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Post by LOUISELP on Jan 13, 2005 12:53:39 GMT
Heineken Open Generates Over $22,000 for UNICEF
January 13, 2005
Between matches on Tuesday afternoon, 15 ATP players went through the crowd with buckets to collect donations from the crowd Heineken Open in Auckland to collect money for UNICEF's tsunami relief efforts.
The effort at the sold out ASB Tennis Centre raised NZD $11,446.55, and the New Zealand government will match that to bring the total amount raised for UNICEF to $22,893.
Players participating in the collection were defending champion Dominik Hrbaty, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Rafael Nadal, Juan Ignacio Chela, Mariano Zabaleta, Potito Starace, Jim Thomas, Michael Kohlmann, Yves Allegro, Jeff Coetzee, Robbie Koenig, Sebastian Prieto, Pavel Vizner and Cyril Suk.
Many players have been donating goods or money to the relief efforts. In fact, Roger Federer, Andy Rodthingy and Lleyton Hewitt – the top three players in the world – have all donated an autographed racquet that will all be placed in the same frame and is being auctioned off now.
The fundraiser in Auckland was just one of many events that ATP Tournaments around the world are doing to raise money for tsunami relief efforts.
Shortly after the disaster, the ATP and its premium partner Mercedes-Benz pledged USD $40,000 to the relief efforts.
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Post by egg on Jan 14, 2005 19:39:50 GMT
That's a nice field of players to "go through the crowd".
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