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From the Right to Play website:
OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST NATALIE COUGHLIN MAKES HER MEDAL COUNT$20,000 Donation to Right To Play Made Through Hearts Of Gold Program
BEIJING, CHINA (August 12, 2008) – The Olympic gold medal Natalie Coughlin won today for the Women’s 100m backstroke at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will have a longstanding impact not only for Team U.S.A., but for children in need throughout the world. Through the Johnson & Johnson Hearts of Gold program, the Company will make a $20,000 donation on behalf of Coughlin to international humanitarian organization Right To Play.
When given a platform as large as the Olympics, the temptation for the young athlete may be to focus on self, on me and my accomplishments. This is completely understandable. And then there are those players who are able to step back from the boozy glow of success and find a way to share their success’s reward. Right to Play is an organization that helps world class athletes share their success with youth living in dire circumstances all over the globe.
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