March 1, 2012

George Foreman

This is a picture of George Foreman, George Jr., George III, George IV, and there is also
George VI who isn't pictured.

Almost all of us have a Foreman Grill, starting with the off campus college students, 
to the bachelors, single ladies and  and even families... so that pretty much covers everyone.
Here is mine from my pineapple salsa chicken satay recipe picture.


The grill is obviously convenient in many aspects.  Did you know that Hulk Hogan, the wrestler
was approached first to represent and be the spokesperson for the grill along with a
protein shake blender and Hogan picked the blender leaving the company to go with Foreman.

George Foreman was born in 1949 in Texas. He was bullied as a child for growing up in
an impoverished town and by age 15 Foreman become a mugger, a brawler and
basically a thug on the streets.
He was helped by Lyndon Johnson's Job Corps program, a program that helped troubled
kids on the streets. That's when his boxing career began.

We know George Foreman mostly for his boxing especially as an Olympic Gold Medalist,
his heavy-weight champion status and the Foreman Grill.

Did you also know that George Foreman is an ordained minister as well?
He has also given back by building The George Foreman Youth and Community Center
primarily to help kids stay out of trouble and give them the love and help that he received
as a troubled teenage gangster.
Foreman is also a great family man. His wife Mary and George have 5 boys and 5 girls.
They thought to name all the girls with names close to George but they realized that would be
overkill so they were named Georgetta, Freeda George, Michi, Natalie and Leola.

Foreman is also a rancher and when he isn't at church or on the road. He raises goats, cows,
llamas, donkeys, deer, ostriches, turkeys and pigeons.

So I added George Foreman under my cultivators tab because I'm a true believer in giving back
and especially when it comes to kids. It's so easy to inspire kids.  The way you grow up as a child
can really make a difference in your life. Think about your childhood memories and
how you might have had a different path and life if you were in a really, really negative state.