Track Star and UN Advocate Carl Lewis to Visit Dominican Republic and Haiti

by Gary Kopycinski on June 9, 2011

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NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 June 2011. Nine-time Olympic gold medallist and United Nations advocate Carl Lewis will embark tomorrow on a visit to the Dominican Republic and Haiti to meet with national leaders and visit forestry and agricultural projects.

The United States track star, who was designated a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in October 2009, will highlight the International Year of Forests during his stop in the Dominican Republic.