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9 yr. old Honor Roll Student and National Junior Board Member for charity, Mark Walker Jr. wants to show his support for Barack Obama. Mark is a 4th grade student who lives in Missouri who loves school and loves basketball. When he discovered that Barack Obama also likes basketball, he was quite thrilled. Mark plans to join "Kids for Obama" and hopes to get an opportunity to shoot basketball with Mr. Obama someday. He wanted Mr. Obama to know that he'll be watching his acceptance speech tonight with his family and will tell ALL of his friends to watch as well.
Mark's half- court baskets on the footage was taken of Mark prior to his trip to play basketball on Japanese television, Mark wanted to dedicate his half-court shots to Barack Obama for fighting to make education affordable for him someday as he has plans to go to college and someday become as Mark will put it... anything he wants to be!!! To learn more about Mark and how he is contributing to his community to help make a difference you can visit his website at www.markwalkerjr.com!
Mark wants to thank Mr. Obama for wanting to give him a bright future and inspiring him. By the way, Mark recently appeared in Sports Illustrated Kids magazine in August for his charitable work with disadvantaged children.
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