My player doesn’t really care about many charitable causes, but when he had the tax implications of charitable status explained to him, he quickly instructed his accountant to set up the Tayshawn Crunk Foundation.
A number of causes were quickly shot down, including a program to provide weapons to prisoners to allow them their second amendment rights, and one to deploy barbers to poorer areas to “wipe out yee yee aas haircuts one and for all”.
The cause they eventually settled on, and that got the backing of the Outlaws organisation, was to provide musical equipment to inner city schools.
Crunk drove around in the van making the first deliveries of drum machines and bass guitars, instruments he selected himself to encourage old school hip hop and funk in modern youth. He declined multiple requests to rap (he can’t) and play the guitar (he doesn’t).
As he was helping deliver the final box of drum machines to the last school, a kid in an Outlaws hoodie came up to him.
“Yo Crunk, you think you’ll win it all this season?”
- “Yup.”
“Why’d you say that?”
- “Coz I’m really good.”
“If you’re so good, why did the Outlaws sign Rich Triplet?”
Crunk sighed and handed over the delivery. He really hates kids.
Charity? First Ricky's gotta make it into the league, and then maybe he'll think about helping others...
Just kidding, but as a rookie in Dallas he has tried to make inroads through a few local organizations that are associated with the Birddogs, and he is a big fan of working and supporting the local animal shelters(and a few that happily help both birds and dogs). Sure, some of it might be for good PR, seeing draft day is coming up, but Ricky does have a soft spot in his heart for dogs and actually does enjoy his time helping out the local community while still getting to represent Dallas and helping acquire some good PR for the team. While it hasn't been the best season for the Birddogs, they still have plenty going for them after the big win last season, and the community gives them plenty of ways to give back. Ricky is known especially for being willing to do the dirty work in the shelter and doesn't seem to care as much about getting dirty. Either way, it's been a good rookie season for Ricky as he learns behind the kid of a HOFer, and is hoping some of that skill rubs off of him. Whether Ricky will keep working at animal shelters after the draft may be a question on people's minds, but at least he is being nice.. for now.
As a public figure in one of the sporting world's biggest leagues, you have certain obligations that need to be fulfilled. One of these is committing a certain amount of time to charitable organizations. Which charity would you choose to work with? What would you do for them and what would the desired result be?
I think that there are a ton of worthy charities that I could work with to assist with gaining more recognition for. I would say one that has hit close to home would be the Lupus Foundation of America. In all seriousness, in my real life my wife's best friend has dealt with Lupus since high school which has led to a variety of complications for her throughout her life. As an autoimmune disorder she spent most of this pandemic hiding in her home in fear that Covid-19 would be extremely detrimental for her. On top of that, this past week we learned that the disease has now started to shut her kidneys down which has put her in the hospital for the foreseeable future. My hope would be to spread awareness about a relatively unknown disease, and potentially assist in funding the find for a cure. I think the organization has done a wonderful job thus far in raising both money and awareness, but with a high profile player advocating for them it could push them over the edge if we partnered up. I think with that in mind, it would be a perfect opportunity for me to reach out to a group in desperate need for help, that's what charities are for.
Messi loves charities since he holds the belief of reciprocity as one of these principles. As a kid growing up with poor parents, he understands the extreme difficulties the poor kids are facing, and the great potentials they have once they get some opportunity. Talents are gifts from nature, so Messi wants to help those unfortunate kids and give them more opportunities. Messi volunteers to serve the poor communities in the downtown area. Every weekend, he drives to the school there to teach the kids math, computer science, and economics 101. Messi has great pedagogy and kids like him. During lunchtime, he prepares food for the kids, and sometimes even cooks with the poor kids together. Messi traveled around the world before when he was 19.5 years old, so he learned a little bit the recipes from a variety of countries. He could creatively mix Indian curry with Japanese Sushi - well, it does not sound very common, but it is doable. After the volunteered teaching, Messi also plays football with his students. The benefits of teaching football in schools are that he does not have to stay in his regular positions, like TE or WR. He could tell the kids how to be a professional QB, even though he is not a quarterback himself. Besides volunteering in school, Messi also donates money to several charities every Charismas.
I am told to help a charity, but I have always loved camping and visiting national parks as a kid with my family. The public lands are important part of our country that too many people take for granted or even destroy with over use, misguided ideals, and littering. I would put together a volunteer day with the nearest public land for the community to give back in a meaningful way while possibly learning more about the natural ecosystems, plants, wildlife and functions of the Forest Service, National Park, Fish & Wildlife or even the BLM. These agencies have the difficlut task of managing millions or acres of land for both wildlife protection and also public recreation and they never get enough funding to do everything that is necessary. Maybe its a day of planting trees for reforestation or fence building to protect sensitive lands from public use. Maybe its a national effort where people from every city meet at their forest to work together and not just for orange county otters fans. Far to many people, even those with good intentions cause harm to our public lands because they don’t understand the methods or processes that the agencies use. Example is of tree huggers removing timber flagging to protect trees from being cut down, expect the flagging was there to protect rare and endangered plants. Removing the flaggin actually caused a local population of species to be decimited and destroyed.