“Bodog Salutes the Troops” was a two-day charity event held in Hawaii to benefit the Fisher House Foundation. The Fisher House Foundation donates homes built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers, enabling family members to be close to loved ones during the hospitalization for an unexpected illness, disease, or injury.

The event brought together over 10,000 men and women of the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Army based at Hickam Air Force Base, Schofield Barracks, Pearl Harbor, and Kaneohe Marine Corps Base. For many of the men and women in the U.S. Military, the event provided them with the chance to touch American territory for the first time in months or years.

The weekend kicked off with an inter-service poker tournament that was attended by a host of celebrities, poker pros and military personnel.

Other highlights of the event included a concert by Snoop Dogg and Bif Naked, comedy by Colin Quinn, Paul Rodriguez and Wanda Sykes, and a host of celebrities, including Dog the Bounty Hunter, Shannon Elizabeth and Katherine Heigl. During the concert we presented Fisher House with a donation.

The Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation’s goal is to assist nonprofit community organizations based on need. With the focus on the use of sports to promote education, teamwork and self-esteem among Los Angeles area youth, their fundraising directly supports those initiatives by providing financial assistance to children and local youth programs.

The Calvin Ayre Foundation sponsored the LA Lakers Youth Foundation two years in a row and Calvin donated a cheque in a special half-time presentation during a Lakers game.

In addition, Bodog sponsored the Los Angeles Lakers 3rd Annual Casino Night and Celebrity Poker Invitational benefiting the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation. The event at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica featured a poker invitational hosted by Calvin Ayre and Lakers owner Jerry Buss. Superstars present included Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson. They joined the Lakers’ new guard including Smush Parker, Lamar Odom, Kwame Brown and Kobe Bryant.

View Pictures for Rafael Ángel Calderón School Healthy Meals

At the Calvin Ayre Foundation we are aware that a huge part of our responsibility in adopting the Rafael Ángel Calderón School is to ensure that students get a balanced diet that will provide them with the energy they need to study and learn.

The Foundation is also aware that what these children eat at school is probably the only balanced and complete meal that they will eat throughout the day.

The Calvin Ayre Foundation delivers food to the school as a part of the Adopt a School program.