Free shoes, headgear, etc.

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Some of you may know that last fall Wrestling for Life began giving shoes and other wrestling gear to financially challenged schools and clubs. Since November we've helped middle schools from Davenport, Cedar Rapids and CCA in Iowa and schools and clubs in Oklahoma, New Jersey and North Carolina.

We were notified yesterday that we have received a $3,000 equipment grant from the Brute R.E.A.C.H.E.S. program. If you know of a middle school that really needs help please email me at jbrown@wrestlingforlife.org. No kid should be prevented from wrestling due to a lack of adequate gear.

Jim Brown
Wrestling for Life

 

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Some of you may know that last fall Wrestling for Life began giving shoes and other wrestling gear to financially challenged schools and clubs. Since November we've helped middle schools from Davenport, Cedar Rapids and CCA in Iowa and schools and clubs in Oklahoma, New Jersey and North Carolina.

We were notified yesterday that we have received a $3,000 equipment grant from the Brute R.E.A.C.H.E.S. program. If you know of a middle school that really needs help please email me at jbrown@wrestlingforlife.org. No kid should be prevented from wrestling due to a lack of adequate gear.

Jim Brown
Wrestling for Life

Sounds great. I don't know of any schools in particular off hand.

I know at the end of the wrestling season when we have our awards banquet for our club we always have boxes set up for kids to donate their used wrestling shoes/singlets/headgears that are still in decent shape but no longer fit. Then the next year when we get kids that either can't afford equipment or just want to try the sport out and mom or dad don't want to invest in a $50 pair of wrestling shoes, we have plenty of items available for them.