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Image courtesy of: Kurt Perschke
Kurt Perschke’s RedBall Project has gone north to Ontario, Canada and the city of Toronto as part of the Luminato - Toronto Festival of the Arts + Creativity - the annual ten-day celebration of the arts where Toronto’s stages, streets, and public spaces are infused with theatre, dance, classical and contemporary music, film, literature, visual arts, and design.
Kurt sent an email alerting me that my efforts to spread the word about his amazing public art project is paying “playful” dividends!
——-Original Message——-
From: kurt perschke [mailto:kurt@redballproject.com]
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 6:14 PM
To: Kevin Carroll
Subject: Toronto Day 1 - The KC crowd
Hey Kevin,
We just stared day one of RedBall Toronto and it turns out the first site was across the street from the Right To Play headquarters! Their board meeting turned into a RedBall day and they were out in full force, I would definitely say they ‘go it’. We also had a visit from a an intrepid group from Invesco Trimark, who said you had introduced them to the project in the last year, they were all over it - literally- and plan on catching some of the other sites.
Just wanted to give you a heads up and many thanks again for spreading the word.
best - kurt
Got PLAY?!
“Right To Play is an international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play programs to improve health, develop life skills, and foster peace for children and communities in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Working in both the humanitarian and development context, Right To Play trains local community leaders as Coaches to deliver our programs in more than 20 countries affected by war, poverty, and disease in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.”
You never know what you’ll find on the Internet. Here are a couple of pictures I have not seen in ages of me speaking to kids, found on the Right to Play website:
What’s your Red Rubber Ball?!
Thursday Shoutout is our time to feature those who are fighting the good fight using sport and play for social change. And giving thanks to those who have given us luv on their websites. This is our way of saying: Backatcha!
From the Right to Play website:
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST NATALIE COUGHLIN MAKES HER MEDAL COUNT$20,000 Donation to Right To Play Made Through Hearts Of Gold Program
BEIJING, CHINA (August 12, 2008) – The Olympic gold medal Natalie Coughlin won today for the Women’s 100m backstroke at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will have a longstanding impact not only for Team U.S.A., but for children in need throughout the world. Through the Johnson & Johnson Hearts of Gold program, the Company will make a $20,000 donation on behalf of Coughlin to international humanitarian organization Right To Play.
When given a platform as large as the Olympics, the temptation for the young athlete may be to focus on self, on me and my accomplishments. This is completely understandable. And then there are those players who are able to step back from the boozy glow of success and find a way to share their success’s reward. Right to Play is an organization that helps world class athletes share their success with youth living in dire circumstances all over the globe.
What’s your Red Rubber Ball?!
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