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165022 Northern Lights By Parker & Thomas

Life Is Hard In Barrow, Alaska. Football Mom Cathy Parker First Caught A Glimpse Of This Far-away Reality From The Comfort Of Her Jacksonville, Florida, Living Room While Watching A 2006 Espn Report On The Barrow Whalers, A High School Football Team Consisting Mostly Of Alaskan Inupiat Eskimo Natives Playing In The Most Difficult Of Conditions And Trying To Overcome The Most Unlikely Of Odds. These Players-raised In The Northernmost Town In The United States, Where Drug Abuse Is Rampant And The High School Dropout Rate Is High-found Themselves Playing On A Gravel Field, Using Flour To Draw The Lines. And While The Community Of Barrow Felt A Strong Pride For Their Boys, Many Felt Football Was Not Worth The Investment. That Is, Until Cathy Parker Became Involved.overcome By A Surprising Stirring In Her Soul To Reach Out And Help, Cathy Was Determined To Build A Suitable Field For The Barrow Whalers. Not Fully Understanding The Many Obstacles, Both Financially And Logistically, That Would Line The Path Ahead, Cathy Charged Forward With A Determined Spirit And A Heart For Both The Football Team And The Greater Community Of Barrow. She Spearheaded A Campaign That Raised More Than Half-a-million Dollars Through People All Around The Country Rallying Around One Common Goal: Changing The Lives Of Young Men Through Football. This Is Not Just The Story Of How The Barrow Whalers Became The First High School Above The Arctic Circle To Have A Football Program. This Is The Story Of How We Are Sometimes Called To The Most Unlikely Of Causes And To Believe In Something A Little Bit Bigger, Changing Our Own Lives And The Lives Of Others For The Better In The Most Unexpected Of Ways. Featuresnorthern Lights By Parker & Thomasspecificationsisbn: 0785223800isbn-13: 9780785223801cpc Super: Inspirationcpc Primary: Motivationcpc Sub: Biography And Autobiographyauthor: Parker / Thomaspublisher: Nelson/nelson Booksweight: 0.41 Lbs

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