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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Sandman on September 20, 2004, 11:27:48 PM
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I read an article about the Pat Tillman Foundation (http://www.pattillmanfoundation.net/) in the Sporting News, so I decided to visit the site and have a look.
It is well done. They've obviously hired a professional (http://www.barefootgypsy.com/) to do it.
There are links to stories of memorials and other things planned to ensure that everyone in the NFL knows of Pat Tillman and what he sacrificed. There are even jerseys (http://www.nflshop.com/nfl/index.jsp?pageId=100001) you can buy.
The article in Sporting News spoke of NFL wives doing running and other sporting events, obtaining sponsors and donating money to the foundation.
When I finally got to the part that covers how the money is spent, this is it:
The thrust of the Pat Tillman Foundation will be one of action and education. Through the promotion of volunteer service, educational curriculums and strategic alliances, the Foundation will focus on challenging our neighbors to look within themselves and others to instill participation and positive change. Over the next year, the Foundation will focus on developing a regional programmatic partnership with a national model to follow in 2006.
The Foundation will utilize experts in the field of humanities and education to design focused outreach geared for specific action. Plans are being put in place for an all-out campaign to promote greater public service and to aid those that strive to improve humanity. Adolescents and adults will be taught that apathy and indifference is wrong and that they can and must be part of the solution of improving our society.
Maybe it is just me being trapped in my cynical skin, but I'm thinking... That's all there is?
...and don't get your underwear in a bunch. This post isn't about Pat Tillman. It's about the people using his name.
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Well yeah... when you try to dig into the nitty gritty of it, here's what you get:
"Over the next year, the Foundation will focus on developing a regional programmatic partnership with a national model to follow in 2006. The Foundation will utilize experts in the field of humanities and education to design focused outreach geared for specific action. "
What it will result in is anyone's guess.
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Originally posted by Nash
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What it will result in is anyone's guess. [/B]
Probably a Lexus and a corner office over looking the bay.
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hehe :D
sucks to be laffing about it... but how true...
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well, we are all gonna be dead, so laugh away.
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You mean that by the time the Tillman things starts rolling, we're gonna be dead? Or that thars some comet bearing down on us as we speak?
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no Nash, just a little philosophical observation.
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The foundation will organize a programative organizing comitte to study the best way to utilize strategic outreach national organizational commites for positive outreach study in the field of challenging positive action..
Looks like a pointless bureocracy to me...
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Wasn't TIllman killed by friendly fire? Or is that just rumours?
...-Gixer