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Kicking For Kids Who Can't to Benefit the Limbs for Life Foundation

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WASHINGTON, DC--(MARKET WIRE)--Aug 31, 2007 -- Kicking ForKids Who Can'tis a fund-raising Washington DC event to benefit the Limbsfor LifeFoundation, a global nonprofit organization dedicated toproviding fullprosthetic care for individuals who cannot otherwise affordit and toraising awareness of the challenges facing amputees. Thechildren charityevent will be held on The National Mall between 7th and10th Streets onSunday, October 7th, 2007 from 1 pm to 4:30 pm.

Children and adults who are interested in making a differencein the lifeof another child are invited to participate in thisfund-raising Washington DC event. Kickers will ask peoplefor donations bysponsoring them to "kick" anything ranging from soccer balls,kick balls,and hackey sacks to dance kicks and martial arts kicks.Any contributionwill be accepted to benefit Limbs for Life Children Charity.

Special guests involved with the Washington DC Event includeIraq veteranand triple amputee Bryan Anderson as guest speaker. GracieRosenberger,founder of Standing With Hope, a double amputee and professionalsingerfrom Nashville, will perform and amputee martial arts expertRon Mann willreturn to perform his famous 1000 kicks drill. Also attendingfor thefirst time is Harley Jackson, an amputee breakdancer whowill show us allhow to get moving during a demo with his crew. Additionalguests of thischildren charity event include members of the DC Unitedsoccer team.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is also gettinginvolved in thislandmark children charity benefit by drawing veteran amputeesandvolunteers from within the VA to the event to participateand educate allpeople, able-bodied or not. Wayne Miller, a Vietnam veteranand above-kneeamputee, will open the Washington DC event with the singingof the NationalAnthem as well as award the children medals at the closingceremonies.

Sponsors for this children charity event include Coca Cola,Inc, the DCUnited soccer team, College Park Industries, Maryland OrthodicsandProsthetics, Fleet Feet, HKS Architects, Champion MartialArts, DCKickball, Performance Fitness & Tennis, Oakley Sunglasses,ProformaPromotions and others.

For more information on the children charity WashingtonDC event or to getinvolved please visit: .

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