In the News - 2005-2006
11/11/2006
Charlie Weis really knows how to get into a part.
In only his second year as Notre Dame coach, he has directed magical come-from-behind wins against Michigan State and UCLA.
10/11/2006
Nobody touches Charlie Weis' heart like his 11-year-old daughter, Hannah.
"Some of the things she does make you cry. Then some of the things she does ... you just laugh," the Notre Dame football coach says.
09/09/2006
UND.com and Hannah and Friends joined together to promote awareness and compassion for children and adults with special needs through the Hannah's Hands campaign. Hannah and Friends is a charitable organization established by Notre Dame Head Football Coach Charlie Weis and his wife Maura in recognition of their eleven-year-old daughter, Hannah, who is globally developmentally delayed. Hannah and Friends was founded with three primary goals for individuals with special needs; to raise awareness and encourage compassion, to provide quality of life grants for low-income families, and to develop a residential community for adults with special needs. Charlie and Maura Weis recently announced that development for the residential community has been moved to the South Bend area.
08/29/2006
The house was supposed to be built in South Carolina, 10 or so years down the road -- whenever Charlie Weis exchanged his Notre Dame playbook for a permanent seat on the living-room sofa.
Plans changed. And the blueprint for his life was redrawn.
08/29/2006
Out of nowhere, Hannah Weis will look at her mother and ask, ''Are you happy?''
Those simple words can trigger tears of joy from Maura Weis.
08/15/2006
Maura Weis, wife of Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis, wants to take advantage of the spotlight to advocate for her daughter Hannah and others with "different needs" to help them live as normal a life as possible.
08/02/2006
Several months ago, Notre Dame alum Jim Higgins made a contribution to Hannah and Friends that prompted a thank-you call from that organization's vice-chairman, Charlie Weis. Higgins suggested that he'd like to help raise more money for Hannah and Friends with a dinner in New York City. Weis went one step further and got both Ara Parseghian and Lou Holtz onboard. The result was a banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria that raised more than $1 million for the coaches' charitable organization.
07/25/2006
Some of the biggest names in Irish football, both past and present, were on hand Monday night in New York City hosting Kickoff for Charity.
07/24/2006-07/31/2006
06/19/2006
Many dads were on the golf course Sunday, celebrating Father's Day, including Irish Head Football Coach Charlie Weis. However, it was not to play a round, but to kickoff a celebrity outing for the Hannah and Friends Organization.
06/11/06
Participants in the third annual Hannah & Friends Celebrity Golf Classic at True Blue Plantation got a taste of what it's like at a Notre Dame football team meeting.
06/04/06
A pair of recently-retired football greats and a legendary coach are among the newcomers to the Hannah & Friends Celebrity Golf Classic, being played Saturday for the third time at True Blue Plantation.
05/21/06
A child is crying, despondent because she knows she is different from other children, frustrated because she cannot form the words to tell the world how she feels, and yet she inspires.
03/14/06
On March 14, over 500 guests gathered at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City for Kickoff for a Cure, an evening to benefit Autism Speaks and The Gillen Brewer School. The event was hosted by the NFL.
09/25/05
In the Schools...
These Cumberland youngsters were collecting $1 Helping Hands pledges outside Dave's Marketplace on Diamond Hill Road last Saturday. From left are Tayla Camara, Amy Malbeuf, Jill Corsini, James Arnold, Ginger Arnold, and Samantha Simao. The proceeds support the Groden Network and the Hannah and Friends Helping Hands "in Step for Autism" walk that's scheduled for this Sunday Oct. 2, at Goddard State Park in Warwick.
