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Lending a helping hand

... Not all of these small towns have the funding to buy this stuff.”Sorensen has always admired the work of firefighters since his father, Richard Sorensen, was a volunteer firefighter.“It has always been one of those things I thought was cool,” Sorensen said.

“I could see myself doing that in a small town.”Prior to moving to Jacksonville, Sorensen spent two seasons with the St.

Louis Rams.

His former teammates in St.

Louis would get together once a week and play basketball against local high schools to help raise money.

He is doing the same with the Jaguars.

“I just want to promote community involvement wherever you are,” Sorensen said.

“I want people to realize that wherever I am is where I want to help people out.

If everyone involves themselves in other people’s lives, we don’t need the government’s help.

We are more efficient and we care more.

Those are just my beliefs.”Helping a valuable cause is the goal of the game, not to make anyone look bad on the basketball court.“It’s not about the score,” Sorensen said.

“It’s more Harlem Globetrotters than it is competition.

We don’t want anyone getting hurt.Sorensen was also shocked to learn of the tragedy at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va.

on Monday.

He was a four-year letterman on the Hokies football team from 1997-2000 and graduated with a degree in marketing.“It really wasn’t about where it was,” Sorensen said.

“People...