Badgers participate in 'Be a Game Changer' traveling banner project
October 13, 2011 | Women's Soccer
Oct. 13, 2011
• NB3 Foundation Website
MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin women's soccer team joined a national movement with the Notah Begay III (NB3) Foundation's Be a Game Changer campaign to help raise awareness about the fight against type 2 diabetes and obesity faced by Native American youth across the country.
The NB3 Foundation provides health and wellness programming for Native American youth to address nutrition and healthy choices, as well as soccer and golf programs and clinics to encourage exercise and regular physical activity for native children.
The NB3 Soccer Program implements youth soccer programs on Native American reservations in order to combat the epidemic of type 2 diabetes and childhood obesity, and to provide a platform for youth leadership development through sport participation.
By participating in the NB3 Be a Game Changer traveling banner project, the Badgers have played a critical role in promoting the efforts the NB3 Foundation and expanding soccer to a larger part of the Native American community.
"We are extremely grateful to the Badgers for participating in our project to raise awareness for our foundation and the youth we serve," said Stephanie Gabbert, Director of Soccer for the Notah Begay III Foundation. "This will have a direct impact on our ability to expand our reach and bring soccer to the youth of Indian Country."
For more information, check out the NB3 Foundation website at www.nb3foundation.org. On the NB3 website, you can also participate in the NB3 Foundation's "Give a Kid a Ball" project in an effort to provide soccer balls to Native American children.
