Posts made in August, 2018

Police Officer Famous for His Kindness Starts Basketball Cop Foundation

Police Officer Famous for His Kindness Starts Basketball Cop Foundation

Officer White of Gainesville whose video went viral on January15th 2016 after he responded to a noise complaint and found out that the noise was from kids in the neighbourhood playing basketball. White decided that this was not a crime and he joined the kids in playing basketball. If you cannot beat them in their game, join them!

His dash cam video recorded this act of kindness. Luckily it was not just viewed by 14 million people for entertainment,but it also touched the heart of NBA’s legend Shaquille O’Neal and he helped Officer White start the Basketball Cop Foundation.

This was the first but certainly not the last act of kindness that White was going to do for the kids. He upped his game recently when he built a basketball court for the kids in the backyard of one of the kids. The foundation has so far received donations not less than $3, 911.

With the help of Tobias, another officer who has been the Granville’s Police Department social media manager and spokesperson as well, White has been able to receive not just one but numerous basketballs and portable hoops.

He has also made trips to other neighbourhoods and contacted apartment complexes to either restructure their basketball courts or create one for those complexes that do not have one. With the help of O’Neal, he will also be donating basketball and portable hoops to these neighbourhoods. He is really going to another new level of transforming the community a child at a time.

One family lost all of their Christmas gifts and when White came to learn about this, he yet again surpassed his expectations and donated a brand new portable hoop and basketball to the family. He has also donated a couple of these to the Florida neighbourhood kids.

Officer White said they identify a place where basketball can be used both as a tool and as a resource for youth and they fund it with the help of the donations they receive.

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It Seems Like Donald Trump is Looking to Politicize Golf

It Seems Like Donald Trump is Looking to Politicize Golf

Trump National Doral Resort is hosting the renowned WGC- Cadillac Championship. Just like every other year, the PGA Tour could not resist making a stop at the resort.

Trump has always been known to make a grand entrance at the PGA’s Tourwith his arrival in a Trump emblazoned helicopter that makes everyone affixed on it. This has been how he amazes golf fans with his presence four years down the line.

This being the year of campaign, and Trump being a much sought out presidential candidate, he says he will only attend the event on Sunday. He further adds that he was not sure about repeating his history of ‘grand entrance in a helicopter’.

It looks like Trump is paving way for golf fans to focus on the golf pros. Or maybe it is a matter of security? Maybe it is because he has made some very bad comments about golf and immigrants on the campaign trail. Things politicians say to win might really amaze us!

The Tour has a long relationship with Doral Resort, trailing down to 53 years, but it said it will reassess its relationship with the resort since it boasts of accepting people of all kinds. This comes after Trump comments controversially about immigrants.

Last year the Tour issued a statement distancing themselves from Trump’s remarks on immigration alongside three other governing bodies in the US (PGA, LPGA and US Golf Association).

Trump has played fewer and fewer golf ever since the campaign got intriguing. Apparently a month ago at his West Palm Beach course was when he last played. I do not think we will be seeing much of him and golf soon.

Trump had this to say, “I love golf but when you finish making a speech in front of thousands of people, you most certainly are not in any mood to play golf… my primary focus at this moment is politics.”

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