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Hoops of Hope wants to net goodly sum for charity
Emily Burgess
Issue date: 3/25/09 Section: Campus News
A charitable form of March Madness hits Bost Gym Saturday when GWU students can donate $1 to the Hoops Of Hope Foundation during a free-throw challenge.
The foundation benefits AIDS awareness in Africa.
Students can shoot 500, 1000 or 2,057 free-throws during the challenge. A student can do this alone or create a team to complete all the shots.
There is an option to shoot 2,057 because that is the number of children who are orphaned daily in Africa because of AIDS.
More than 12 million have already been orphaned in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to information released by Bryant Davis, the graduate assistant for marketing at GWU.
Davis organized this whole event after the idea was brought to his attention by
Brittany Mote, one of his interns.
"The money will go directly toward building a medical and counseling center for AIDS victims in Northern Zambia," said Davis.
"The money will also go to help provide medical kits and bikes to help deliver medical supplies to secluded places."
The fundraiser is held nationwide, but this is the first time that it is being done at Gardner-Webb.
"I am hoping to encourage Gardner-Webb and its community to become more aware of the world and its issues," said Davis.
Davis challenges all students to go and donate $1 to the cause and help those who don't have the resources to help themselves.
The foundation benefits AIDS awareness in Africa.
Students can shoot 500, 1000 or 2,057 free-throws during the challenge. A student can do this alone or create a team to complete all the shots.
There is an option to shoot 2,057 because that is the number of children who are orphaned daily in Africa because of AIDS.
More than 12 million have already been orphaned in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to information released by Bryant Davis, the graduate assistant for marketing at GWU.
Davis organized this whole event after the idea was brought to his attention by
Brittany Mote, one of his interns.
"The money will go directly toward building a medical and counseling center for AIDS victims in Northern Zambia," said Davis.
"The money will also go to help provide medical kits and bikes to help deliver medical supplies to secluded places."
The fundraiser is held nationwide, but this is the first time that it is being done at Gardner-Webb.
"I am hoping to encourage Gardner-Webb and its community to become more aware of the world and its issues," said Davis.
Davis challenges all students to go and donate $1 to the cause and help those who don't have the resources to help themselves.
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posted 1/10/10 @ 4:27 PM EST
Charity is important part of the life.
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posted 3/05/10 @ 1:44 AM EST
AIDS in Africa one of the greatest problems of humanity, collection money on a decision to it problems very important part of charity.
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posted 3/08/10 @ 5:10 PM EST
This is awesome news. I can't wait. The first game was truly awesome.
Good job and good luck guys.
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