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Ex-producer of THE REALLY FUNNY HORNY GOAT INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, playwright, actor, singer, outdoorsman, blogger, amateur photog, observer & bitcher, Beach Boys groupie, Brett Favre fanatic, lover of everything Celtic and forever a member in the Tribe of HAIR. Spent most of my life in the Village of Waterford, a small town just outside of the Milwaukee suburbs. After 12 years in North Hollywood, Bel Air and Culver City, Cali, I moved back to Wisconsin in September 2009. No regrets - of moving to LA OR moving back to WI. Have traveled to Belfast, Ireland, Dayton (OH), Manhattan, Seattle, Cedar Rapids, New York, Miami and Sydney, Australia with my plays. Moved back into the Village of Greendale where I was born. Life is good.

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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Green Bay Packers = More Than Just Football

As Thanksgiving is tomorrow, I thought I'd enlighten you as to some of the things the Green Bay Packers organization does that don't necessarily revolve around the game of football, per se - since it's Thanksgiving.

1) The Brett Favre Forward Foundation's http://www.brettfavre.com/foundation_about.php
mission is to provide aid to disadvantaged or disabled children in Wisconsin and Mississippi. It was founded in 1995 and hosts three annual events to raise funds for the Foundation. These events are: The Brett Favre Celebrity Golf Tournament, The Brett Favre Celebrity Softball Tournament, and The Brett Favre Steak Dinner. The Foundation works with agencies such as Special Olympics, Make A Wish Foundation, Boys and Girls Club and Gaits to Success, to name a few. Brett and his wife, Deanna, love children and are thankful that they are able to make a difference in the lives of children that are less fortunate than their own two healthy girls.

Brett celebrating a TD "Favre-style" as GB defeats the Carolina Panthers - November 2007.

The Brett Favre Forward Foundation prefers to support organizations with a national constituency that provide programs in Wisconsin and Mississippi. In order to fund worthwhile projects, charitable giving interests are focused on the following areas: programs that help remove barriers to attain self-sufficiency for disadvantaged children and youth programs for disadvantaged and disabled children.

2) Chunky Soup has been helping to feed the hungry for years...you undoubtedly have seen their commercials featuring various NFL players. Check out their Click for Cans promotion at http://www.chunky.com/ClickForCansVote.aspx You vote for your favorite NFL team - that's a "click" - and those clicks translate into cans of food for hungry people. Last year (not sure if that was the first year they did it) the Packers had the most votes. This year - again - the Packers are beating the 2nd place Colts by something like 1,000,000 votes...with almost 2,000,000 votes! I think that's pretty phenomenal - 2 million fricken votes! Where the hell are all these so-called "fans" supporting their teams, for Christ's sake?? The big New England Patriots = 31,000 lousy votes. At the bottom, loser Peyton Manning's brother, loser Eli Manning's New York Giants = 10,000. I think that says a lot about our fan base. We're not just cheering for the Packers on Sundays but we're cheering for our team in other ways that benefit those less fortunate than us. THIS from the smallest market team in the NFL. This from the ONLY team owned by the PEOPLE (no individual or corporate ownership). THIS from a team who packs Lambeau Field for intersquad games and lines the street to welcome their team home after losing a Super Bowl - they way they greeted them when they won it. THIS from a team that has been sold out since 1960 and has a 35-year waiting list for season tickets.

3.) Lambeau Field rated #1 - In a recent Sports Illustrated poll on SI.com rating the game day atmosphere for each NFL team, the experience of seeing the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field ranked first. Fans were asked to grade every aspect of the game day experience, including ticket prices, team performance, tailgating, stadium atmosphere and the surrounding neighborhoods. The poll gathered over 17,000 responses from around the country, with the league's longest-tenured stadium taking top honors. Described by fans as a "religious experience", Lambeau Field remains a living shrine to what football is all about. "For all the glitz and money the NFL exudes nowadays," the article said, "football's heart is still on that 'frozen tundra,' where tough guys grapple with each other while fans warm themselves on cold bleachers with hot chocolate and full-throated cheering. And that is still the essence of Lambeau."

Read the article: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/11/01/fvi.intro/index.html?eref=T1

4. A couple weeks ago, the CBS Sunday Morning Show did a feature on a local Green Bay fan who's been leading a caravan of Packer fans down to Kiln, Mississippi (Brett's hometown) to help out victims of Hurricane Katrina - rebuilding homes from top to bottom. Excellent story - the guy they had been helping quite often got emotional, saying, "No one has ever helped me out like these people". Brought a tear to my eye.

5. Also, the Green Bay Packers Foundation consists of the following: the Packers Scholarship Program, and on behalf of National Football League Charities - Community Quarterback, Junior Community Quarterback, NFL's Coach of the Week program, Junior Volunteer Stars grant, NFL Join the Team initiative, and the Hometown Huddle program.

By the way, Favre is leading ALL football players in Pro Bowl selection votes. Thought you'd find it interesting that a "dead man walking" could actually be considered for selection in the Pro Bowl. If the status quo remains, he SHOULD be the league MVP - for his fourth, the most of any player ever. But Tom Brady's having a record pace year. So is Randy Moss. We'll see.

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