El Toro Youth Center to be recipients of "SSV Kidzone" seats for the MLS San Jose Earthquakes game on April 11th at Buck Shaw Stadium
Soccer Silicon Valley Community Foundation is pleased to welcome 50 children and families from the El Toro Youth Center as their guests in the SSV Kidzone seats for the MLS San Jose Earthquakes game on April 11th at Buck Shaw Stadium versus the Chicago Fire.
"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 Earthquake home game," says SSV Kidzone Chair Lloyd Danon. "Because of the deserving children that El Toro Youth Center serves, we selected El Toro Youth Center 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 El Toro Youth Center as a deserving program for this partnership."
About El Toro Youth Center:
El Toro Youth Center is an after-school youth program that provides homework assistance and tutoring for kids from elementary school through high school. El Toro also provides a strong computer literacy program that shows kids the fundamentals of using a computer and an advanced program that teaches kids how to construct their own personal PC. El Toro provides sport scholarships to low-income children to help them stay active and experience the privilege of playing in organized sports. El Toro has opened its doors since 1988 targeting at-risk low-income children and helping them acquire academic skills with the ultimate purpose of guiding them through school and into college. El Toro has been successful for 21 years and is now fortunate to be a part of the Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County. CCSC’s goal is to cut poverty in Santa Clara County in half by 2020. For more information about our program please contact our site at (408) 779-6002.
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
