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#OUREntrepidNetwork – Introducing Father Greg Boyle, Thomas Vosso and Homeboy Industries

www.homeboyindustries.org
www.homeboyindustries.org

The largest gang intervention, re-hab and re-entry program in the United States

In their own words (Homeboy Industries)

Founder Father Greg Boyle, CEO Thomas Vosso and their Los Angeles based Homeboy Industries team provides hope, training, and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated men and women allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of our community. Each year over 10,000 former gang members from across Los Angeles come through Homeboy Industries’ doors in an effort to make a positive change. They are welcomed into a community of mutual kinship, love, and a wide variety of services ranging from tattoo removal to anger management and parenting classes. Full-time employment is offered for more than 200 men and women at a time through an 18-month program that helps them re-identify who they are in the world, offers job training so they can move on from Homeboy Industries and become contributing members of the community – knowing they count!

In the news

Father Greg Boyle: How his Homeboys are healing our community | HollywoodJournal.com, Lisa Ullmann, 17 Jan. 2014

To learn more about what they’re up to at Homeboy Industries and how you can get involved visit www.homeboyindustries.org

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Here WE Grow!

Doug Parker | Linkedin

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#OUREntrepidNetwork – Introducing Robbie Flynn and Canterbury North America

www.CanterburyUS.com
www.CanterburyUS.com

The World’s Original Rugby Brand

Founder and CEO Robbie Flynn and Westlake Village, California based CanterburyUS Rugby sports apparel and equipment company continue to encourage the growth and development of rugby across North America through love of the game and by providing support and partnership to organizations focused on player and community development.

In their own words (source – www.canterburyus.com)

OUR History

In 1904 three men began making tough woollen garments in a small town in New Zealand. John Lane, Pringle Walker and Alfred Rudkin were English natives turned proud Kiwis. Such was their love for their adopted homeland, they named their company after the area in which they settled – Canterbury. From its very beginnings, this was a brand rooted in the New Zealand soil. Like the Kiwi landscape itself, it was rugged and uncompromising. When the time came to give the company a logo, the founders naturally chose three kiwis. Canterbury was becoming a national institution, a byword for Kiwi qualities of trustworthiness, resilience and hard work. Inevitably, the other great New Zealand institution – the All Blacks rugby team – would eventually choose Canterbury too. Thus began an association that would last for decades and would etch three kiwis not just onto jerseys, but into the folklore of the game and its growth around the world.

OUR Brand

For over a century Canterbury has dedicated itself to making stylish, crafted products that are built to last. At every stage we’ve challenged ourselves to come up with innovations that make our kit – and sometimes even the game itself – even better. So we study the game forensically, talking to players about what they need and value developing and testing ideas with fanatical precision. This relentless drive has delivered landmark technical innovations: the loop neck, the rubber button, the base layer. Today, we apply this combination of respect for history and forward-looking product development across all of our ranges from casual sportswear to training kit to the elite international rugby strip. We take our responsibility to the game very seriously. Where tradition meets design – that’s where you’ll find Canterbury.

To learn more about Canterbury North America visit www.CanterburyUS.com

Please support Robbie and the Canterbury North America team by giving this a LIKE, SHARE it with you wider social networks and JOIN their communities on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, G+ and YouTube.

Here WE Grow!

Doug Parker | Linkedin