Mid-Peninsula Housing Service Corporation to be recipients of "SSV Kidzone" seats for the MLS San Jose Earthquakes match on August 21st at Buck Shaw Stadium against Landon Donovan, Edson Buddle and the Los Angeles Galaxy
Soccer Silicon Valley Community Foundation is pleased to welcome 50 children and families from Mid-Peninsula Housing Service Corporation as their guests in the SSV Kidzone for the MLS San Jose Earthquakes game on August 21st at Buck Shaw Stadium versus the Los Angeles Galaxy.
"Soccer Silicon Valley, through our community foundation 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 the Mid-Peninsula Housing Service Corporation serves, we selected them to receive tickets for free admission to this 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 the Mid-Peninsula Housing Service Corporation as a deserving program for this partnership."
About Mid-Peninsula Housing Service Corporation:
The mission of Mid-Peninsula Housing Service Corporation is to establish both stability and opportunity for the youth from low-income families they serve. This is done by offering free services in the form of youth councils, soccer leagues and field trips. We believe that gang and drug prevention needs to start by showing a child that they have other opportunities. The Mid-Peninsula Housing Service Corporation serves youth all over the Bay Area. The youth served by Mid-Peninsula Housing Service Corporation are huge soccer fans and would tremendously benefit from being around the San Jose Earthquakes and seeing that dreams can be made possible with hard work and dedication. www.midpen-housing.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 2010 MLS season a different group of 50 under-privileged kids (and their adult chaperones) from a different youth-oriented non-profit in a 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 team. Individual tickets are also 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 – Flor Rivera – (408) 556-7705 – Frivera@sjearthquakes.com
