This release from the Dodgers almost sounds like a joke, when you see the subject field on the e-mail.

Orlando Hudson to Receive Albert Einstein Leadership Award

Huh? O-Dog and Einstein share … anything?

It becomes a bit clearer when you read the rest of the release.

It has to do with learning difficulties for kids, which is a charity that Hudson, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ second baseman, is involved in.

Here is the media release:

DODGER SECOND BASEMAN ORLANDO HUDSON TO BE HONORED WITH THE ALBERT EINSTEIN LEADERSHIP AWARD BY THE PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

WHAT:  Dodger second baseman Orlando Hudson will be honored with the Inaugural Albert Einstein Leadership Award, given by the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Community Advisory Committee (CAC). The award recognizes an individual who, through personal success or extraordinary effort, has positively impacted the special education cause or the public’s perception of special education students. The award being given to Hudson is part of the CAC’s annual “Recognition Awards Gala,” which honors teachers, support staff, and administrators who make a positive impact in the lives of PUSD special education students, their families, and the community. In 2008, Hudson established the non-profit foundation C.A.T.C.H. (Curing Autism Through Change and Hope) to enable children with autism to enjoy a normal life through the funding of outlets for proper therapy, education, and extracurricular activities.  Through its grants to schools and other non-profit organizations, the foundation is building a strong force to defeat the growing developmental disorder.

WHEN:           Tonight, May 18, at 6:30 p.m. (Reception)

                        Award Ceremony begins at 7:00 p.m.

Hudson will not be present due to tonight’s Dodger game but his award will be accepted by a Dodger representative

WHERE:         First Church of the Nazarene

3700 East Sierra Madre

Pasadena, CA

MISC:  The award is named after Nobel Laureate Albert Einstein, who lived in Pasadena for three summers while a visiting professor at the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology. Many educators believe that, if he were born today, Einstein would have been identified as a special education student because he had a learning disability as a child, did not speak until the age of 3, struggled with math, and had difficulty expressing himself through writing.  

 

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