As part of our community outreach, we introduced “Operation Soccer Ball” to Classics Hammer families to support our soldiers in Iraq and instill the love of the game to children in Iraq. A local soldier who is serving in Iraq is in charge of “Operation Soccer Ball”.  A number of soldiers stationed in Iraq have stateside friends and family collect soccer balls to give to children in Iraq.  Local army 1st Lt. Ben Franzosa is currently the head of Operation Soccer Ball.  Ben’s goal was to collect 1000 new and used soccer balls by the time he comes home to Ohio in June 2010.  So far, we have great news as about 1500 soccer balls have already been collected in the Cincinnati area with many of those soccer balls being donated by Hammer families.  This is yet another example of Hammer community outreach in action.  Thank you all for your generosity and desire to make a difference! Below is a link to the story for more details.