The Hurricane Harvey relief fundraiser J.J. Watt started on YouCaring Sunday is showing no signs of slowing down. After passing the $10 million mark Thursday, it took less than 24 hours for it to hit $14 million, which is $1 million shy of his new goal: $15 million. This weekend, the Houston Texans defensive end and his teammates will disburse [...]
It was another great month of inspiring stories at Purpose2Play. Here are our top five from August, as measured by pageviews. 5. Swimmer Beth French ends Ocean's 7 Challenge for her autistic son Beth French entered the water to show her 8-year-old son, Dylan, what was possible. She got out to show him he’s more important than anything else. The [...]
Scott Searle is known as the "Yo-Yo Man" because he runs long distances while slinging the colorful toy down to the ground and "around-the-world." His tricks while moving are impressive, as are the 13-18 miles he logs on a daily basis, but perhaps his greatest maneuver has been going from drinking 30 beers a day to living a clean and [...]
Arizona State unveiled a statue in the north end zone at Sun Devil Stadium Wednesday to honor former NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman who was killed while serving overseas in 2004. Tillman gave up his NFL career to join the military following the 9/11 attacks. He played football for the Sun Devils and graduated from ASU in 1997. [...]
No NFL game played this year will carry more weight than what Houston Texans star J.J. Watt has shouldered for the Houston area. Less than 24 hours after Watt raised his Hurricane Harvey fundraising goal from $6 million to a whopping $10 million, the mark has been hit. Yes, J.J. Everything is bigger in Texas. "We have the semi-trucks being [...]
The NFL regular season hasn't even started, but ask most people who they think the league's MVP is, and they'll tell you it's J.J. Watt. That's because right after Hurricane Harvey slammed the coastline, leaving 35 dead and many more in southeastern Texas stranded in flooded homes, Watt started his Hurricane Harvey fundraising relief page, which now has a running [...]
St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Matt Carpenter is from Galveston, Texas, so in an effort to help the region that was leveled by Hurricane Harvey, he's pledging to donate $10,000 per home run to relief efforts through the rest of the season. Not only that, but teammate Adam Wainwright, the Cardinals organization and former MLB player Adam Dunn will match [...]
When it comes to making big plays, J.J. Watt is a beast among men. And that goes for off the football field, too. Watt's "Houston Fund Relief" campaign on YouCaring has now eclipsed the $4 million mark, and he's set the new mark at $5 million. Watt originally set a goal of $200,000 when he launched the page on Sunday. [...]
Chicago Cubs' first baseman Anthony Rizzo, 28, and his Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation donated $3.5 million to the cancer center at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Rizzo is a cancer survivor himself. He fought Hodgkin lymphoma at 18 years old, and went through six rounds of chemotherapy. Because he knows what it's like to be a [...]
University of Houston basketball coach Kelvin Sampson knows that a good leader rallies a group to action. That's why after city officials urged people to donate new clothes to victims of Hurricane Harvey, Sampson stepped up. Figuring his connections after nearly four decades as a basketball coach would help, Sampson got on Twitter asking high schools and colleges at all [...]