In the Women’s Building gym at Syracuse University the Second Annual Dodgeball Tournament attracted many enthusiastic SU students. Not only did they hit their peers with dodgeballs but they also donated money to orphans in Kenya. SU Sophomore Scott Anthes is also a member of the non-profit humanitarian organization Engineers Without Boarders and helped coordinate this event. In regards to the amount of money he plans to raise Anthes said, “Last year we raised about 400 dollars from the dodgeball event alone, and this year we’re planning on raising about 600. We had a much better turn out this year; people started getting the word out a little bit. So it’s a lot of fun and it’s helping out a lot.”
According to Anthes the Into Abba’s Arms orphanage in Kenya is one of the only places within a several mile radius that produces clean water up from the ground. The money raised during the Second Annual Dodgeball Tournament will go towards building a kitchen for Into Abba’s Arms. The kitchen will provide a more sanitary environment to prepare food for the orphans. The money will be turned into the pride office at L.C. Smith Engineering School where it will be put into a special account, and transferred by Engineers Without Boarders to Kenya.
Tucker Hart, a freshman at SU, was one of the many competitors at the Dodgeball Tournament. Hart admits that dodgeball is a past time sport for him. Hailing from California he grew up playing dodgeball on the beach. Hart jokingly admits the pain of being pegged during the game is not only physical but also emotional as well due to the embarrassment of being publicly hit by a rubber dodgeball. However, one rule was set in place before the games began. No aiming for the face of another player. If you do hit another player in the face you will be disqualified. Hart was unaware of the Into Abba’s Arms charity before attending this event. However, once he found out that the entry fee of five dollars was going to Kenya he said, “It feels good to know that dodgeball can help the world in some way.”
At the end of the day the winning team called themselves the “Underdogs”. They wore matching Boston Celtics jerseys and each won a ten-dollar gift certificate to Chili’s, and a free movie ticket to the Regal Carousel Mall Stadium 17 movie theater. However everyone who donated money won the right to say they helped children in need at the Into Abba’s Arms orphanage in Kenya.
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