Infiniti Coaches’ Charity Challenge

From January 18th to March 8th, Infiniti is helping 48 of the nation’s top college basketball coaches compete to raise money for charities in the Infiniti Coaches’ Charity Challenge. Coaches will count on their network of fans, alumni, students, faculty, and charities to advance to the finals. School supporters will have a chance to vote daily for their favorite coach in each of the four regions – East, South, West, and Midwest.

The University of Missouri and Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Frank Haith, are competing in the Infiniti Coaches’ Charity Challenge for a chance to win $100,000 benefiting Boys & Girls Club of the Columbia Area. Voting begins today (1/18) at espn.com/infiniti. Please take the time to vote for Coach Haith in the SOUTH REGION to support the University of Missouri and Boys & Girls Club of the Columbia Area.

Everyone can vote; all you need is an espn.com account. Don’t have an espn.com account yet? All you need is a valid email address.
Voting is allowed once per day starting now until Feb. 27th.

Infiniti, a proud corporate partner of NCAA Men’s Basketball, will donate $5,000 to each participating coach’s selected charity. The coach who receives the most votes will win $100,000, which will be awarded to his select charity.

Pennies From Heaven Year-End Roundup

For more than a decade, JCPenney has been the leading corporate advocate for the afterschool issue by distributing more than $100 million to life-enriching programs across every JCPenney community. With schools facing cuts in education and resources – coupled with the fact that one in four students in the U.S. is unsupervised between 3pm and 6pm – there’s never been a more important time to advance the afterschool agenda and help narrow the education gap. From November 30-December 12, JCPenney at the Columbia Mall invited its customers to turn small change into pennies from heaven. By simply rounding up their purchases and donating the difference to Boys & Girls Club of the Columbia Area, customers helped make a big difference for kids in our community. Through our partnership with the Columbia Mall JCPenney, Boys & Girls Club of the Columbia Area received $18,793.67 in round-up donations this year alone.

Interview with Robin Pingeton at Groundbreaking Ceremony

Shortly after the conclusion of the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Youth Development Center, University of Missouri head Women’s Basketball Coach, Robin Pingeton, took an interview with the new Mizzou Network. Pingeton took time to speak about the Boys & Girls Club of the Columbia Area, “It’s just an unbelieveable opportunity to really help young kids get on the right track. You know, there’s all different kids from all different backgrounds, all different walks of life, and some of them just need opportunities like this to be a part of something, to be involved, to have a place to go that’s a safe, and a productive environment.” Pingeton also notes that she and the rest of the team are looking forward to getting more involved with the Club.

Watch the full interview here.