One of the reasons why we love working with DC United is their connection to the community. Fans come to RFK Stadium from all over Washington DC to cheer on United, and DC United travels all over Washington DC to promote literacy and healthy lifestyles for children. On Tuesday we accompanied DC...
The Century Council returned to North Carolina for another round of the Ask, Listen, Learn program today! Rep. Heath Shuler (NC-11) joined us at Valley Springs Middle School in Arden, NC to show students how to “say ‘YES’ to a healthy lifestyle and ‘NO’ to underage drinking.” As always, we loved seeing the interest kids showed...
This weekend The Century Council was title night sponsor of Saturday’s doubleheader at RFK Stadium. And while we were sad that DC United couldn’t overcome the New York Red Bulls, we still had a great time! We had our Ask, Listen Learn interactive activity up and running for the kids, who jumped for the...
Yesterday, The Century Council hosted a ‘Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day’ event yesterday in the Cannon Caucus Room on Capitol Hill, along with our partners, Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Foundation, the Artists and Athletes Alliance, and PE4Life. For the past four years we’ve celebrated Take Our...
Apolo Anton Ohno joined The Century Council for two events yesterday, one at Arlington Science Focus Elementary School in Arlington, VA and one at Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School in Laurel, MD. We started off the day at Arlington Science Focus Elementary School. Joined by US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, Apolo ran...
Apolo Anton Ohno today visited La Salle Academy in inner-city Philadelphia today, joined by kids from St. Malachy School, St. Laurentius School, San Miguel School, and Hope Partnership for Education. Many of these kids’ potential is limited by social, academic, or financial challenges. Apolo reached out to them, telling them that as long...
Braving thunderstorms and tornadoes, The Century Council brought its Ask, Listen, Learn program to Liberty, NC on Monday for an event with Rep. Howard Coble (NC-06.) We had a great event. The kids were excited to try the Ask, Listen, Learn interactive activity – learning about the dangers of underage drinking – while also breaking out...
Our nationwide Ask, Listen, Learn tour with Apolo Anton Ohno came to a satisfying conclusion on Friday, in Apolo’s hometown of Seattle. We knew it was going to be big. Apolo was excited to come home, and Seattle was excited to see him. There were a lot of people in Seattle excited about the...
Today, the Ask, Listen, Learn tour will bring Apolo Anton Ohno to his hometown, Seattle. The Ask, Listen, Learn team and Apolo are very excited about this hometown event! As you all know, Apolo has been travelling up a storm to inspire kids all around the country. Seattle will be...
Apolo Anton Ohno was on Good Morning America today! Check out the video below! Apolo’s wrapping up his five-city Ask, Listen, Learn tour tomorrow in Seattle! Apolo’s excited about it, and so are we! Stay tuned for updates!