"Schooner Heritage" The Maine Windjammer Project

"Schooner Heritage" by Doug Mills

The schooner Heritage under sail near Rockland, Maine.

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"Arctic Schooner Bowdoin" The Maine Windjammer Project

"Arctic Schooner Bowdoin" by Doug Mills

Arctic schooner Bowdoin, America's last sailing Arctic exploration vessel, prepares to be hauled out at Rockland, Maine. [05252010]

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USC ATHLETICS RECEIVES $5 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM

Los Angeles, California - The USC Athletic Department, one of the nation’s most successful and storied collegiate programs, has received a $5 million gift from the Otis Booth Foundation to endow the department’s community service program. 



In addition to endowing the program, the Otis Booth Foundation’s gift will create the “Matt Barkley Community Service Coordinator.” Named for the Trojans' star quarterback, the position will enable the athletics department to hire a full-time staffer to manage, implement and grow the program for maximum impact. The position is named for Barkley to honor his long history of philanthropic service, which included humanitarian trips to Haiti, Nigeria and South Africa as well as participation in numerous locally-based community programs.

The Otis Booth Community Service Endowment for USC Athletics will provide long-term funding for the program, which supports Trojan student-athletes’ volunteer efforts to engage and inspire elementary age children in the neighborhoods surrounding USC. 


In the last three years alone, USC’s 650-plus student-athletes have collectively completed more than 8,000 hours of community service, volunteering with a variety of organizations, including Marathon for Kids, Swim With Mike, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, South Central Community Center, Best Buddies and Skid