I am he as you are me and we are all together

These last few weeks I have been exposed to a new side of society, the philanthropic side, that I didn’t really think existed except in the government’s welfare offices, or in the fairy tail lands Disney movies. It seemed like people cared more about cats and dogs than their fellow man. I was beginning to… [Read more…]

Not Your Everyday Coop…

As a journalism student with a disdain for “real news”, my only viable career options left are in entertainment or sports, and I just don’t see myself following the mundane daily details of the lives of Lady Gaga or Kim Kardashian.  So when I saw the Sport in Society entry on the list of potential… [Read more…]

Wrapping it up on the Eastside..and what’s next?

Since the last time I blogged, I talked about how after the Thanksgiving break Tom and myself would be facilitating two more sessions at McKay Middle School. Well the two weeks have passed and now we are done facilitating there. For the last session, we showed the kids the video MTV Flipped and followed up… [Read more…]

East Side!!!…the trainings at McKay Middle..

For the past two weeks, Tom and I have been doing our Project Teamwork facilitations at McKay Middle School, which is in East Boston. Everything has been going well so far and the kids have been a great group. During the first week, our main goal was to simply get to know the kids because… [Read more…]

This past week, Demetrius and I went out to East Boston to start a new training session.  We attended the McKay Middle School where we had the pleasure of teaching both 7th and 8th graders about the project teamwork curriculum.  The first session was really fun, Demetrius and I talked about ourselves then we got… [Read more…]

On to the next one…

Last time I blogged, I talked about how myself and Tom were finishing up our facilitation of Project Teamwork at Point Webster Middle School. Now starting this upcoming tuesday, we will be back at it again, this time at the McKay Middle School, which is in East Boston. It’s been about two weeks since we… [Read more…]

Verizon event and weeks to come

This past Friday Sport in Society hosted an event for the Verizon Foundation.  This event was really interesting because we got to hear a lot of interesting stories and also got to hear from college football hall of famer Don McPherson.  Also I meet a lot of interesting people as well as catch up with… [Read more…]

Community Service Event

Here is a video (located on the right side bar) featuring all of the great work Sport in Society and  other volunteers did with the Celtics Community Crew a few weeks ago: Celtics Community Crew Video       Posted By: Ronnie Townsend

Quick Updates

Sport in Society Co-ops have been working very hard these past few weeks meeting with Executive and Teen Directors from the YMCA’s of Greater Boston. After interviewing with each branch, we have collected their data and formed a power point presentation on our findings and recommendations for the senior VP of operations, Harold Sparrow. This meeting… [Read more…]

Ending with a Bang!!!

This past tuesday, Tom and I finished our last Project Teamwork session at Point Webster middle school. It’s been a great last 4 weeks there and to be honest, I was a little disappointed that we wasn’t going to be coming here anymore. They were fun to be around and they enjoyed us being there… [Read more…]