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Youngster wants a pair of Air Jordans
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Medford,OR (Jordan Zone) Until last year, the 13-year-old
Medford boy had never dribbled a basketball. While other
kids were learning to shoot hoops and block shots in
organized leagues, this boy didn’t. His family
couldn’t afford the fees.
When he entered McLoughlin Middle School, he became
involved with a free youth sports league organized by
Kids Unlimited, a Medford social service agency. Through
a program aimed at teaching fundamental sports skills
to kids ages 6 and up, the boy gradually learned the
basics of layups and free throws. Last year, he and
his teammates did well in their local league and took
second in a tournament in California.
This year, the eighth-grader is inspired to work even
harder, with the goal of making a high school team,
says Tom Cole, director of Kids Unlimited.
This holiday season, the one thing that would spark
motivation in this boy — and others — is
a pair of shoes like the NBA players wear.
"Some of these kids have been wearing the same
shoes since last summer," says Cole. "And
these might be the shoes they work out in, play in and
go to school in."
Cole scrambles to pay for equipment for the more than
100 boys and girls who now play on Kids Unlimited teams.
But resources are slim when it comes to shoes, especially
the kind of shoes so many kids covet.
"All these kids fantasize about a pair of high-dollar
sneakers," Cole says. "The shoes they wear
are nowhere near that."
More than anything, this boy wants a pair of Nike Air
Jordan basketball shoes in size 91⁄2 . Donations
of shoes or resources to pay for them would be welcome,
Cole said.
By Jonel Aleccia
Mail Tribune
December 20, 2004
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