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Read more about the article Introducing Healthy Choices, Healthy Children: STEM Careers Edition

Introducing Healthy Choices, Healthy Children: STEM Careers Edition

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  • Post published:January 21, 2014
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 Why do we work hard at things, put our sweat and tears into them, make sacrifices?  When it's for our dream, it's worth it if it will get us closer. …

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Read more about the article Part 2: Who made you the coach/mentor you are today?

Part 2: Who made you the coach/mentor you are today?

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  • Post published:January 16, 2014
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Who was your mentor?  What made them such an uncommon person?  What did you learn from them that you practice as a coach or a mentor? We got some great responses…

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Read more about the article Introducing Healthy Choices, Healthy Children: Civics & Leadership Edition

Introducing Healthy Choices, Healthy Children: Civics & Leadership Edition

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  • Post published:January 14, 2014
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 Our country was founded by a group of uncommon people, setting out to do something uncommon in their day: create a system of self-government that was dependent on the will…

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Read more about the article Who made you the person you are today?

Who made you the person you are today?

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  • Post published:January 9, 2014
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Bill Ripken always likes to say, “without a Sr., there wouldn’t be a Jr.—and not just in the biological sense.”  Certainly, without their father, Bill and Cal would not only…

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Read more about the article New year, new stories to be written

New year, new stories to be written

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  • Post published:January 2, 2014
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In December, the program team met to plan and dream for 2014.  In the process, we shared our individual goals for the new year—both personal and professional.  It was a…

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Read more about the article Happy Holidays from the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation

Happy Holidays from the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation

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  • Post published:December 20, 2013
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 This year, will be my first holiday season that I get to spend as part of the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation family.  With the New Year around the corner we…

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Read more about the article Don’t knock it till you try it

Don’t knock it till you try it

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  • Post published:December 12, 2013
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Korran was never really interested in baseball at all. He began the Badges for Baseball program complaining about how baseball is not fun, and he didn’t understand the need for drills or…

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Read more about the article Friday’s Final Thought: Uncommon Integrity and the Power of Sports

Friday’s Final Thought: Uncommon Integrity and the Power of Sports

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  • Post published:December 6, 2013
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Yesterday, the world lost a leader who demonstrated uncommon integrity and moral courage in the face of an unjust political system, racism, discrimination, imprisonment, isolation, and people who wanted to…

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Read more about the article Tuesdays with Travis: An Uncommon Team Effort

Tuesdays with Travis: An Uncommon Team Effort

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  • Post published:November 12, 2013
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In a time when so much of the focus in sports is on winning, when professional athletes are in the news for bullying one another, one football team made the…

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Read more about the article CRSF Camp 2: Welcoming kids from 6 states

CRSF Camp 2: Welcoming kids from 6 states

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  • Post published:November 11, 2013
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In our first camp session, kids had the opportunity to improve their game, make new friends, push their limits, face their fear of heights, meet real life heroes from law…

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