The Peninsula Family YMCA Day Evening Weekend (D.E.W) Center to be recipients of "SSV Kidzone" seats for the MLS San Jose Earthquakes game on October 7th at the Buck Shaw Stadium against FC Dallas
Soccer Silicon Valley Community Foundation is pleased to welcome 50 children and families from D.E.W. as their guests in the SSV Kidzone seats for the MLS San Jose Earthquakes game on October 7th at Buck Shaw Stadium versus FC Dallas.
"Soccer Silicon Valley, through our community foundation and in partnership with the San Jose Earthquakes, has set up a program to bring 50 deserving kids to every Earthquakes home game," says SSV Kidzone Chair Lloyd Danon. "Because of the deserving children that D.E.W. serves, we selected D.E.W. to receive tickets for free admission to the game."
"We are really excited to be working with the team's fans through SSV Community Foundation on the Kidzone," says Earthquakes Executive Vice President David Alioto. "We are pleased with the choice of D.E.W. as a deserving program for this partnership."
About Peninsula Family YMCA Day Evening Weekend (D.E.W) Center:
The Day Evening Weekend (D.E.W) Center is an after-school (evening) day and weekend program. The program is designed to provide a safe and structured environment for youth to learn life skills, improve academic performance, develop healthy relationships, and instill hope for their future. Youth participants in the program are referred by San Mateo County Probation. This program accepts volunteers to assist in the following program areas: academics, cooking, computer skills, career options, etc. For more information or to make a donation, please contact Yvette MacDonald, D.E.W. Center Coordinator at ymacdonald@ymcasf.org.
About Soccer Silicon Valley Community Foundation:
Soccer Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SSVCF) is an all-volunteer 501c(3) non-profit comprised of San Jose Earthquakes fans whose mission is to ensure on an ongoing, sustainable basis, the vitality, and availability to all, of the sport of soccer in the Bay Area. Through the SSV Kidzone, SSVCF will bring during the 2009 MLS season a different group of 50 deserving kids (and their adult chaperones) from a different youth-oriented non-profit in a different Bay Area community to see Earthquakes soccer – an experience they will remember forever – in the "SSV Kidzone," courtesy of Earthquakes fans. The SSV Kidzone is a collaborative effort between the fans and the San Jose Earthquakes, who have made significantly discounted tickets available to SSVCF for purchase in the SSV Kidzone. For more information or to make a donation go to www.ssvcf.org
About San Jose Earthquakes:
The San Jose Earthquakes are a Major League Soccer expansion team. Individual tickets are on sale and can be purchased by calling 1-800-225-2277 or online at www.sjearthquakes.com.
Contact:
SSVCF – Lori Hibbett – (408) 858-2464 – Lhibbett@comcast.net
SSVCF – Lloyd Danon – (408) 859-7266 – l_danon@yahoo.com
San Jose Earthquakes – Jed Mettee – (408) 556-7723 – Jmettee@sjearthquakes.com
San Jose Earthquakes – Flor Rivera – (408) 556-7705 – Frivera@sjearthquakes.com
