pickup day!!
What a great spending spree!!
My family and I had the pleasure of picking up fair trade soccer balls and backpacks today…
We were happy to finally meet Janine, the face behind Fair Kick Soccer, and hear how she came to be involved with fair trade soccer balls.
janine w/ Fair Kick Soccer, originally uploaded by James Matthew.
We are grateful for her support in helping us meet our goals!
Our garage is now home to four boxes of backpacks, and a box of soccer balls…
By the way, a 2002 toyota echo can easily accommodate 41 backpacks (MEC Pika Plus), 20 deflated size 4 fair trade soccer balls (no child labor!!), costco groceries, random mec biking supplies, two lovely children and all their paraphernalia, and my lovely wife and I (oh, and an ipod & other misc. things like banana peels…) And when I say easily, I mean when it is packed to the trunk lid, with boxes under children’s feet….
cheers!
we only have 58 backpacks left, and then all of our goals would be met for September!
Delivery date: Sept. 22-28.08
The Low-down on Fair Trade Soccer Balls…
Here’s the big news I was hinting at the other day…
I got word about a week ago from Janine @ Fair Kick Soccer in Victoria, who is supplied by Fair Play Sports, the company we were originally to partner with.
Fair Kick Soccer is donating 10 balls to our cause!
Amazing news, which means we only have to raise funds for 5 more balls to meet our goal of 20 fairly traded soccer balls for the kids of Terrazas and ‘the River’ in Tijuana!
A huge thank you to Fair Kick for wanting to be involved and throwing in with us!!
