So when you lay your head down at night, just remember Sam Diggedy and RickyDanny are out there Tarp Surfing! A night session was in order with the OG Tarp Surfers in a secret spot with perfect Tarp Shore winds…Ruse Entertainment was there to capture it all. Make sure to notice the angles…Shouts out to Homer Henard, Matt Rockhold, Chris Killen and Cole Kerby for pulling, filming and tarping!
Local charity Grind Out Hunger and Danny Keith have been nominated in Major League Baseball and People Magazine “All-Stars Among Us” national campaign.
Danny Keith People Magazine All Stars Among Us
Grind Out Hunger is on a mission to end childhood hunger through skateboarding! in 2003 Santa Cruz Skate Shop owned by Danny Keith placed some barrels from Second Harvest Food Bank in the store, the result 7 years later is a full fledged program to utilize Action Sports to feed children. http://www.grindouthunger.org founder Danny Keith is infectious with his approach to feeding children, going right to the source and speaking directly to the students in their schools. Keith skates into over 25 schools a year in Santa Cruz County to spread the message of altruism and preventative guidance about people going hungry. “When I started understanding how many kids were going hungry, it was pretty moving for me,” Keith said. “I just couldn’t let that happen on my watch.” With over 500,000 pounds of food raised for children, Grind Out Hunger is looking to expand its reach outside of Santa Cruz County. “I call on all food banks across the nation to reach out and use Grind Out Hunger in their area to speak to the kids” Keith remarks, “I am willing to travel, train and execute with the rest of the United States”
To vote for Danny Keith Go to
http://www.peopleallstars.com/
select SF Giants and vote Danny Keith.
The annual campaign honors every-day heroes who make a difference in their community, said Major League Baseball spokesman Matt Bourne. People magazine selected three finalists for each one of the league’s 30 franchises and is putting them to the fans’ vote until June 20 on the Web site www.mlb.com/peopleallstarsamongus.
Keith was selected for his work with Grind Out Hunger, the charity he created in 2004 to help the Second Harvest Food Bank raise food for children in Santa Cruz County.
“Danny just put his heart and soul in Grind Out Hunger and really got the kids involved,” said Bly Morales, food drives and events manager at the food bank.
The 30 community leaders — one representing each club — will be honored during this year’s pre-game ceremony of the All-Star Game in Anaheim on July 13, Bourne said. The overall winner will be featured in People Magazine during the game’s week.
Grind Out Hunger/Danny Keith will be honored at homeplate in tonights June 14th San Francisco Giants game at 6:30pm PST against Baltimore Orioles.
I have faith in the world again.
Last night I was awarded a NEXTie award with three other amazing people Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Reyna Ruiz and Marina Sousa held at the old Wrigleys Gum Factory…yes they use to make gum in Santa Cruz.
A night at the NEXTies
My wife and I arrived to find the venue artfully decorated and definitely 1st class, there was a bit of comedy when we tried to check in as my name wasn’t on the guest list….thank god they had the party poster nearby with my pic on it…it was a close one as I saw security eyeballing me lol. Once we worked out that issue which was hilarious as I had to have Ryan Coonerty vouch for me and then all was fine. As the sold event filled in and the food rolled out, people started mingling and the party was getting started. Ironically, the first people we spoke with were Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz and Reyna Ruiz (2 of the 3 other award recipients) you could tell the nervous energy was built up as we were excited to be honored and really had no idea what was in store for the evening. Greg Archer and Jeff Dinnell were on fire making sure to get film outtakes with all the nominees and making the event even brighter. Jeffrey Kongslie, MC and man de la extraordinaire with his spiffy bow tie was full of energy and a phenomenal host to all that showed to celebrate the gala in store. After carousing the crowd and eating the fine hor devours it was time to get down to business. I was up first and Ryan Coonerty along with an insane video bio introduced me to the stage and I had my moment to share with the crowd what Grind Out Hunger meant to me through this quote from Alvin Toffler:
“The secret message communicated to most young people today by the society around them is that they are not needed, that the society will run itself quite nicely until they – at some distant point in the future – will take over the reigns. Yet the fact is that the society is not running itself nicely… because the rest of us need all the energy, brains, imagination and talent that young people can bring to bear down on our difficulties. For society to attempt to solve its desperate problems without the full participation of even very young people is imbecile.”
I had the time of my life as my wife and I made it around the capacity crowd talking about Grind Out Hunger and what an inspiration it is to the youth of Santa Cruz County. My friends and colleagues came out in full support of the evening, Willy McCrea, Shane and Eden Gallagher, Paul Gallagher, Gina Renna and Eric Walters, Sean and Valerie Sinnot, Christian Sacoolas and Jen Nelson. I also ran into a few of my Facebook and Twitter friends Dewey Decibel, Mosiac Moon and MRosas who shared the wonderful evening.
Greg Archer, Jeff Dinell my lovely wife Taniya and yours truly DK
Tons of thanks and gratitude go out to Ryan Coonerty for nominating me, Greg Archer for believing in me, Willy McCrea Second Harvest Food Bank for taking a chance on me and Grind Out Hunger, Jeff Dinnell for capturing my essence on video, Jeffrey Kongslie, Timerie Gordon, Santa Cruz Next and its board, Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop, all the volunteers that helped setup, my wife Taniya and especially…especially the youth of Santa Cruz County…this award is ours!!!!
