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Edgewood Eagle Cheerleaders Raise Money, Collect Shoes
The Edgewood Eagles cheerleading squad has been busy helping others. They recently held a car wash to benefit Great Danes Rescue around New England, raising $700 for an injured dog and collected shoes for the Nike Reuse-a-Shoe sneaker drive.
The Edgewood Eagles cheerleading squad does more than cheer at Pop Warner games.
Recently, the squad raised $700 for Jackson, a great dane recently featured on local television who needed his two front legs operated on. The money went to Great Danes Rescue around New England and was raised during a recent car wash in front of Cranston High School East.
On Sunday, the squad held a sneaker drive to collect shoes that will be shipped to Nike. They'll then recycle the shoes to make indoor tracks, basketball and tennis courts and playgrounds around the world.
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Nike recieved more than 6,000 applications for the drive and Edgewood was one of just a few hundred chosen to participate.
Their goal was to ship 100 sneakers to Nike and so far, they've already collected 250.
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Information submitted courtesy of reader Alexandra Paparsenos.
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