It's a blessing from heaven. On June 24, 100 under-served kids from Ashley HomeStore's Hope to Dream philanthropy and The Salvation Army got the chance to have "a definitive" sleepover experience when they spent the night on the same football field that the Dallas Cowboys play on at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The kiddos got the opportunity to meet players and team promoters, chow down on pizza and leave with some genuine swag — including the beds they spent the night on, the Houston Chronicle reported. After the sleepover, Ashley Furniture conveyed the beds to every tyke's home. The children were invited to the stadium with a celebrity main street entry and were directed to the Cowboys' locker room where star cornerback, Brandon …show more content…
Every bed had a tyke's name on it and accompanied a teddy bear, football, Dallas Cowboy sheets and comforter and photographs of the group. Once every child had discovered their new bed, they were served Papa John's pizza, played in skip houses, occupied with a hula challenge, tossed footballs around with players, did the Cupid Shuffle with Carr and watched "Discovering Nemo" on the immense HD video board that hangs over the field. This is the second year the Cowboys and Ashley HomeStore have facilitated the occasion. Plan to Dream was built up by Ashley HomeStore in 2010 with the objective of giving youngsters in need a sleeping pad. For each sleeping pad sold at an Ashley HomeStore, the store gives $5 to give bedding sets. On the off chance that a unique Hope to Dream sleeping cushion is sold, $250 will be given. As per Michael Levitz, president of Ashley Furniture HomeStore, more than 40,000 beds have been given to kids the country over and around the globe —including the children at a definitive sleepover occasion. "One of the young ladies said this was the greatest day of her life," Scott Erdmann, supervisor of corporate organizations for the Dallas Cowboys, said on the group's site. "The first occasion when she's ever had a teddy bear and had her own particular
With each throw to home plate he felt a little bit more pain. Instead of resting him Mark Hyman sent his son out to pitch the very next game. Stories like these are not uncommon with anyone who child has played on any team. Over the last few years, adults have taken over kid’s sports. Many children under the age fifteen required medical treatment for sports injuries and nearly half of them are only the result of simple overuse. The quest to turn children into superstar’s are taken a toll on their
We all know the popular family movie “Finding Nemo” a kid’s movie that tells a journey of Marlin, a father clown fish, who crosses the vast ocean to find his son Nemo. During Marlin’s journey he comes across many new and scary things, but like any good children’s movie Marlin does eventually find his son Nemo and they go back home and live happily ever after. This all sounds good right? Wrong! Looking at this movie from a psychologist point of view, or in my case a psychology students’ point of view you slowly begin to realize from the moment the movie starts each and every one of the characters in this lovely kids movie is kind of messed up in their own special way.
On October 23, three football players were born. These tiny toddlers would grow up to change the game of football altogether.
Like most Orange Bloods, I fondly remember my first encounter with the Texas Cowboys organization. It was an August Sunday at Darrell K Royal and it was time for Longhorn football to get underway. I spent my morning like most at the 40 acres, eating barbeque, hopping from tailgate to tailgate while feeling slightly anxious for what was to come against the tenth ranked Fighting Irish. I found my seat, enjoyed the pregame atmosphere and tried to prepare myself for what was to come. It was now time for kickoff, Mitchell Becker prepared to kick the ball off. He started into his kick and “BOOM!” Just like that, I jumped out of my seat in fear. Little did I know, I was sitting just four rows behind Smokey the Cannon.
