{"id":32516,"date":"2011-11-23T03:33:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T03:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=32516"},"modified":"2011-11-23T03:33:44","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T03:33:44","slug":"a-goal-for-aids-bid-on-fifa-2010-world-cup-soccer-ball-plus-lunch-at-planet-hollywood-intl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=32516","title":{"rendered":"A Goal For AIDS: Bid on FIFA 2010 World Cup soccer ball plus lunch at Planet Hollywood Intl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOn Sunday we will list one of the four 2010 World Cup Soccer Balls that the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) gave us on Ebay\u201d, said Victor Mooney, executive director of Queens, New York based &#8211; South African Arts International (SAAI). \u00a0(Photo: Victor Mooney with FIFA 2010 World Cup soccer ball and his gear)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Funds raised will be allocated for the ocean rowboat Mooney will use for a five-thousand mile transatlantic row for Aids awareness and prevention from Las Palmas Canary Islands to New York with a resupply in the British Virgin Islands. The highest bidder will receive the soccer ball and four lunch certificates to any Planet Hollywood restaurant (worldwide). The campaign will conclude on December 1, World AIDS Day at 2:00pm inside Planet Hollywood \u2013 New York City. Opening bid is set at US $10,000.00.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mooney will carry the other soccer balls in his rowboat for the journey. After arriving at New York\u2019sBrooklynBridge, Mooney will pass the balls back to FIFA for their \u201cFootball for Hope\u201d program. &#8220;We congratulate you for your commitment to the fight against HIV\/Aids as well as for your courageous sporting challenge&#8221;, said Federico Addiechi, head of Corporate Social Responsibility for FIFA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This will be the rowers fourth attempt to cross the Atlantic ocean. For more on this project, visit\u00a0<a style=\"text-align: center;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goreechallenge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.goreechallenge.com<\/a><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"text-align: center;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Planet Hollywood &#8211; New York City<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 1540 Broadway<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> New York, NY 10036<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>December 1, 2011<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Time: 2pm<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOn Sunday we will list one of the four 2010 World Cup Soccer Balls that the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) gave us on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[824,1],"tags":[2609,10861,4614],"class_list":["post-32516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-uncategorized","tag-fifa","tag-south-african-arts-international","tag-world-aids-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}