Sports world aiding in tsunami disaster relief
Sports teams, athletes and bowl games are organizing relief efforts for
victims of the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia that killed more than
120,000 people and left millions more homeless. Here are some examples:
- The American Red Cross collected donations at the Rose Bowl and the
Cotton Bowl.
- Northwest Medical Teams will accept relief assistance donations at
an NFL game between Atlanta and Seattle.
- Many teams organized donation drives.
- The NBA's New Jersey Nets will donate a percentage of revenue from
tickets sold during the next two weeks to UNICEF.
- The son of baseball great Roberto Clemente is sending money and 2 tons
of supplies -- originally destined for Nicaragua to honor his late father's
ill-fated humanitarian flight 32 years ago -- to tsunami victims.
- Tennis stars Roger Federer, Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt, the three
top-ranked players, will auction autographed rackets, with the money
going to UNICEF relief.
For more information or to donate to relief work through the American
Red Cross: www.redcross.org.
-- ASSOCIATED PRESS |