In the book “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, there were characters whose dreams were stated, some of which were shattered by greed and misfortune and others which would eventually come to be true. The first dream that came about was Walter’s dream of one day owning and maintaining a liquor store. He would do anything to attempt to get his dream to come true, but his mama wanted anything but that to happen. His mama had a dream of her own though, she dreamed of one day owning her own house, where her whole family could stay comfortably. She dreamed this because in the apartment that she resided in was too small, and dumpy, as Ruth called it. Her grandson Travis had to sleep on the couch, and all
First, football is more than a game to the people of Odessa, Texas it 's a way of life. Something they 've been taught about since the day they were born. The tradition, the honor, the respect that you receive from playing on the Permian football team. This isn 't you average High school football team where you walk on and your apart of the team. If you suck then don 't even bother to try out. These kids learn the guts that it takes to be able to even put on a practice jersey for the team. Football is fearless to the people. The parents want their children to play even though they could get seriously injured. Their not like some parents today who say football
In order to properly understand the group functioning within the football team, we must first understand why these boys joined the organization in the first place. From the
Dallas cowboys stadium, also called AT&T stadium, is the largest domed stadium in the National Football League in Arlington, Texas, United States, which is city-owned and has a capacity of 85,000 seats with a telescopic roof. It is used as the base camp of Dallas Cowboys, a great sport club in the world. Except its major application – professional football, many other kinds of activities can he carried out in the stadium like basketball matches, soccer games, also Spartan games and motocross. The stadium was finished on May 27 in 2009.
Once we had food in our tummies, we headed over to take our seats. We sat at the top of the bleachers you could see everything. The Bulls in their cages, the horses in their trailers,
Oprah Winfrey once said, “The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.” But, what actually is a dream and what do dreams really have to do with one’s everyday life? In essence, a dream is a series of mental images and emotions occurring during slumber. Dreams can also deal with one’s personal aspirations, goals, ambitions, and even one’s emotions, such as love and hardship. However, dreams can also give rise to uneasy and terrible emotions; these dreams are essentially known as nightmares. In today’s society, the concept
One of the major conflicts in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne was among the trio of prisoners on-board the Nautilus and the captain, Nemo. Hoping to remain undiscovered, Nemo was not able to release the three in fear that they would reveal the secret of his existence and that of the Nautilus claiming that “Whoever enters my vessel never leaves it again.” At first, unlike Ned Land, their vexed companion, Aronnax and Conseil were fascinated with the wonders they have discovered during their underwater expedition for although in custody, they were given much freedom to wander the ship and do as they please. However, they have eventually grown wary of their warden as he began to reveal his savage and barbaric nature, such as
It had taken some rearranging, but the Payne’s were going to have to share a room, with each of her sisters and their husband bedding in one of the girl’s double beds. Pa grumbled the most when he was sent out to the shed to share the space with his sons, who had been carried there earlier. Alma sensibly pointed out that the senior Paynes couldn’t be expected to sleep in the shed and Ma’s bed had taken over the parlor. Still, he took some persuading to go back out into the pounding rain and race to the barn. Finally, Alma propped her legs on the edge of the bed and slept the night away in the bedside rocker. The day had been long and hard and she was exhausted. She had planned to sit through the night with Ma anyway. But if Ma stirred, she didn’t call enough to wake
The purpose of this essay is to watch the movie and try to view the main character from three personality theorists’ perspectives. In the movie Finding Nemo, Marlin was a clown fish who lost his son, Nemo, in the vast ocean. Along his journey to find his son, he ran into Dory, a blue tang fish who suffered from short term memory loss. Dory provided moral support and comfort in this search that Marlin has been missing for years. This essay will analyze Dory in the movie Finding Nemo through Carl Rogers self-actualization theory, Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs, and Friedman and Rosenman’s personality behavior type.
Football remains the most popular sport in America and the ninth most popular sport in the world for a reason. Since its creation in 1869, football has played a fundamental part of American society. Every Sunday, my family along with millions of other Americans turn the television to CBS, NBC or FOX to watch their favorite football team go to battle. My family and I bleed burgundy and gold and root for the home team the Washington Redskins. Americans including myself display great intensity and passion for the game of football and the result of the game often changes my attitude for the better or worse. Watching the game on television may come as exhilarating and entertaining, but playing the game creates the best times. Overall football has made a severe impact on many people’s lives. Football teaches unique lessons in a hands on manner which helps athletes like myself sustain a much more adventurous life. Football has made an immeasurably positive influence upon my life, but the sport has its dangers. Football changes lives.
This undersea movie is introduced with a married couple of clownfish admiring their new home by the drop off. While talking about their future plans and getting ready for their clutch of eggs to hatch, a barracuda attacks them, leaving Marlin, the husband, unconscious, a widower, and a father of one fish, Nemo.