Jessica: Rooting with "One Heart" for kids who need it

Jessica Melker, a Lewisville mother of triplets Payson, Hayden and Madison, blogs here on Thursdays, alternating with multiples moms Candace Hickey and Amanda Dittlinger. But today, Jessica isn't talking about her children but other children who were helped by having others (from the opposing team!) root for them -- for the very first time. Check it out:

One Heart

Some of you may remember hearing about this on the news in the fall of 2008. There was, and is, a football team made up of young male offenders who attend Gainesville State School, a maximum-security facility located about 75 miles north of Dallas. A little more than a dozen young men make up the school's football team which they have to qualify for by meeting specific requirements such as good behavior. The team always travels for their games, never has any fans and never gets a pat on the back from someone other than their coach or each other.

jessicahat.jpg So, as the true story goes, Coach Kris Hogan at Faith Christian School in Grapevine sent out a mass e-mail prior to their first game against Gainesville asking Faith fans to sit on the visiting side and cheer for the Gainesville team... by name. Hundreds did and the players involved, on both sides of the field, will never forget the experience they witnessed on the field that night. Many of those young Gainesville men had never had a fan cheer them on, be it for a football game or in life.

If it sounds too good to be true, it's not, this really did happen. This last Friday I had the privilege of attending this year's Faith vs. Gainesville game, sitting on the away team's side to cheer for the Gainesville Tornadoes.

And if it sounds to you like it should be a movie, well, it will be. (Don't you wish you had thought of it first?) Eterné Films is pairing up with actor, screenwriter, Dallas native and personal friend, Lane Garrison, to produce One Heart, a film based on the real-life events that took place just one year ago in the greater Dallas area.

It will tell the story of "two groups from diverse backgrounds whose paths cross to create life-changing hope and inspiration for both teams. Two teams. Two cultures. One Heart."

Wow, doesn't that sound powerful? If all goes well it could be released as early as fall of 2010. This is one of those movies you will be able to take your kids to. And this is one of those movies you can leave feeling hope, gladness, inspiration and compassion. And that's something, I believe, we can always welcome more of!

To read more about this story and film project, click the ESPN story here and the film website here.

Jessica Melker
Lewisville
For more on Jessica's triplet adventures, visit her blog by clicking here http://keithandjessica.blogspot.com



PHOTO: Jessica took this picture of a shared prayer circle after this year's game

About Huddy and Lucas

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This was the third time I’ve interviewed Lee Norris (Mouth, One Tree Hill) but I can’t say “third time’s a charm” because he’s been charming every time. And this time around, as we caught up on the phone, he was gracious enough to answer questions submitted by YOU!

TeenDramaWhore: Today I thought I would do things a little bit differently. I asked my readers, your fans, to send in questions. So this is coming directly from them.

Lee Norris: Alright, very cool.

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ONE ON ONE WITH…FNL’s Zach Gilford on his DARE-ing film role
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‘When I was little me and buddy used to reenact action movies in the backyard and jump off the roof and climb trees so it was like ‘It would be fun to be able to do this so I guess to do this I have to be an actor’ so it wasn’t so much that I love acting but more the desire to be an action hero.'

On NBC’s Friday Night Lights, Zach Gilford brings a quiet strength and sensitivity to the role of quarterback Matt Saracen, who has to deal with taking care of an aging grandmother while he also dates the younger daughter of his football coach. When Gilford looked for a project outside of the series that would challenge him, the 27-year old actor found the screenplay for Dare, an independent film that opens this Friday in theaters. The film, directed by Adam Salky and written/co-produced by David Brind, is based on a short film that Brind developed while at New York University and takes the coming-of-age drama to new heights.

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