
Glad he helped but it is still a tragic story.
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03-18-2019, 05:59 PM
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College not pro but I think it fits.
Nearly 4 years ago Southern University player Devon Gales suffered a catastrophic spinal injury in a special teams collision with the UGA kicker. An outpouring of support came from across the Georgia fanbase, both emotionally and financially, throughout his extensive treatment at Atlanta's Sheppard Spinal Center. Last year the family broke ground on a house designed with his needs in mind in a rural suburb of Athens. And today he was introduced as the newest member of the coaching staff at another suburban HS (a top end program at that). Just very cool. VIDEO: Devon Gales to assist Jefferson football team - Sports - Athens Banner-Herald - Athens, GA
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04-10-2019, 07:25 PM
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Here’s to Dwyane Wade.
Sports Illustrated on Twitter: "It is REAL dusty in here https://t.co/lsPnru8304" |
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10-17-2019, 03:46 PM
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Kudos to Michael Jordan: Emotional Michael Jordan unveils first of two medical clinics in Charlotte
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Athletes are doing good things during the pandemic
Well done Joel Joel Embiid working with 76ers ownership to get antibody tests for health care workers
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07-02-2020, 04:46 PM
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Inmate backed by WNBA star Maya Moore released from Missouri prison
I don't know if anyone has kept up with this case. Talk about sacrifice.
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09-06-2020, 01:34 PM
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I meant to post about this earlier this week. 22 years old and taking on child hunger. Full props to him.
Marcus Rashford announces alliance with food industry to tackle child food poverty | UK News | Sky News
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I like to think I would do the same thing. Kudos to him.
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I disagree. Part of the race is following the course. If he missed a corner that no-one else missed, that’s on him. F1 & Indy car drivers don’t wait on rivals if they miss a corner - same thing to me.
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11-08-2020, 08:49 AM
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One more time for Marcus Rashford MBE. sign-in |