Valley Man Sending Soccer Balls To Iraq

[Lux]

Kids in Iraq will soon have something to kick around and have fun with.

It turns out the Iraqi youngsters want soccer balls, and a Spokane Valley man is delivering.

Don Harding has so far collected more than 60 balls to ship, thanks to an ad he placed in a local paper pleading for donations. He says his son serving in Kirkuk approached him with the idea in the hopes of winning over the young Iraqis.

Harding says he needs more soccer balls and will accept balls of any size or condition. "These kids have nothing," he said. "They'll appreciate anything we send."

He says he could also use cash donations to help pay for shipping. If you'd like to help, give Don Harding a call at (509) 927-7145.

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[EyeGuy]

This is awesome. Back in 99 when I was in Kuwait, our command set up a soccer match against sime kuwait military personel. I consider myself to be pretty good at soccer. I can't say much for the other teamates I had that particular day. Short of the long. We got KILLED...they crushed us. We didn't get a single goal. They impressed the heck out of me. Good times. Sadly, they don't have much grass(none at all) to play on. Our field (much like the golf course we played on) was made of sand and rock. ouch!