Pop some popcorn and wave your American flag!  The Olympics are here! In what seems like a world gone mad we are taking a pause in the crazy to focus our attention on Paris, France and those 5 beautiful rings that unite us all.  That’s right folks, the Summer Olympics are finally here!  It’s been […]

I’m angry and I’m absolutely fed up.  There is an issue in the lives of our young people that supersedes anything else we are dealing with on a daily basis and it’s time we call out the elephant in the room and figure out what we, as individuals, as groups, and as a community are […]

The perks of being a nonprofit organization are usually more altruistic than anything else, but every now and then there are some little added bonus exceptions.  For example, last year I was able to write a grant for The EMpact One Foundation with the St. Louis Cardinals charitable giving foundation known as Cardinals Care that […]

Every 4 years the top athletes from across the United States gather to duke it out and determine the best of the best.  Days, weeks, months, and years of training all coming together for each athlete to compete for the Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad.   But, it’s not […]