Friday, June 19, 2009

One More Week Until the PLC Leadership Conference!


The Play Like A Champion Today™ Leadership Conference is just one week away! The PLC Team is working round the clock to prepare for this signature event. With nearly 100 participants attending this year, we are proud to have representatives from youth and high school sports programs from all over the United States and Canada.

This year 14 Catholic CYO/parochial leagues are represented including PLC Partners Kansas City Parochial League, Fort Worth Christian Football League, Seattle CYO, CYO of Nassau-Suffolk, the Northwest Indiana CYO, Dallas Parochial League, the Los Angeles CYO and the Niagara Catholic District School Board as well as new representatives from the Corpus Christi Parochial Sports League, Indianapolis CYO, Orange County Parochial Athletic League, Pensacola Catholic Youth Sports League, Valley Catholic Sports Program, and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. High School administrators, athletic directors and coaches will be travelling from Atlanta, Auburn (ME), Brownsville, Chicago, Denver, Erie (PA), Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Mishawaka (IN), Philadelphia, San Francisco, St. Louis, Tampa, and Zanesville (OH). In addition representatives from Catholic parochial schools will be attending the Youth Sports as Ministry program from 12 different cities.

Visit www.playlikeachampion.org/events/conference.html for more details about the conference and a full listing of seminars and speakers.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Fair Trade Sports

Scott, James, a Notre Dame alum, has developed an exciting new organization called Fair Trade Sports. Fair Trade Sports, Inc is the first sports equipment company in the US to launch a full line of eco-certified Fair Trade sports balls, ensuring fair wages and healthy working conditions for the adult workers who make the products. They offer an online retail store and wholesale store and sweatshop-free apparel. The company is committed to donate all profits after taxes to children’s charities, both domestic and international.

Check them out: http://fairtradesports.com/