Charity Stripe
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McGrady Spends Summer
Living Among Darfur Refugees |
In Houston, Jonathan Feigen reported Rockets G Tracy McGrady this summer went to Chad "to live among Darfur's displaced people, to hear their stories, to hold their babies and to vow to return to his world to be their voice." McGrady brought a filmmaker with him "and they plan to make a documentary that he hopes will help spread the word, perhaps even inspire others to join the cause." McGrady's journey "began months ago" when he made a donation to the construction of Rockets C Dikembe Mutombo's hospital in the Congo (HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 9/30).
VICTORY JUNCTION GANG: The NASCAR Foundation yesterday gave a $500,000 check to the Victory Junction Gang Camp, founded by driver Kyle Petty and his wife, Pattie, during prerace activities at the Nextel Cup LifeLock 400. The money was raised mainly through NASCAR Day activities (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 9/30). In K.C., Randy Covitz noted the Pettys Thursday "laid the groundwork for a Midwest version of their camp at a meeting with top officials" from Sprint, NASCAR, Kansas Speedway, Children's Mercy Hospital and other business and community leaders (K.C. STAR, 9/29).
CANCER AWARENESS: The NHL and NHLPA are marking the 10th anniversary of their Hockey Fights Cancer initiative with a season-long campaign, including Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness Month in October. All NHL players will wear a pink decal on their helmets during October, with some to be autographed and auctioned on NHL.com. Also, New Era has designed team-specific pink ladies' caps that will be on sale at select team stores (NHL).
WALK ACROSS AMERICA: Friday’s edition of ABC’s “World News” profiled former NFLer George Martin as their “Person of the Week” for his efforts to raise awareness and $10M for medical care for 9/11 workers now suffering health problems from working at Ground Zero. Martin is walking 3,200 miles over four months from N.Y. to S.F. to help in his efforts. Martin: “I don’t look upon myself as a hero. I’m looked upon as a hero because I played a kid’s game at a professional level. The people who I think are heroes are people who sacrifice their lives. Those to me are true American heroes.” Martin said he would “rather face” his cross-country walk “than a Bill Parcells training camp” (“World News,” ABC, 9/28).
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