A local charity called the Mercy Project (which rescues children from around the world from slavery) is hooking up with the World Adult Kickball Association to try to play kickball for 50 hours straight in Rowlett. If they succeed, it’ll be a new Guinness record. The event, called Kickin’ It 4 Captives, starts at midnight on April 9. I feel sorry for the teams that have to play around 4 a.m. Fuller details after the jump.
The World Adult Kickball Association and the Mercy Project To Set Kickball Guinness World Record; Raise Awareness About Child Slavery
The World Adult Kickball Association (WAKA) and the Mercy Project, a Dallas area based non-profit organization, will seek to set a new Guinness World Record for the ³Longest Kickball Marathon² during the Kickin¹ It 4 Captives Charity Tournament on April 9-11. Forty kickball players will embark on 50 straight hours of kickball to shatter the current 36 hour record  all in efforts to raise funds and awareness for child slavery in Ghana, West Africa.
Details
€The game will begin on Friday, April 9 at 12 p.m. and will end Sunday, April 11 at 2 p.m.
€The ceremonial first pitch will be thrown by Gideon, a 13-year old former child slave from Ghana. He was rescued in 2008 and is sponsored by the Touch A Life Foundation, a non-profit organization working to eradicate human trafficking and empower children in crisis.
€The game will be at Community Park (8500 St. Andrews) in Rowlett, Texas 75088.
€The game will be videotaped and refereed by WAKA officials at all times to meet the high standards of the Guinness World Record organization. In addition to the World Adult Kickball Association, a number of other businesses will be providing sponsorship, including Chick-Fil-A, Double Dave’s, Taco Bueno, Chili’s, Taco Bell, Starbucks, Culligan Water, Mikasa Sports, and Direct Energy.
Mercy Project The Mercy Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing children around the world who are in slavery. We are deeply committed to speaking on behalf of these children who have no voice. Our current project is in Ghana, West Africa with the Touch A Life Foundation. On Lake Volta in Ghana, children as young as five years old have been sold for as little as $20 and work nearly 100 hours a week. These children have no future, they do not smile or laugh, their childhoods have been stolen. We are building houses so that more children can be rescued and have a safe place to live. We are building houses where hope can live. www.mercyproject.net
World Adult Kickball Association The World Adult Kickball Association (WAKA) is a social-athletic organization designed to provide and promote the joy of kickball to those young at heart. WAKA Kickball started the adult kickball craze in 1998 and today is the fastest growing community sport in America. On any average week during the year, you can find hundreds of teams comprising tens of thousands of people enjoying WAKA¹s social recreation in cities across the country. WAKA¹s special brand of social kickball brings together an equal ratio of men and women and is fast becoming the New American Pastime . Discover WAKA at kickball.com.
