Peachy the Magazine January / February 2014 | Page 91

INSPIRATION

just like my kids smile and light up
with confidence and acceptance when
given an opportunity to learn. These
children are given life lessons on the
field, which can help them on the path
to becoming a participating, upstanding
member of their community.
It’s hard to imagine your experiences, in Rwanda, specifically, so soon
after the genocide.
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What Right To Play hopes to accomplish is to allow these children to feel
human again after living through
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Q & A with Summer
Who was your inspiration when
you were a kid?

terrible things. It is hard to explain to
people at home the experiences I had
in Rwanda and Sierra Leone, but they
were just was incredible. The children
I met wanted to and were excited
to join in Right To Play, and I had to
match their spirit and their happiness.
I have also been a UNICEF ambassador, raising funds for their programs.
I have not been as active with UNICEF
recently, but I fully believe in its programs and always want to do as much
as I can for its relief efforts.

were finally there, at the Olympics, and
I let myself cry. I was so excited.

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My parents and my brother. Michael
Jordan and Tracy Caulkins.
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What is your favorite memory of
the 1992 Olympics?
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Driving into the Olympic Village and
seeing the Olympic rings for the first
time. We had been training in France for
weeks. When we arrived in Barcelona
and I saw the Olympic rings, I knew we

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Where do you keep your gold medals?

I used to keep them in a sock drawer
and then we taped a show at my house
so they built a case where they could
be displayed. But now they’re back in a
drawer. If they’re in the drawer, I know
where they are.
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Do you let your kids touch your
medals or let others see them?
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Yes! I let everyone touch them. They
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