Charity+Ball

How was Charity Ball started?
//Charity Ball// was started by Ethan King. When Ethan Northern Mozambique with his dad, he played soccer with the village kids. In one of the villages, Ethan gave his soccer ball away. When he gave his ball away, he discovered the generosity of giving. When he got back to the United States, he wanted to do more. He got together with his friends, and officially launched //Charity Ball//.

Mission Statement
//Charity Ball// is a charity that provides brand new soccer balls to communities that have to deal with poverty. When you donate $25 a soccer ball is given to a child. //Charity Ball// uses a basic criteria of affiliated organization to help them find needy villages. All the charity balls, donated from the $25, are hand delivered, nobody has to wonder if the ball made it to the child or not.

Why should you care?
In many countries, children are forced to deal with HIV/Aids, contaminated water and civil war. Soccer is something constructive for the kids to do instead of being involved in crime. Soccer teaches the kids how to work together, and succeed. It also promotes fair play and friendship. Donating $25 for a soccer ball will help children who deal with poverty find comfort playing the game of soccer. ==

How is this charity making a difference?
When you donate $25,a brand new soccer ball is given to a child who is living in impoverished conditions. //Charity Ball// hand deliveries the ball to the children or villages. //Charity Ball// gives ball to children with these conditions: Children living in impoverished condtions Children whose parents can't afford a ball Children who can't afford a ball Children who don't have a ball Children who haven't received a ball yet from //Charity Bal////l//​

Where can you get involved?
To donate the $25, //Charity Ball//'s address is: __305 Hoover Blvd Suite 600 Holland, MI 49423__

Any up coming events from Charity ?
There is actually an on going event now. It's called the Play [well] Cup. In January of 2013, E than King received an email from Neven Subotic. Neven Subotic is national player who plays soccer for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga and Siberia's national team. Ethan said that after the Champion League Finals, he would be flying out to Mozambique and meeting Neven there. Mozambique was one of the poorest countries in the world. Children living in Mozambique think getting a soccer ball is one thing. Meeting a professional player, in person, is a once in a live time opportunity! // Adidas // had sent over 500 of there soccer balls to Mozambique. Neven was going to Mozambique to meet the children of that country.

Ethan's brother, Jade, is making drinking wells in Mozambique. The wells cost about $5k (five thousand dollars). Jade has only raised about $1k. One thousand's worth of water will be able to supply 1,500 people. That's only $3 per person. If you donate $3, you can gift someone fresh clean water to drink. [|Click here to donate for clean, fresh water]
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