[ti:Reporter Helps Get Sports Gear to US Children in Need] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]Rhiannon Potkey writes about sports for a newspaper in Tennessee. [00:06.72]She learned through that work that some young people [00:11.24]did not have good sports equipment, or gear. [00:15.76]She decided to do something about it. [00:19.32]Potkey started an aid group called Goods4Greatness. [00:24.64]The charity connects teams and children [00:28.12]who need sports equipment with donors. [00:31.44]Like Aubree Munro. [00:35.00]Munro is a player on the U.S.A. Women's softball team. [00:40.48]She was hoping to compete at the Olympics in Japan last year. [00:47.12]When the event was delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic, [00:52.08]Munro started cleaning out her home in Florida. [00:56.36]She realized she had a lot of extra sports equipment. [01:01.28]Munro had heard about Potkey's organization. [01:05.40]So she sent pictures of the gear she no longer needed. [01:10.44]Potkey helped find people in Florida [01:13.56]who could use the softball equipment. [01:16.92]Munro said by making the donation, she was "paying it forward." [01:23.08]This means to do good for someone [01:26.72]as a thanks for the help other people give you. [01:30.44]One person who got some of her softball equipment [01:34.12]was a girl who reminded Munro of herself when she was young. [01:40.88]"That one was particularly special," she said. [01:45.16]"I had a lot of people do really great things for me [01:49.32]when I was growing up." [01:51.72]Munro said doing something nice for a stranger made her feel good. [01:58.36]Many people have donated to Goods4Greatness. [02:02.36]The softball team at Duke University [02:05.80]in Durham, North Carolina donated used equipment. [02:11.12]Former U.S. Women's Soccer star Julie Foudy [02:15.68]donated 100 soccer balls. [02:19.32]Colleges in states including Georgia, [02:22.48]California and Colorado sent equipment, too. [02:27.44]The U.S. is a big place. [02:30.32]Potkey said her group saves on expenses [02:34.36]by finding donors in the same areas as those who need the equipment. [02:41.36]Jarrett Walls is the tennis coach [02:44.68]at a high school near Raleigh, North Carolina. [02:47.68]He said many of his players never would have tried the sport [02:53.76]if it had not been for the donation from Potkey's charity. [02:59.36]Last year, he said, only seven girls tried to play tennis. [03:04.64]This year, he has about 30. [03:08.32]Potkey said she enjoys helping children play sports. [03:13.56]But, there is one problem: space. [03:18.28]The donations take up an entire room in her home. [03:23.04]She said she hopes to someday do the aid work full time. [03:30.16]"I feel like there's so much more need [03:34.00]that I could help," Potkey said. [03:38.00]I'm Dan Friedell. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM