While the Badges for Baseball program uses baseball as the initial hook to get kids to participate, the program doesn’t have to be baseball exclusive. The lessons taught in the HCHC curriculum…
Last year, we were proud to introduce the Healthy Choices, Healthy Children: Financial Literacy Edition – helping you begin with your kids the conversation (and practice) of applying personal responsibility…
Aside from family, who were the adults from your childhood who had a big influence on you? Coaches, teachers, the staff at your afterschool program?As a coach, you have a…
Remarkable, exceptional, out of the ordinary, rare…these are all words that you find in the definition for uncommon. Uncommon people are everywhere you look. Cal, Jr. and Bill were fortunate enough to have…
Carrie Marsh is a mentor in the Reach and Rise Mentoring Program at the Y of Central Maryland. This year, Carrie and her team have done a great job implementing…
On Friday, February, 22nd, the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation hosted its tenth annual Aspire Gala. This is an incredible event, with some incredible people, who allow the Foundation to reach as…
The month of February is known for Valentine’s Day, which is a fantastic holiday about love and your heart! And February is also American Heart Month. Heart disease is a…
When running a youth event, regardless of what type of event it is, the most important thing you can remember is to make sure the kids have fun. Â When the…
We travel to Kosciusko, MS, for this month’s club spotlight at the Oprah Winfrey Boys & Girls Club. The club has been running Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation programs for over six…
Would you have an answer if someone asked the question, “who is your mentor?â€Â As National Mentoring month draws to a close, I would like to reflect on the great…