Students Get Kick Out of Donating Cleats for Kenyan Kids
Jefferson Junior High School students and faculty start project to ship used soccer equipment halfway around the world.
Soccer cleats worn by Naperville students will soon be laced up by youngsters more than 8,000 miles away. Throughout the past few weeks 7th graders at Jefferson Junior High School have been collecting soccer cleats and equipment to send halfway around the world to a village in Kenya. “We have about 156 pairs of cleats so far and it’s from people in the community who are donating or kids bringing their equipment in,” said 7th grade Jefferson social science teacher Trish Sniadecki. “Just about everyone from the school is contributing.” The idea started after Jefferson Junior High teacher John Bilardello visited Kenya last summer with his family. During his trip he met a Kenyan youth soccer coach and the two kept in touch after Bilardello …
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