tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45833459803461606362023-11-16T02:52:05.619-08:00KitAidSally Howehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343999627633515024noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-37155357054830814512015-07-16T09:00:00.002-07:002015-07-16T09:00:52.266-07:00Refilwe 2015
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Refilwe would like to say a huge thank you
to Kitaid for donating football kit to their football team. Refilwe is a
community development initiative based in Lanseria, Johannesburg. Refilwe's
mission is to help children and adults to become sustainable: spiritually,
mentally and physically, and to break the cycle of poverty in all these areas
so that they can develop into contributing members of their community and
society. Founded in 1991, initially as a health care clinic, Refilwe have since
developed a strong focus on child care, community development and skills
upliftment through education and mentorship. All individuals at Refilwe are
encouraged to improve themselves, ensuring a better future for themselves and
their families.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Refilwe is next to an informal settlement
called Joe Slovo and in the past couple of years the relationship between
Refilwe and Joe Slovo has strengthened considerably. Refilwe employs people
from Joe Slovo, they provide after care and holiday tutoring programs for the
children, every Saturday the children come to Kids Club and are given a hot
lunch, there is a skills upliftment program in horticulture, sewing, catering
and carpentry and Refilwe encourage a hand up rather than a hand out through a
recycling exchange project. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The relationship has been strengthened
through the Refilwe football team combining with the Joe Slovo football team
that now trains weekly and takes part in local Sunday league. The kit that Kitaid
provided replaces a kit that is old and mostly lost. Calday Grange Grammar
School visits Refilwe every year and has done for ten years with a group of
sixth formers and a major part of the visit is the annual Refilwe vs Calday
football match. Calday won the match every year from 2010 to 2014. The
Refilwe/Joe Slovo team had no idea we were bringing them a new kit and were
incredibly excited and grateful to receive it. The coach Etu, pictured with the
old Refilwe FC shirt, has learnt from previous experience and will keep the kit
himself and at every training session or match will hand it out and get it back
at the end in order to make it last longer and keep it in good condition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Refilwe/Joe Slovo FC played the 2015 match
in their new kit and having trained long and hard for a match they get very
excited about, even creating a new trophy for the occasion, won the match
convincingly with a score of 3:1.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Both Calday and Refilwe would like to thank
Kitaid for their support and the donation of the kit. The whole team was extremely
happy to have received such a generous donation and will enjoy the kit for a
long time to come.</span></div>
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-91500301703403263132015-06-17T07:57:00.001-07:002015-06-17T07:57:39.326-07:00The KitAid annual review 2014/15The KitAid annual review 2014/2015 is now here, check out all the great stuff we have been doing over the past 12 months. <br /><br /> Click on the following link to access the review.<br />
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If they don't meet the target they will be having their legs shaved. So far they have raised over £1000 which will be ring fenced towards KitAid projects in Lesotho and Malawi.
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-77510011004657496792015-04-02T05:38:00.001-07:002015-04-02T05:38:13.212-07:00Malawi Hospital
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recently received a request from Simon Graham, a registrar at Alder Hey
hospital in Liverpool, for some kit. We spoke and met up with Simon and
became inspired by his work and the fact that he wanted shirts to take out to a
hospital in Malawi to give to the children once they had undergone
surgery. </span><br />
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to the truth and Simon has sent through some great photos of the children
recuperating in their new Liverpool/Everton shirts.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-71719076605161314422015-03-25T09:41:00.003-07:002015-03-25T09:41:44.189-07:00BBC Three Counties Radio
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Derrick Williams was recently on BBC Three Counties Radio<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> promoting the brilliant work KitAid do, a massive thank you</span> to Nesta McGregor for having Derrick on the show!</span></div>
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-28151510039000367582015-02-09T08:48:00.002-08:002015-02-09T08:48:37.921-08:00When Derrick Williams met Derrick WilliamsDerrick Williams attended Ashton gate recently to take in the Bristol City v Fleetwood Town game. The reason behind Derrick's visit was the brilliant work Bristol Sport had done in collecting 600 plus shirts since the start of the season. <br />
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A presentation was made to Derrick by his very own namesake Bristol City defender Derrick Williams. It's great to be involved with a new club and everyone at KitAid wishes Bristol City all the best with the rest of the season and there push for promotion to the Championship.<br />
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was another record breaking year as we packed <b>1,201</b> boxes and sent out <b>42,035</b>
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passed the quarter of a million milestone and have now sent out <b>262,035</b>
items of kit since 1998<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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made 4 small grants of £1,000 each for project work in Uganda and Lesotho<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">We partnered with Airdrieonians Supporters Club Trust for a novel
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continued to receive support <span style="color: black;">from University </span>of
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received kit from many professional, semi professional and grass roots teams
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increased the number of Ambassador Clubs to 7 (adding Stegota FC and
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would like to thank our Patron, Graham Taylor OBE and all of our volunteers who
have helped to make 2014 another<span style="color: #1f497d;"> </span><span style="color: black;">record breaking year.<o:p></o:p></span></span>KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-20831878884164046962014-12-01T09:21:00.003-08:002014-12-01T09:21:47.384-08:00“There’s only one Graham Taylor”
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Williams, was honoured to represent KitAid as a guest of Graham Taylor at
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FC made the decision to name one of the stands after Graham in recognition of
the fantastic achievements during his reign as both manager and Chairman.
