The Ball 2010

Special Olympics just posted a story on their website, the main gist of which I’ve quoted here:

I had resigned myself to the fact that my son would never prosper in anything but seeing him participating in the young athlete activities I realised that he had a talent in sports and now I have hope that my son will prosper in something; sports. The happiness I saw in my son’s face on that day cannot be equalled to anything, by the time we were going back home all he wanted to acquire was a ball, he kept on asking me if I will by him a ball on our way home.

This had me on the verge of tears this morning — not tears of sadness, but of joy and anticipation. If this is a foretaste of what’s to come on The Ball’s journey to South Africa, then I can’t wait to get going. I’m really looking forward to the many ways in which The Ball can contribute to the great work that Special Olympics are doing.

In the meantime, if you want to contribute towards this boy’s dream of acquiring a ball (or at least acquiring access to one, which is in many ways more important than ownership) then please visit our JustGiving page and make a donation to Alive & Kicking, who will deliver footballs to our partners (including Special Olympics projects) in Africa. Or, if you prefer, you can go to Special Olympics’ donations page and support them directly.

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