

For sure there are LampStrong Heroes in Minnesota.
The start of the 2018 Major League Soccer campaign marks a geographical change for the LampStrong Foundation and with that, its seminal program. With the assured support of a new team, Minnesota United Football Club, the Hero Program will continue, but it will now be based in the Twin Cities. It is with mixed feelings that Matt is leaving the Chicago Fire. He will miss the city and his teammate friends. He will especially miss his regular visits to the Ann & Robert H. Luri


Sears & Roebuck, Amazon, and The LampStrong Foundation?
In 1888, Richard Sears first used a printed mailer to sell watches and jewelry. By 1894 his catalog boasted that "our trade reaches around the world". Soon one could buy any item imaginable, from clothes to pianos, through The Sears, Roebuck and Co Catalogue....and have it delivered to one's front door. Now we will fast-forward one hundred years. It was on July 5, 1994 that Jeff Bezos founded today's equivalent to the Sears & Roebuck Catalog. It is called Amazon.com, Inc.