March Madness usually means filling out those brackets for personal gain. But, how about playing for charity during March Madness? Michael McConville, a Duke University Freshman, has joined forces with fellow Cameron Crazies in the In-Cube entrepreneurship group, creating www.brackets4life.com/ The process is simple: fill out a bracket on the website and make at least a $2 dollar donation. The top five winners that participate in Brackets 4 Life will have the opportunity to split 50% of the charity pool for a charity of their choice. The other 50% of the proceeds will go to the CJ Foundation for SIDS. A cause that is very important
to Michael his family: His 5-month-old brother Christopher died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (or SIDS) – back in 1996. www.brackets4life.com/
Nearly one-third of workers will spend three or more hours watching hoops while at work. That’s $134 million dollars in lost wages in just the first two days of the NCAA tournament. (…annual report by outplacement firm, Challenger, Gray & Christmas)
