FC Dallas in the Community is a weekly email providing information on the FC Dallas Foundation and Community Relation's activities for the forth-coming week.
ONLINE AUCTION:
The FC Dallas Foundation today launched the debut of the Online Auctions. Fans may bid on various items with all proceeds going to the FC Dallas Foundation. In the inaugural launch, the items to bid on include jerseys of former Dallas players, including Chris Gbandi, Eddie Johnson, Carlos Ruiz, and Ronnie O'Brien. To place a bid, visit: www.fcdallas.cmarket.com.
REMEMBERING A FRIEND
FC Dallas today shipped over 350 soccer balls to Iraq on behalf of former FC Dallas employee and friend, Peter Burks. The 26-year old Burks was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army when he was killed by a roadside bomb while on duty in Baghdad, Iraq last November. Two weeks before his death, he had emailed our front office asking if we could help him with a campaign to provide soccer balls to children in Iraq.
is email began: "One of the things that we do here in Baghdad to help out the little kids and locals is, we hand out soccer balls. It really helps us too because when they see their kids treated nicely, they're more eager to help us and to point out the bad guys." Click here to read the rest of the email.
COMMUNITY CLINIC SERIES CONTINUES
The FC Dallas Community Clinic Series continue on Wednesday, April 9 with a visit to Haltom Evolution Group at Parkiew Elementary (Summersfield Park; 6900 Bayberry Dr, Fort Worth, TX, 76137). The FC Dallas players scheduled to attend are: Pablo Ricchetti, Ricardinho, Andre Rocha, Chase Wileman, Brek Shea, Eric Avila, Dominic Oduro, and Marcelo Saragosa.
In its third year, and led by FC Dallas assistant coach Jorge Alvial, the series of clinics is organized by the FC Dallas Foundation and benefits children in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods. A local youth organization is selected to receive free soccer lessons from Alvial and FC Dallas players, as well as tickets to an FC Dallas game and a special gift.
Over 200 kids from the Hispanic Youth Foundation attended the first clinic of 2008 was last month at Justin Kimball High School in Oak Cliff.
OTHER APPEARANCES THIS WEEK:
April 8 - Lake Highlands Soccer Association Clinic: Abe Thompson, Andrew Daniels, Anthony Wallace, Pablo Ricchetti.
April 10 - The Colony Youth Soccer Association: Michael Dello-Russo, Duilio Davino, Juan Toja, Blake Wagner, Chase Wileman.
April 12 - Pregame at the FC Dallas Experience (Gold Lot, Pizza Hut Park): Players TBD.
April 12 - Postgame at FCDallasGear.com (Team Store) at Pizza Hut Park: Kenny Cooper and Brek Shea.
About the FC Dallas Foundation
The FC Dallas Foundation is the charitable arm of FC Dallas and Pizza Hut Park. The Foundation strives to serve the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex through the creation and support of programs, events and organizations that benefit the overall good of our community, and positively advance the lives of disadvantaged youth through the sport of soccer. For more information on the FC Dallas Foundation events, Community Clinics, or Kicks for Kids programs, please contact FC Dallas Foundation Director Andrea Myers at 214-705-6704.
