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USA Wrestling Announces Landmark Fundraising Program to Assist Athlete Families
NEWARK, N.J. & COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-(Business Wire)-May 20, 2008 - USA Wrestling, the National Governing Body in the United States for the sport of amateur wrestling, today announced the formation of a landmark fundraising initiative which will give financial support to the families of athletes competing in Beijing for this summer's Olympics. "Fuel The Dream" is believed to be the most extensive fundraising effort to support families of Olympic athletes in the United States, and will give those 18 who make the Olympic Wrestling team an additional emotional boost for the games.
"It is a lifelong dream of all these great athletes to one day make the Olympics, and many times the cost for their families to go and see them fulfill those dreams in person is just too great," said USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender. "'Fuel The Dream' will give those family members the financial support to experience the Olympic moments with the athletes for the first time, which we think will be both a huge emotional boost for our team and will help set the standard for this type of effort for all sports into the future."
The program, which will begin immediately, will assist families with expenses involved in seeing the athletes represent the USA in Beijing. A full 50% of each donation will go, without any reductions, to the individuals who have qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team by winning the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Las Vegas, Nev., June 13-15 at the Thomas & Mack Center. The other 50% goes to help train athletes that will be on future World and Olympic Teams.
A special "Fuel the Dream" event will be held on June 21, in part sponsored by the Hanson family, the owners of the Bernards Inn in Bernardsville, N.J. The event will bring the 2008 Olympic Wrestling Teams for a special send off to Beijing.
For more information and to donate for the program, visit www.fuelthedream.org.
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