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		<title>24 Hour Barefoot Tournament Features in Boston Herald</title>
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The following is a Boston Herald article written by Bruce Lerch on September 2,  2010. Click here to read the original article.


Wellesley High School sophomore Owen Diana is saying thank you and helping a lot of people at the same time this weekend.
The 15-year-old spent the summer working with his father, Peter, to organize 24 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsoccer.org/2010/09/07/24-hour-barefoot-tournament-featured-in-boston-herald/</link>
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		<title>GRS Wins Nike and Ashoka&#8217;s Changemakers Regional Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Washington, DC – August 25, 2010)  Nike and Ashoka’s Changemakers today announced the three global winners and three regional winners in the Changing Lives Through Football competition.  The six winners were chosen among nearly 300 entries that proposed innovative solutions to use football (“soccer” in the United States) to strengthen community, accelerate development and drive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsoccer.org/2010/09/02/grs-wins-nike-and-ashokas-changemakers-regional-competition/</link>
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		<title>GRS Wins “How is Socialwok helping you?” Contest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grassroot Soccer recently won the “How is Socialwok helping you?” contest for the innovative use of Socialwok and Google Apps for external collaboration and project management. 
  
The following is an interview with GRS employee Taylor Downs, explaining how GRS uses Socialwok. To read the original article on Socialwok.com, click here.


How do you use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsoccer.org/2010/08/26/grs-wins-%e2%80%9chow-is-socialwok-helping-you%e2%80%9d-contest/</link>
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		<title>Notre Dame Men&#8217;s Soccer Exhibition Game Benefits GRS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is an excerpt from a www.und.com article published on the 19 August, 2010. Click to read the full article.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The Notre Dame men&#8217;s soccer team will open its 2010 exhibition slate at 7:00 p.m. (ET) on Monday (Aug. 23) against the University of Illinois-Chicago at Alumni Stadium. All proceeds from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsoccer.org/2010/08/23/notre-dame-mens-soccer-exhibition-game-benefits-grs/</link>
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		<title>GRS Features on National Public Radio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grassroot Soccer&#8217;s Football For Hope Centre was featured in a National Public Radio (NPR) Broadcast on July 27, 2010. Click here to listen to the story, or read the full transcript from the broadcast below:
FIFA Hits Snags In Fulfilling World Cup Vow in Africa
 by Anders Kelto
Some of the record $3 billion brought in by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsoccer.org/2010/07/29/grs-features-on-national-public-radio/</link>
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		<title>Study Finds Football Programs are Successful in Preventing the Spread of HIV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A study of Grassroot Soccer and other football for development projects, conducted by Coxswain Social Investment as part of the Football For an HIV Free Generation Initiative, has found that football programs are uniquely successful in preventing the spread of HIV. 
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – A new study, released by Coxswain Social Investment, finds football [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsoccer.org/2010/07/19/study-finds-football-programs-are-successful-in-preventing-the-spread-of-hiv/</link>
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		<title>Grassroot Soccer Named Official Charity Partner of Women’s Professional Soccer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO, CA &#38; NEW YORK, NY (July 13, 2010) – Grassroot Soccer (GRS) and Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) are pleased to announce their new partnership supporting Get Active!, WPS’s campaign to fight childhood obesity across the country. GRS uses the power of soccer in the fight against HIV &#38; AIDS in Africa and to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsoccer.org/2010/07/16/grassroot-soccer-named-official-charity-partner-of-women%e2%80%99s-professional-soccer/</link>
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		<title>GRS Port Elizabeth Features in Vanity Fair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is an article published 9 July, 2010 by Austin Merrill on VanityFair.com.
Perie Zabathempu has begun her weeks during the World Cup by reciting a Monday-morning story to groups of children in their early teens who live in the shantytowns that fringe Port Elizabeth, in South Africa. It’s a different group of kids each [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsoccer.org/2010/07/12/4390/</link>
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		<title>Young Leaders from South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia Represent GRS at Football For Hope Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eight Grassroot Soccer (GRS) graduates and three staff members from communities across Southern Africa came together last week to form the GRS delegation at the Football for Hope Festival. This diverse GRS group joined 31 other teams of young people from around the globe for a two-week event that will celebrate and showcase the power [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsoccer.org/2010/07/09/young-leaders-from-south-africa-zimbabwe-and-zambia-represent-grs-at-football-for-hope-festival/</link>
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		<title>GRS Coaches Meet FIFA President at World Cup Game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not only did five Grassroot Soccer (GRS) Coaches get a chance to see the Uruguay v Ghana quarterfinal match at Johannesburg’s Soccer City stadium, but they also received a special invitation from FIFA President, Joseph (Sepp) Blatter, to join him before the game. The Coaches received tickets to the game through the Sony Ticket Fund, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.grassrootsoccer.org/2010/07/06/grs-coaches-meet-fifa-president-at-world-cup-game/</link>
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