Hey everyone,
I'm sure that most of you have received many e-mails about this already, but I thought I would send it out anyways.
This year I've decided to shoot 1,000 free throws to help children in Africa who are orphaned and stricken with HIV/AIDS. It's really the least I can do.
I want to ask you to partner with myself and Hoops of Hope to help raise the money needed to build a laboratory in Zambia. If you don't feel God is calling you to give, please don't feel that you need to. But if you have a heart for God's people in Africa and you are able to give, please consider doing so. Just think of how great of a future these people will have only because we were able to reach into our pockets and pull out $10. Although, if you are unable to give, I ask that you would support this event in prayer; pray for the event, for God's hand to move in a mighty way, pray for the children in Africa awaiting this awesome opportunity, and pray for the people all across the US partaking in this event to shoot 1,000 hoops!
Jesus called us to care after widows and orphans and this is one small step to give back to God for all He has done for us.
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after widows and orphans in their distress..." (James 1:27)
Thank you so much for your support and your heart in God's kingdom.
In Him,
Tara Klusmann
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Hi and thanks for visiting my fund-raising page!
Along with thousands of other kids, I've made a commitment to shoot 1,000 free throws on World Aids Day, Saturday, December 1, 2007. I'm doing this to help children and their families who have been affected by the HIV and AIDS crises in the African country of Zambia.
Zambia is a beautiful nation that is home to antelopes, zebras, monkeys, and elephants. One of the largest concentrations of wildlife in Africa can be found in Zambia's Luangwa Valley National Park.
Unfortunately, Zambia is also stricken with one of the worst HIV and AIDS problems in Africa. With 16% of the population HIV positive and over 1,000,000 children already orphaned by AIDS, this struggling country is groaning under the weight of the AIDS pandemic.
The challenge may seem enormous but I'm going to take it on-one village and one free throw at a time.
Last year, Hoops of Hope participants raised more than $65,000 and helped to build a school in Twachiyanda, Zambia. This school, in a community hard hit by AIDS, is serving children who used to walk up to six miles just to get to school.
This year, our goal is to raise enough money to provide a Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center Laboratory, to be located in the community of Sinazongwe in Zambia. This laboratory will enable people in this community to be tested and know their HIV/AIDS status in as little as 20 minutes (current HIV/AIDS testing, when it is available, can take as long as two weeks to obtain a result). Once test results are known, drug therapies are available to treat the virus and the infections associated with it. This extends and improves the lives of mothers and fathers, which means fewer children become orphans!
Let's never forget that across the world over 6,000 children every day are losing one or both parents to HIV and AIDS. We can't do everything but we can each do something. Will you support me by making a tax-deductible donation on my web page? Donating on this web page is simple and totally secure. World Vision will use these gifts to build this laboratory and help the families of Sinazongwe.