Sounds like a great event, Jim, and I wish you much success with it.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, James Keady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> 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]
>
>
>
> ###
>
>
>
> Councilman James W. Keady
>
> 1 Municipal Plaza
>
> Asbury Park, NJ 07712
>
> TEL: 732.502.5196
>
> EM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> www.cityofasburypark.com
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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