Thunder forecast for Geelong Street Soccer Players.
Posted Sep 25th, 2008 • Category: Street Soccer News • By Tara Huyskens
On August 21, more than 100 people attended a special screening of ‘Tropic Thunder’ at Village Cinemas in Geelong, to raise awareness of the issue of homelessness and raise funds for the Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup.
Among the audience were players from The Big Issue’s Geelong Street Soccer Program, who since February this year have been attending weekly training at Steampacket Gardens.
Geelong Coach Steve Sodomaco kicked off the night by explaining the benefits of the street soccer program and introducing the players from the Geelong program, many whom have experienced homelessness at some point in their life.
The night was a huge success and succeeded in raising almost $500 for the Melbourne 2008 Homeless World Cup, being held from 1-7 December at Federation Square and Birrarung Marr.
A big thank you to Village Cinemas for donating movie passes and Gold Class vouchers, and to the Sheraton Hotel for donating some delicious buffet breakfast vouchers as prizes.
Tara Huyskens - Tara has recently joined The Big Issue to help as a volunteer website contributer. Last year she graduated from a Bachelor of Arts (Public Relations) at Deakin University in Geelong.
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I wish all the Geelong Street Scoccer Players good luck in their quest to play for Australia, in The Homeless World Cup.
I am going to volunteer at The Games and will be cheering on The Aussies