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Fan-Wear With Michael O’Leary

Fan-Wear is a fan wear/spirit wear company bringing new and innovative products to the fan wear industry, in particular to schools and colleges. Their focus is on providing customizable products such as sneakers and arm sleeves for colleges and school aged students and fans of all ages. Fan wear is the premium provider for fundraising […]

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Handicap This! With Tim Wambach

Tim Wambach from “Handicap This!” productions. We turned our story into a two man staged show called Handicap this!” We use Mike’s and I’s relationship as a kind of the thread that goes through the needle of the show. Mike has cerebral palsy and has virtually no movement in his arms and legs. Through the […]

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Encouraging Reading While Raising Funds With Howard Gottlieb

Read-a-thon impacts kids in a positive way by encouraging them to read as well as helping schools get away from the traditional fundraisers. Read-a-thon keeps the focus in general like a “go fund me” but it is specific to reading. The ideal school is anyone with readers from two years old up to the eighth […]

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Inspire Your Kids To Read With The Principled Primates Marlin and Percy

Marlin and Percy is a fairly new comic book series that has been in the making for many years now. These comics came about from a desire of Matt’s to want kids to be interested in reading, as well as to create a clean, uplifting comic book series. Caleb Bollenbacher, a graduate from Baylor University […]

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A Life-Changing Service Project Called Clean Water Kids

Here’s a short video that brings to life the needs in other parts of the world and the impact Kid’s Across Cultures plays a part in making. Kids Across Cultures (KAC) is an organization committed to improving the lives of children and families across the world. Matt talks with Craig Scoville, a board member for […]

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Positively Impact Your Students With The High Energy School Programs of the Champion Factory

Jeff Goodin is a motivational speaker as well as an entertainer. He was a college gymnast, a daredevil, and a mascot for two NBA teams. Jeff has transitioned from using his acrobatic skills as an NBA mascot into using these talents to inspire positive change in students by speaking at school assemblies. He has started […]

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Kids Learn Through Adventure At The Outdoor School

Darren Smith, the marketing director for the Outdoor School, and Matt talk about a special program which promotes outdoor adventures for kids. The outdoor school was founded in 1996 and has two locations, one in Marble Falls, and the other near Houston. It was started as a way to engage schools and have them bring […]

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Strengthening Kids with Strong Fathers, Strong Families

J. Michael Hall is the founder of Strong Fathers, Strong Families. This organization is focused on involving fathers in their kids’ lives which in turn makes the kids more likely to succeed. They have developed four academic programs to involve fathers, and have promoted them in such a way that they always have a full cafeteria […]

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An Innovative School Fitness Solution Called DrumFit

  On this episode, Matt interviews the cofounder of Drumfit, Val Shaw. Drumfit is a fitness based drumming program which combines music and fitness to bring exercise to life. Val explains how Drumfit is being implemented into thousands of elementary schools as well as sharing the reasons this program is so effective in promoting both exercise […]

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