Jackie Gleason

Snowpile Program of Toledo For the past 12 years, The Snowpile Program at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan has been helping hospitalized children and their families bring the holiday season to life. Through the Snowpile Program, the holiday spirit pours through the halls, allowing parents of patients in the hospital to rest a little easier during the holiday season. The students’ mission is to raise funds and donations throughout the academic school year in order to buy presents for the patients at Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. Students that are involved in this organization, are helping the children and their families by donating toys, games, books and money to give the children a more hopeful outlook on life and give families relief knowing that their children would have presents to open that upcoming holiday year. Since giving to people is one of my passions, I feel like this organization will help me blossom into having more opportunities to give, especially to the young kids. The Snowpile of Toledo would be a good fit for me unlike the other organizations because it’s something that I would love to do and would be passionate to be involved with. They have weekly meetings to determine next steps and upcoming events. Their office is located at Student Union room 3512 and they welcome any student in if they have any questions or concerns. Through my college journey, I’m mostly focused on my studies and my grades. I’m currently in YouCollege and…

back against the crippling weight of oppression and injustice was born. The movie 42 tells the compelling and heart-warming story of Jackie Roosevelt Robinson, a name that will forever be engraved in both American and baseball culture so deeply. Jackie is remembered for fighting to bring about change and doing something that everyone said and thought was not possible,…

Jackie earned the title of Second Lieutenant in the United States Army in 1943 and was assigned to Fort Riley in Kansas. Here, he was the victim of tireless discrimination and intense racial hatred, resulting in him requesting a transfer. He was relocated to Fort Hood in Texas, but things were no different here, as the racist harassment continued. Finally, Jackie had had enough. On July 6th, 1943, he was ordered to move to the back of a military bus he had been seated on. Twelve whole years…

Jackie Robinson Did you know that having your number retired in sports is considered one of the highest accomplishments someone can achieve? If someone 's number is retired, it is usually retired from just one team. In fact, only one play in Major League Baseball history has his number retired across the entire league. That player is Jackie Robinson. Besides his incredible career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, his number is retired for what he represents. While most people recognize him as the…

Not everyone served their country by fighting the Axis Powers on the front line. Many did their part in their hometown and Dorothy Haener was one of them. She contributed to the war effort by working in a plant and inspecting B-24 parts. Even growing up, Dorothy was exposed to the expectation that women were to aspire to marriage and raise a family while their husbands worked. She also noticed that many men thought women were inferior to them and were even lower in their eyes if they were…

Organizations such as the ACE Mentor Program of America, Jackie Robinson Foundation, and United Negro College Fund (UNCF) all try and motivate young adults to become educated also develop certain working skills for the real world. The ACE Mentor Program of America helps mentor high school students and inspires them to pursue careers in design and construction. This program reaches over 8,000 students per year. The Jackie Robinson Foundation is a non profit organization which provides…

the way for many opportunities for African Americans. In 1947, Jackie Robinson made history by doing what no other African American had ever done. Major League Baseball started in 1867, and until the 1940s, only Caucasians were allowed to play. From 1947 to 1959, the MLB had slowly but surely started to shed its biased opinion on the rights that blacks had on playing baseball. (Cite). Blacks were never completely banned from the Major Leagues, but it was implied that they couldnt not play. The…

the past and a treasured reminder for the future. Jackie Robinson changed the game of baseball forever, becoming the first African-American to enter the major leagues with the help of Branch Rickey, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The movie 42: The Jackie Robinson Story richly displays the career, involving the highs and lows, of Jackie Robinson, and his emergence as one of the influential and trailblazing baseball players of all time. The movie opens with Wendell Smith, an African-American…

Most individuals around the world know Jackie Robinson by the man who broke the color barrier in the Major League Baseball (MLB) on April of 1947. They do not know everything he faced to get to that day. Jackie had to face more obstacles in his life to get to where he was when he broke the color barrier. Today’s society is much different as it was in the 1900’s era. Jackie Robinson helped change America as he played baseball through the Major Leagues while fighting racism and battling adversity.…

Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Ozzie Smith, and Barry Bonds were all great baseball players with outstanding accolades, but where would they be without Jackie Robinson. He changed the world in a positive way. He broke the color barrier in 1947 and helped in the Civil Rights movement. Jackie Robinson was born January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia. He was a star athlete at the University of California Los Angeles in four different sports, and he became UCLA’s first four letterman for his multisport…