Survivor Africa's Ethan Zohn coming to Asbury Park with campaign to fight
HIV/AIDS
(Asbury Park, NJ, October 13, 2008) As part of his 500 mile journey to raise
awareness about HIV/AIDS, Survivor Africa's Ethan Zohn is coming to Asbury
Park on October 18, 2008.
The event is part of Dribble 2008 for which Zohn is dribbling a soccer ball
from Boston to Washington, DC. This is part of a larger effort of Grassroot
Soccer United, a youth-led movement of soccer playing kids around the world
who are coming together in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa.
The event will kick off at 6:30pm at the Langosta Lounge in the Third Avenue
Pavilion on the Asbury Park Boardwalk. As part of the festivities, local
youth soccer players can take part in the historic dribble with Ethan.
For his stop in Asbury Park, Zohn has partnered with AP City Councilman, Jim
Keady. Keady, like Zohn, is a former professional goalkeeper, and now
directs a local non-profit organization, Educating for Justice, as well as
the GK1 Club for soccer goalkeepers.
"I am really excited about Ethan's visit to Asbury Park," said Keady. "What
he and Grassroot Soccer United are doing to help stop the AIDS pandemic is
some of the most important social justice work of our time. I am thankful
that youth players and coaches at the Jersey Shore will get to take part in
this wonderful event."
Grassroot Soccer United empowers youth to take action to help less fortunate
kids around the world gain access to the education and tools that will help
them live a healthy life. Through the power of soccer, kids around the globe
can become advocates for these critical issues, raise money to help their
teammates, and reach out to support African youth. Grassroot Soccer United
enables this activity by linking kids together through their website
(www.grassrootsoccer.org), providing strategies for contacting each other
via mail or phone, and, for a select few, facilitating an actual, in-person
introduction.
Grassroot Soccer believes that through their efforts, the youth around the
world can enable an HIV Free Generation in Africa.
The event will include the dribble, autograph signing and pictures with
Zohn, as well as a silent auction to benefit Grassroot Soccer United. The
event is being sponsored by Metromix Jersey Shore, Langosta Lounge, the GK1
Club, Educating for Justice, and the City of Asbury Park. If you are
interested in taking part in the dribble or supporting the event in any
other way, please contact Jim Keady at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Councilman James W. Keady
1 Municipal Plaza
Asbury Park, NJ 07712
TEL: 732.502.5196
EM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.cityofasburypark.com
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