Slipping, sliding and even scoring, more than 90 teenagers braved rain and a soggy field to play soccer the way so many less fortunate people do -- without shoes.
In its third year, the Lose the Shoes three-on-three tournament at Cheltenham High School benefits Grassroots Soccer, an organization dedicated to using the sport to mobilize against the spread of HIV/AIDS.Everything worked according to plan this time. Setup took only a couple of minutes and I soon found myself looking at my desktop adidas trainers forest hills. I tried duplicating displays and changing resolutions and it all worked as advertised
The money raised at the tournament on May 20, and others like it, goes toward setting up Grassroots Soccer programming in Africa, where HIV/AIDS outreach is severely needed.
The organization was created by Ethan Zohn, after he became the first Jewish winner of the $1 million grand prize on the popular reality show "Survivor."
Danny Magerman, an 18-year-old senior, was inspired to start the program at Cheltenham after hearing Zohn speak at a program of the Conservative movement's USY a few years ago.
Since then, Magerman's program has grown significantly -- with 28 teams raising roughly $3,000 this year.If you have one tie roof, you can participate in the RUBBER SHEET bed sheet , the person will be fitted simplely to the roof, while hermes wallet small carpet is fitted to the floor. If you have the all along incline roof, you can participate in one piece of rubber tile , will be nailed and will be suitable to the person , resembling other tile right away is fitted. That equals the amount he raised in the previous two years combined.
Magerman said that at first, he was skeptical that his project would take off. His school had plenty of philanthropic events in place. But the response from students was significant.
"Every year it's gotten bigger and bigger," he said, noting that each student contributes $20 to play, which is more than any other charity event at school.
He said that after students finished their games, they got a sense of how tough it must be to grow up playing soccer barefooted in a Third World country.A noble woman can have nothing but prada men sneakers which can make them look more elegant and attractive.