Noah Cooper
Football Giveaway
As a kid, I played football with anything: stones, empty drinks cans, rolled up socks, space-hoppers and cricket balls. I was football crazy, so I didn’t really care how much a cricket ball would hurt my foot, I just wanted to kick it.
While kids will kick anything in an effort to play the beautiful game, there is nothing better than playing with a real football. The problem is, though, that they can be very expensive and tend to deflate very quickly when you shank one into next door’s window.
That hissing sound of air escaping from a ball has to be one of the nightmare sounds from my childhood.
That’s why I am so excited to support One World Futbol in their mission to bring the healing power of play to youth worldwide through their nearly indestructible soccer/football. The One World Futbol never needs a pump and never goes flat—even when punctured multiple times—due to its ingenious technology. But what we truly love about their model is for every ball purchased, they donate one to organizations working with youth in disadvantaged communities worldwide.
Our Giveaway
Follow along by using the hash tag #MKBWorldCup!
We have a special giveaway planned during the World Cup with Multicultural Kid Blogs and One World Futbol. It’s unlike a usual giveaway as this time you, our readers, are using your collective power to vote to give the ball away to a community in need! We need your help so we can donate one of the One World Futbols (generously supplied by One World Futbol) to the Richard Swanson – Breakaway Brazil campaign. Richard Swanson had a dream of dribbling a football all the way from Seattle in the USA to Brazil for the World Cup, but unfortunately his dream was cut short when he was hit and killed in Oregon just two weeks into his journey.
But here’s the thing–there are 9 blogs participating in this contest, and One World Futbol will donate balls to the three blogs that get the most shares on their posts. So we need your help–please SHARE this post on Twitter, Facebook, G+ and Pinterest and contribute your power, your vote to help us donate this One World Futbol. Each share make directly from this post is tallied as a vote. And whoever get the most votes, donates the ball! Let’s show how strong our voices are with our votes.
We have until midnight ET on Sunday, July 13, to get as many shares as we can on this post. (The tally will be made based on the number on the social share buttons at the end of this post). So let’s start now!
Feel free to use #MKBWorldCup when you share!
And don’t forget to visit Multicultural Kid Blogs to help them “unlock” an additional two One World Futbols to donate!
One World Futbol
One World Futbol Project is a B-corporation based in Berkeley, CA and was founded by Tim Jahnigen, the inventor of the One World Futbol. One World Futbol was inspired by refugee youth in Darfur, who had such indestructible spirits – and love for football! – despite their hardships. Tim Jahnigen wanted to give them something more, so he invented a soccer ball that would never need a pump and would never go flat, even when punctured multiple times. One World Futbol Project and its virtually indestructible ball have now reached 160 countries and continue to bring the healing power of play to youth worldwide. The Buy One Donate One model makes it easy for consumers to donate these amazing One World Futbols to needy communities. Here is more on their work in one community in my city of Curitiba in Brazil:
Participating Blogs
The following member blogs are participating in this contest. Visit them to see which organizations they have chosen. Remember, sharing is caring! The 3 blogs with the most social shares (as shown on the share counters on their blog posts) will get to donate a football to the qualified organization they have chosen!
Our Whole Village Expat Life with a Double Buggy Entre Compras y El Hogar Head of the Heard InCultureParent MommyMaestra La Cité des Vents Trilingual Mama All Done Monkey
Help “unlock” an additional two One World Futbols at Multicultural Kid Blogs!
See all of the posts in the World Cup for Kids project, plus follow our World Cup for Kids board on Pinterest, and join the conversation on Facebook and Google Plus!
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