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Charitable causes

December

Two girls soccer players have recently been involved in charitable efforts involving soccer. Jamie Kimak organized a fundraising effort—Goals for Change—through Tappan Zee soccer. You may remember it from a soccer notebook I did during the season. She had her teammates and the JV players get monetary pledges from friends and family for every goal the teams scored. It ended up raising more than $2900 for People to People, which buys supplies for Rocklanders in need.

The other charity work is by Jessi-Ann Bettcher of Brewster, whose story I detailed in a Sunday feature (and linked to yesterday). She’s created an organization called Jessie’s Goal: Sudden Death, Not in Any Game, which pushes for heart tests for varsity athletes. It argues that a routine test that is not currently administered could save lives of athletes with heart defects. She joined with CARE, another heart health organization, on a free screening initiative at last Saturday’s Maggie Dixon Basketball Classic at Madison Square Garden. I didn’t mention it in my feature because it had already happened and wasn’t specifically relevant to Jessi-Ann’s recovery. But I know this has become a big cause of hers after her transplant and the Dec. 8 event will surely not be the last. Go toÃ‚Â ”careforhearts.org”:careforhearts.orgÃ‚Â to read an interview with her about her ordeal and charity work.

This entry was posted on Friday, December 14th, 2007 at 2:58 am by Jake Thomases. Print | Email

One Response to “Charitable causes”

max February 13th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
any news on league realignments for 08?

Any teams moving up or down?

Does Keio move down again?

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