| Celebrity Cruises Leaps Into Learning for Kids With LeapFrog SchoolHouse(TM) Programs | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 3:12:47 AM by Blog57 Team | | MIAMI, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Celebrity Cruises has taken a creative leap toward enhancing its onboard activities for kids of all ages by working with LeapFrog SchoolHouse(TM) to provide engaging, multisensory learning tools and instruction that align with Celebrity's travel itineraries around the world. Widely recognized for their interactive, electronic education programs and products for the pre-kindergarten through grade 8 education market, LeapFrog SchoolHouse's award-winning writers and editors have worked with Celebrity to make available onboard a variety of their most popular products, and created six exclusive educational modules for children ages 3 through 9. The new programming onboard focuses on topics including dinosaurs, science and space, sports, the world, art and music, and wildlife.... | |
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| | | Foreign adoption gets hotter while U.S. kids wait | | Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 7:04:36 AM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK (AP) -- Angelina Jolie adopted from Cambodia and Ethiopia. Madonna, as most of the planet knows, is adopting from Malawi. And ordinary Americans adopt foreign-born children by the thousands each year -- a rate that has tripled in the last decade. But with close to 120,000 children waiting in the U.S. foster care system, what's driving the push in overseas adoptions? It's an emotional issue that goes to the heart of what people are seeking when they adopt a child -- and the obstacles they can face in this country. "I'm happy to see any child adopted anywhere in the world," says Gloria Hochman of the National Adoption Center, based in Philadelphia. "But every time I see a story about a celebrity adopting, I always think, 'Why don't they look here?' It makes me wonder: Do they know there are children waiting here?" (Watch what challenges Madonna faces in adopting a child from Malawi -- 1:50 ) Americans now adopt some 23,000 children overseas every year, according to immigration statistics.... | |
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| | | Owen sings praises of St. Jude's new clinic | | Posted Friday, September 29, 2006 11:08:21 AM by Blog57 Team | | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's new Huntsville pediatric cancer care clinic has landed its first celebrity endorsement. Randy Owen, lead singer of the band Alabama, appeared at a Wednesday morning news conference to praise officials from St. Jude and Huntsville Hospital for teaming up on the clinic. When the clinic opens in January, area children will no longer have to travel to Memphis, Birmingham or Nashville to receive top-notch treatment for leukemia, AIDS, sickle cell anemia and other diseases. "This is a dream come true," said Owen, who helped found the Country Cares for St. Jude Kids radiothon. "God bless whoever made this decision - you're absolutely wise. "I'll never be able to explain to you how this makes me feel." Owen has a soft spot for sick children: His daughter Randa was born with severe pneumonia and spent a week in Huntsville Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit in 1988.... | |
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| | | TIMEOUT FOOTBALL: Great Unknowns | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 9:08:12 AM by Blog57 Team | | The conditioning drills werent going quite as Merrillville coach Zac Wells had planned. A couple of guys were lagging behind, a few were bent over at the waist, desperately trying to get some air into their bodies and a couple of others looked as if they were about to empty the contents of theirs. Looking for players to serve as models, Wells called out names for the Pirates to look up to, whose example they should follow. He pointed out Eric Williams, the starting running back and Division I recruit. He pointed out Darren Handley, an electrifying runner and the previous weeks star of the game. And he pointed out Ken Polezoes, a guy nobody outside of the programs ever heard of. I was like, 'Awwww, man, Polezoes says with a laugh. Theyre all watching me. Now I really gotta run hard.... | |
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| | | Macho Man is a stellar friend to local kids | | Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 7:08:50 AM by Blog57 Team | | When Kassie and Kameron Kostos of Wind Point take a dip in the pool at their grandparents' condominium, there's a good chance they'll be sharing the pool with a celebrity. To most of the television viewing audience, that celebrity is World Wrestling Federation champion Randy "Macho Man" Savage.To the Kostos kids, he's more than that - he's a friend.Kassie, 13, and Kameron, 10, first met Randy Savage several years ago while visiting their grandma and grandpa in Treasure Island, Fla. The retired wrestler, whose given name is Randy Poffo, lives in the same condominium complex as their grandparents. Kassie and Kameron spend a couple weeks with their grandparents during the summer, as well as accompanying their parents, Rebecca and Kevin, for other shorter visits there throughout the year.Sometimes they run into Savage out by the pool and he'll take a swim with them.... | |
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| | | FC Dallas Media Relations | | Posted Saturday, August 12, 2006 1:15:30 AM by Blog57 Team | | FRISCO, Texas - The FC Dallas Foundation announced today that it raised over $15,000 with the inaugural Celebrity Bowling Tournament which was held on Thursday, August 10, at 300 Dallas Bowling Center in Addison. A portion of the proceeds will go to the "Heart of a Champion Program", a character development curriculum for middle and high school students in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Sponsored by The Plantation Shutter Company, FCD players and coaches shared lanes with friends and employees of donating organizations in a fun night of bowling. Lane 15, led by FCD defender Bobby Rhine and employees from Dactronics, received top honors as the winning lane with a bowling average of 146 over two games. Along with Kick-Off Luncheon which was held in March, this was the second fundraising event in the first year of the FC Dallas Foundation.... | |
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| | | 'Benchwarmers' is goofy kids film with heart in right place | | Posted Monday, August 07, 2006 3:03:33 AM by Blog57 Team | | "Benchwarmers" is a movie for youngsters that can be enjoyed by the whole family. Its characters, story and humor should hold your interest and there are some meaningful life lessons for kids thrown in. "Benchwarmers" is available now at stores on DVD to be watched at home. The film stars three, popular, young comic actors: Rob Schneider, who has been featured in other films; David Spade, who is recognized mostly for TV work (and currently has a celebrity satire show); and Jon Heder, who became known about a year ago as the title character in the really, different teen comedy, "Napoleon Dynamite." The story: The athletes won't let the "science project" (less athletic) kids have their turn on the playground baseball field. This aggravates lawn service owner Gus (Schneider).... | |
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| | | Kids versus malevolent real estate | | Posted Friday, July 21, 2006 5:03:28 AM by Blog57 Team | | Directed by Gil Kenan. Screenwriters: Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab, Patricia Pettler (based on a story by Harmon and Schrab). Cast: Voices: Nick Cannon, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, John Heder, Kevin James, Jason Lee, Mitchell Musso, Catherine O'Hara, Fred Willard, Kathleen Turner. (PG) .... | |
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| | | Twice as Nice | | Posted Sunday, July 16, 2006 7:07:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | Lori Rollins gets the celebrity treatment even though she's never been in a movie, she isn't married to someone famous, and she's never held political office. Lori gets the stares, the pointing and the random people approaching her with questions because she happens to be the mother of 14-month-old twins, Ashley and Conner. This "celebrity treatment" is one of the first things Lori warns new moms of twins about at the Santa Clara County Mother of Twins Club. "Whenever I go out with Conner and Ashley, I get million questions," said Lori, a Gilroy resident. "People ask if they're Siamese twins, if they're identical, all kinds of things. Sometimes I want a sign on their stroller that says, 'Yes, they're fraternal twins named Conner and Ashley.' I've gotten to the point where I try to avoid making eye contact with people.... | |
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