Next Friday, the Boston Celtics are going to be honouring Jessica Kraft - the leader of the Beantown Skeeter Beater team which won the Madness Against Malaria competition two years in succession, raising over $17,500 which bought 3,500 bed nets.
Jessica will receive the “Heroes Among Us” award at the Celtics’ home match of Friday 13 March. This award was set up to recognise people who have made an overwhelming impact on the lives of others.
Madness Against Malaria is a challenge where teams compete against each other, over a series of rounds, to raise money to buy bed nets. Jessica’s team comprised people from the Rotract Club of the Boston University School of Public Health with the support of hundreds of people from across Boston and they won both the 2007 and 2008 competitions.
They are also entered in the 2009 competition, which is nearing the end of its qualification period before the time when teams competed directly against each other. You can watch their progress here. It is also not too late to enter your own team.
We hope to get some pictures from the event next week which we will post up here.