Vienna, Virginia..Madison High School football team kicker Tommy Kennedy hopes you will support efforts to help children in Africa affected by HIV/ADS. Pledge $1 for every point he puts on the WARHAWK scoreboard this season. Your tax deductible donation will go directly to Global Camps Africa.

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can.” - Edward Everett Hale -

I am Tommy Kennedy, #27 -- Senior place kicker on the James Madison High School football team in Vienna, Virginia. This Fall I will be doing my best to put lots of points up on the Madison “Warhawk” scoreboard. As I started preparing for the upcoming season, I decided I also wanted to do something to support the vision of a man I greatly admire who is changing the lives of kids in Africa affected by HIV/AIDS.

Phil Lilienthal had a distinguished career as an attorney in Reston, Virginia while serving at the same time as the Director of Camp Winnebago, a boys camp in Maine where I spent five great summers. In his younger days in the 1960’s, Phil was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia. In 2004, he decided to rededicate himself to the needs of children in Africa. He combined his years of experience as a camp director with his big heart and understanding of how to make a positive difference in the lives of African children and created “Global Camps Africa”. Information about the amazing work this non-profit organization is doing can be found at www.GlobalCampsAfrica.org or by calling the Global Camps Africa office in Reston, Virginia at 703/437-0808.

In the summer of 2006, I visited Africa and saw for myself the difficult lives of children there. Please join me in supporting Global Camps Africa by pledging $1 for every point I score this season – play-off games included! (Last Fall I kicked for 34 points.) Of course, any size donation will be sincerely appreciated.

If you want to sponsor me, please reply to this message and I will send you periodic game updates and my final point tally via e-mail. At the end of the season, please send your tax deductible (Federal Tax ID # 91-2191939) donation directly to:

You can contribute directly to Global Camps Africa online by credit card by following this link to the donation page on the Global Camps Africa website: Donate Now!

Tommy Kennedy