14 Year-old Raises $100,000 for Fallen Troops By Shooting Hoops

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14 Year-old Raises $100,000 for Fallen Troops By Shooting Hoops

14 Year old Will Thomas is not just shooting hoops. He's using his jump shot, and Operation Hawkeye, to honor and raise money for fallen special operation troops and their families.

The Virginia schoolboy launched Operation Hawkeye in 2011, and his father pledged one penny for each basket he made, as he tried to score 1000 times for fallen soldiers.

(WATCH the video below, or READ the story at Sports Illustrated Kids)

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