"Hello, this is Logan MacGillivray. I am 11 years old and go to Basinview School in Bedford. I play soccer in three leagues - Bedford and the Regional Training Centre in the winter and Liverpool in the summer.

I am a finalist in the Canadian Living / Me to We award in the youth in action category. From now to May 8 people can go to www.metoweawards.com  click on "vote" and please select Logan MacGillivray from the youth in action section.

This is so important because whoever gets the most votes receives $5000 dollars to go towards their cause. If I were to get the most votes the $5000 dollars would go towards building a children's multi-purpose centre in Sierra Leone, West Africa. In this centre there will be a classroom, music room filled with musical instruments (children are forming a peace band to help heal from the war), library, computer and arts room and an outdoor recreational area where kids will be able to play basketball, SOCCER, volleyball, badminton and a wooden jungle jim plus many other sports.

 The reason I choose to work in Sierra Leone is because it is one of the poorest countries in the world and is recovering from 11 years of civil war. I want to help lift their spirits and give them a chance for an education. This centre will serve 40 villages and mean so much to thousands of children who will come to it for education and recreation.

To build this centre will cost $13,000 dollars. I have raised $3000 dollars through the selling of Listen to the Children DVD's but if we were to get the five thousand dollars we would be more than half way through with the raising of money. This centre will be as amazing to the children of Sierra Leone as Disneyland is to the children here. If you want to learn more about my cause you can visit my website at www.listentothechildren.net.

I am sending you this letter because I will be sending a soccer program in the next container (end of May) so many children will be able to play soccer in rural Sierra Leone so I thought you might want to help support this cause by voting for me. I was hoping that maybe you could send this email to all the soccer coaches so they can send it to their teams in case they would also like to support my cause by voting. You will receive a confirmation email after you vote and if you do not receive it please vote again becasue you need to confirm it for it to count.

Thank you very much for your action and support. From your friend Logan."

Voting at www.metoweawards.com - Logan MacGillivray