This was greeted by a massive chorus from all four stands of “there’s only one
Graham Taylor” when he stepped on to the pitch surrounded by former players to
officially rename the stand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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recognition from the club and the fans. We are very fortunate to have
Graham as our Patron and he is a true gentleman and a legend.</span></div>
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-15941778586248409132014-11-28T08:54:00.002-08:002014-11-28T08:54:49.049-08:00250'000 CelebrationAt KitAid's most recent boxing up session we hit an unbelievable milestone of 250'000 items of kit sent around the world. In order to celebrate this amazing achievement we filmed what a typical boxing up session looks like and a few words from charities and volunteers that make KitAid such a success. <br />
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15 November 2014 will be remembered by KitAid for many years to come as it was
the official boxing up session where we passed the major milestone of donating
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boxing up team stopped to recognise this amazing figure with a specially made
footy shirt cake and the session was also filmed for a You Tube story board. On
the day we also sent out a new record of 142 boxes of kit and this has bought
the total number of boxes for 2014 to a new record figure of 1,048. The
previous highest figure for a single year was 963 in 2010 and we still have a
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-58455646126919437732014-11-11T08:46:00.001-08:002014-11-11T08:46:12.175-08:00Airdrieonians FC <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">KitAid
would like to say a massive thank you to the club and the Supporters Trust for
the fantastic achievement of collecting 4,000 items of kit as part of their
brilliant season ticket campaign.</span><br />
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Saturday 8 November a group of KitAid Trustees and supporters visited the club
for their 6 pointer game against Stenhousemuir. Derrick Williams gave a
thank you speech to a packed audience and was able to present certificates to a
number of the people who had played a leading role in the kit collection.
Special thanks were given to Dougy Allsop who spearheaded the whole campaign
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KitAid Ambassador Club to recognise their fantastic support. We look
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-20718774605771077822014-10-30T08:25:00.000-07:002014-10-30T08:25:25.544-07:00Bright Stars Girls Soccer AcademyAt KitAid we love to see where donated kit ends up, we recently received photos of the Bright Stars Girls Soccer Academy in Harare, Zimbabwe. Please see photos below of the team before an important match wearing kit donated by Arsenal ladies. They're a very successful team and have won their league the past 3 seasons, we wish them all the best for their forthcoming fixtures. <br />
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-49194861284166674622014-09-22T09:22:00.000-07:002014-09-22T09:22:40.779-07:00FC United Of Manchester kit collection<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thank you to FC
United of Manchester and their fans for their great support on Saturday.
We collected a van load of kit, including donations from Grantham Town and
Stalybridge Celtic. Many thanks to the fans and players who donated so
much kit which will soon be on its way to Africa.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-46995944502189871202014-09-11T08:01:00.000-07:002014-09-11T08:01:04.442-07:00Airdrieonians FCCongratulations to the AFC supporters trust for collecting an amazing 4000 items of kit. We really appreciate such a large amount of kit collected within such a short space of time and we look forward to coming up and meeting everyone on the 8th November. Please see the photos below for all the kit collected.<br />
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-11610709656226800222014-09-11T07:54:00.001-07:002014-09-11T07:54:20.717-07:00FC United Of ManchesterMany thanks to FC United Of Manchester for holding a kit amnesty day for us. We look forward to attending the game on September 20th at Stalybridge Celtic. Good luck for the rest of the season and we hope you gain promotion.<br />
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-85522423463281862202014-09-02T03:28:00.003-07:002014-09-02T03:28:30.718-07:00Nyumanzi camp, North UgandaRecently we received a kind donation from one of the biggest clubs in the world Manchester United. The red kit of United is recognised no matter where you are in the world and the recipients of this kit was the Nyumanzi Camp in North Uganda.<br />
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were very honoured to be chosen by Preston North End and Sir Tom’s family to
receive all of the shirts which were left at Deepdale in his memory. The club
arranged for all of the shirts to be laundered and they are due to be collected
soon, in time for our next sorting and boxing session on 27 September. It
is a fitting tribute that Sir Tom’s shirts will bring joy to so many people who
love the beautiful game. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-50374268007537054722014-08-07T06:21:00.001-07:002014-08-07T06:21:32.615-07:00From Carrington to Northern Uganda
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were very fortunate to receive a donation of fantastic training kit from
Manchester United recently from their training complex at Carrignton. Some
of the kit has now found its way to a massive refugee camp in Northern Uganda
which houses 100,000 displaced people who have fled South Sudan.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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kit was taken out for us by the Watford based charity, Eagles Wings and it was
delivered by their founder, Bruce Oliver. He explained that many of the
people have no possessions and there is nothing to do for the thousands of
young people. The kits are now being used as part of a football project
where teams wear it in inter zone matches and play tournaments.</span></div>
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exists. Thanks to the kit managers at Carrington who kindly sorted and
helped get it to us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had a great time at the WFC Open Day and really appreciate the support from the
club. We received a lot of shirts on the day, mainly Hornets ones, as
well as some great training kit from the club. We also met a lot of fans
and explained how we work and who we are. A lot already knew of us which
is encouraging and the retweets by the club certainly helped with this. </span><br />
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thanks to all of the fans who donated shirts and to Alex Ashby who is one of
the main organisers. Good luck for the new season, COYH.</span></div>
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-54596348529549133432014-07-14T09:04:00.000-07:002014-07-14T09:04:00.742-07:00KitAid Annual ReviewThe KitAid annual review 2013/2014 is now here, check out all the great stuff we have been doing over the past 12 months. <br />
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-74677729041395235022014-07-10T06:17:00.002-07:002014-07-10T06:17:51.786-07:00New partnership with Kitlocker.com
<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">We are really pleased to announce a new partnership with
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">We have received surplus kit from Kitlocker.com over recent
years and they are one of the UK’s leading kit suppliers to Universities.
