(S35) PT 3 - Charity Sporting Event

[ZootTX]

While many players have their own charitable organizations, Kalam Mekhar prefers to support local charities that already exist instead. One of the charities that he supports exists to help kids in the foster system find adoptive families. Unfortunately there are a great number of kids in the system that are bounced from foster home to foster home and it is heartbreaking to Kalam and so he is more than happy to support this charity. One of the things the charity does to help raise money is a softball tournament. Like most professional athletes Kalam is pretty good at a lot of sports, but softball is not one of them. He is really bad. But he shows up and plays his heart out anyway, and has a good time doing it. He just accepts that he is probably not winning any trophies, but that's ok. On the plus side, after the tournament is over there is a pie eating contest. Kalam loves pie and has won 3 years in a row.
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Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee participated in a charity 5k "fun" run. There is nothing "fun" about running a 5k, but eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee was passionate about the cause and figured his presence might help boost attendance, therefore raising more money for the local food bank he supports. Eeeeeeee has always been a big believer that in a country with this much wealth, everyone should get access to plenty of food. We have more than enough to provide, so it is a real shame that some people lack access, whether it's due to living in a food desert or being unable to afford adequate nutrition. So eeeeeeeee has always supported his local food banks as he is able. Unfortunately, eeeeeeeeeeeee is not very fast. He finished the 5k in a record LOW time, at 69 minutes. While some might say this is nice, it is a letdown for the highly competitive eeeeeeee, who was hoping to set a personal best of 30 minutes. There's always next time, buddy.

[Alikh]

Royals Safety Aleksandr MIlescu was visiting back home in Baltimore between games when and old high school teammate of his let him know it was the annual Old Bay Charm City Crab for the Cure.  An annual crab eating contest in the inner harbor to support Cancer research.  While there has always been some question as to whether or not competitive eating is really a sport, there was no one who didn’t appreciate the poetic irony of viciously tearing apart crab shells to fight cancer.  Milescu was able to sign on to enter the competition only hours before it began.  Not long after, the race was off.  Mallets were swinging, shells being torn open, crab meat and guts slurped up with wild abandon.  Now if Milescu knew this event was coming up, he probably wouldn’t have eaten lunch beforehand.  Regardless, he did his best to keep up.  As a Baltimore native his crab picking skills were top knotch, but his stomach fought against him.  By the end of the event he had managed to pick clean nearly a dozen crabs, but that paled in comparison to the winner, who had managed to down 32.  Still, wanting to give back to this hometown and a great cause, Milescu did cut a check for $15,000 to the cancer research foundation before waddling back to his hotel.  Hopefully his stomach would settle before he was due to catch his flight back to London…

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[JoshiePoo]

Kurbis made an impact in his new Kansas City community by volunteering at a local food bank and raising awareness for impoverished families in the wider area. It’s an unfortunate reality that so many individuals and families are seemingly left behind by our society, and though a small gesture, every little bit helps when fighting against the endemic that is poverty. Even if it does feel like a drop in an infinite bucket, it is still something in the end. Afterwards, a small charity softball exhibition game was organized with leaders of the community. The sun was out, the grass was green, and if only for a small infinitesimal moment, it seemed like there was still beauty to be found in the world. Everyone enjoyed themselves, the mood was high, and it was as if each person could throw off the chains of society and simply live in the moment. If only it had gone differently in reality.

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I don't know how grading works, but if someone did sit down and read through my little doomer post, thank you. This PT actually has me considering how I can make a positive impact on my local community in the future. Who would've guessed joining an internet simulation football league might lead to personal growth? Cool.

[khkreator]

Kaiden King went to a softball tournament charity for the Dallas Hearing Foundation down in Downtown Dallas.  He brought the rest of his fellow rookies Chapman and Jice for a little break from the chaos that is the regular season. They had him playing outfield due to his incredible hands on defense. On the opposing team were Dallas Natives Clayton Kershaw, Ernie Banks, and Dennis Rodman. Seems a little bit unfair, but as Birddogs we thrive in the face of adversity. The charity game was really on who could outlast one or the other. Having to play against Clayton Kershaw seems really unfair in my eyes, however any time they tried to home run, I stopped it. Overall, I stopped 3 home run attempts, had two doubles, but no RBIs. It was just a tough day for us. We lost 9-6, not bad if I say so for going against a pitching legend. With that, the game gained a crowd and we ended up with $1 Million dollars all going into the organization. Everyone left thrilled and happy and it was a overall success.

[Pizza-faith]

Mike Scott's Fun Sacks For Fun Science! Mike Scott is graciously devoting his time to go to local pick-up games at parks, middle schools, playgrounds, and wherever he can find a game being played! By donating $5 every time he sacks the QB on the opposing team he has already raised $340!*
 *Please note that if you participate in the festivities we cannot and will not guarantee your safety and waivers must be signed prior to participation. 

[Rusfan]

Mandrews McHollywood has a very interesting form of charity around the league. It’s very many kids dreams to eventually play professional football and to see their favorite player. Mandrews runs camps in the Kansas City for kids 18 and under to play football and run drills with and against him. They play 7 on 7’s and Mandrews lets the kids guard him while running routes. Mandrews and the organizers also provide free lunches and a general safe area for kids in dangerous communities while in the area. They are currently attempting to tour the country and give this opportunity to kids around the country. For doing this the league invited him and other players in the league that do charitable events to a game where the winning side gets $10K for their organization, and the losing side gets $5K. The game was filled with major leaguers, so Mandrews didn’t get much playing time but his team won regardless.

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[Liter]

KCC linebacker Fred Edison took part in a recent charity live stream on YouTube. The livestream was sponsored by General Mills and was hosted by Terry Crews and Jerry Seinfeld. The KCC linebacker participated in several challenges including an obstacle course, trivia questions, and an eating competition. The obstacle course was designed to be impossible, featuring an 11 foot wall covered in duck fat, very slippery, and even worse, terribly foul smelling. After hurdling the wall and stunning the attendees and viewers watching live, Fred proceeded to obliterate his opponents in the eating competition. By this time, Edison's heroic and legendary feats of physical greatness inspired thousands to donate large portions of their income to the livestream. All the money donated would be given to organizations focused on the physical and mental recovery of U.S. war veterans. After winning the Cinnamon Toast Crunch eating competition, he would answer all 25 trivia questions related to pop culture, and General Mills brand cereal. Fred Edison was the first entrant into these competitions and might as well have been the last because nobody wanted to follow such a breathtaking performance.

[ValorX77]

SHL Affiliate PT

[PurpleReign]

As Graham Harper has been doing pretty well in the DSFL, organizers for a charity event in his hometown of Baltimore took notice. The event was simple, a chess tournament where the top three get their winnings donated to their favorite local charity. Now, some may not consider chess to be a sport, but it has been played at the Olympics so those people would be wrong, and thus this is a sports event. Harper was not optimistic about his chances, since he had only ever played chess a couple times at school and didn’t have time to train for this event during the football season. But that didn’t mean that he wouldn’t try once he was up to play. It was a double elimination bracket with eight total local sports figures. He first went up against a volleyball star, and unfortunately for Harper, he was also very experienced at chess. By move 6 Harper had to sacrifice his queen and from there the game was basically over. Lower bracket didn’t go much better, with the game only lasting 13 moves. After the even Harper chose to watch the rest of the matches to maybe get a bit better at chess for future events, and donated $10, 000 to the gun violence prevention charity he was playing for.