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To whom much is given…
By Jeremy | May 2, 2007
"Strategic alliances with professional athletes, individuals and corporate sponsors will facilitate X-cel's expansion. Why athletes? 1. Common culture and heritage 2. Admiration, respect, and credibility 3. Resources 4. Synergy Many athletes come from inner cities and desire to contribute to youth oriented programs. Similarly, urban youth are drawn to sports stars like few other industry leaders. Generation X-cel will allow athletes to consolidate resources and energies to build a program with national possibilities. The athletes will provide financial resources and enhance marketability. They will also comprise an advisory committee and participate in regular activities with young people."Granted I was a hopelessly naive 24-year-old when I wrote that, but I genuinely believed that a consolidated giving approach would serve the legitimately good intentions of generous athletes far better than the rash of private foundations that were being established even then. The challenge for me was that everyone who saw this practically laughed in my face. If not, they gave the paternalistic look of someone swallowing a snicker while simultaneously trying not to burst my idealistic bubble. Every one, it seemed, became an apologist for why athletes would never support a program like Generation Xcel. Assuming we could get past the layers of handlers, the reasoning went, why would they trust us when everyone comes at them looking for a handout? Especially cynical skeptics even challenged my assumption that athletes from the 'hood who overcome poverty care to give back. So like many of Xcel's "Big Ideas" over the years, this one has sat on a shelf awaiting it's appointed time, although periodically I've alluded to it on this blog (like this claim that NYC's professional athletes have the capacity to finance quality after school care for every New York child living in poverty). I wonder if articles like this one from the Wall Street Journal (4/28/07) portend the dawning of a new era. Time to dust off the old strategy paper perhaps?
Throughout pro sports, the individual charity has become practically institutionalized. Teams, leagues and agents all rally players to become philanthropists as a way to boost the athletes' images while giving back. But if there is plenty of encouragement to get players to conduct charitable activities, there is much less guidance that would help these athletes, most of whom are newcomers to the world of philanthropy. ... The Wall Street Journal reviewed the latest available tax filings for 85 individual-athlete foundations. Of those, 35 devoted more than 75% of their spending to charitable programs, the standard guideline.Article. HT: RudyKostenlos Squirter-VideoVerspritzen Orgasmus mit Mädchenseekmo Kostenlos PornofilmenGranny Fett Enkel ficktSybian Orgasmus TeenBeautifull Mädchen asiatische yougboob Milch Squirt FrauenVirgin junge Papa Tochter Map
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