Please take a look at their web site, </span><a href="http://www.kitlocker.com/"><span style="color: black;">www.kitlocker.com</span></a><span style="color: black;">
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Africa. </span></span></div>
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-51342807163779569942014-07-03T03:19:00.001-07:002014-07-03T03:19:34.741-07:00Jordan Nobbs, Arsenal & England ladies
<span style="color: #676767; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="color: black;">Top ladies football player Jordan
Nobbs got stuck in and helped out at KitAid’s latest boxing-up session this
weekend. Jordan, who plays for Arsenal and England Ladies teams, was invited to
join the team of volunteers by Herts FA and was really impressed with KitAid
and the work the charity is doing. She even tweeted about it afterwards and the
Twitter feed went mad with the news being retweeted in Japan, USA and Germany!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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items of kit, including 20 pairs of Tottenham Hotspurs Kyle Walker’s brand new
footie boots and kit from Manchester United were packed into 109 boxes to
be sent out to Sudan, Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Kenya.</span></span></div>
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Williams said: “It was great to have Jordan along for the morning. She’s helped
raise the KitAid profile by tweeting about the event, and she’s spreading the
word to get the rest of the Arsenal Ladies team involved. It’s good that a
local international famous team are helping out, and they’re keen to donate
more training kit to us in the future. Jordan also liked the fact that KitAid
supports girls football across Africa.”</span></span></div>
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ground is just down the road at London Colney, and the team play at Borehamwood
and have an academy at the University of Hertfordshire.</span></span></div>
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-43252672416328876462014-05-30T08:17:00.000-07:002014-05-30T08:17:04.334-07:00KitAid Kampala CupIf you thought the World cup was important, think again! On June 14th 2014, on a sun soaked pitch in Kampala, two teams from two different leagues, will go into a long awaited 90 minute battle to compete for an all important KitAid donated cup.<br />
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This eagerly anticipated game will see Najjanankumbi Marine take on Stegota FC. It is the first time the two teams have played against each other and fans from both clubs are getting ready for this glorious 90 minutes that will go down in history.<br />
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For Stegota manager Edwin Nshuti this dream fixture comes at the end of an incredible season which has seen his club narrowly miss promotion to the FUFA big league.<br />
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Silverware for Stegota will help satisfy the loyal fans who turn out to cheer on their cherished club. But Najjanankumbi are determined that they will be going home with the cup and keeping their supporters smiling.<br />
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Whatever the result, when the final whistle blows, it is hoped this glorious game will become an annual fixture in the Kampala and KitAid calendar.<br />
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KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-57094447949900204852014-05-12T08:31:00.001-07:002014-05-12T08:31:36.135-07:00Wear your shirt to work Day – Friday 13 June 2014<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">We would like to thank Julian Chenery from AIG who is organising
a “Wear your shirt to Work” day on behalf of KitAid.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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companies to join in. Thank you also to Affinity Water, Exeter Family
Friendly, Premier Sports and Leisure and R&S Carpets and Beds. If you
can persuade your company to join in they will be very welcome.</span></span></div>
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up to work in their favourite shirt with the aim of collecting kit on the
day. It has been timed to coincide with the World Cup and it will be held
on Friday 13 June, the day before the vital England v Italy game.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"></span><br />KitAid bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03112379369019051074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583345980346160636.post-11754663408961275912014-03-26T09:47:00.001-07:002014-03-26T09:47:38.216-07:00New KitAid website After plenty of planning and designing the new KitAid website went live this week. A massive thanks to Laura Davis and Switch who have done a fantastic job in creating the new website.<br />
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