Australian football star Tim Cahill and his Socceroo teammates have led sports fans in fundraising for victims of the Queensland floods.
The Everton midfielder used his two-goal performance not just to celebrate the team’s Asian Cup win but to mime a telephone to encourage donations to families hit hard by the deluge.
Cahill also helped set up an eBay auction to raise money, offering a “Tim Cahill experience” to the winning bidder.
(READ the AFP story at Yahoo News)
A shout out to our friends in Australia at this time of disaster. I hope you are all coping and keeping faith at this desperate time. I know you are a resilient lot — and we love you for it!