FRISCO, Texas (Tuesday, September 11, 2007) - The "Oscar Pareja Community Clinic Series presented by Allstate" continues tomorrow, Wednesday, September 12th with a clinic at Cox Field in Farmers Branch for kids from the Webb Chapel Church of Christ.
WHAT: Oscar Pareja Community Clinic Series presented by Allstate
WHO: Juan Toja, Arturo Alvarez, Chris Gbandi, Ricardinho, Anthony Wallace, Andrew Daniels, Sandy Gbandi, Sebastian Botero, Chase Wileman.
WHEN: Wednesday, September 12th from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. CT
WHERE: Cox Field, Farmers Branch, 13985 Dennis Lane, Farmers Branch, TX 75234
This is the seventh of ten clinics in 2007, and participants have included kids from the Hispanic Youth Foundation, Tex-Mex Soccer League, Jackson Middle School, the Youth Latin American Soccer Association, and Tigres Academy. As a result of a recently formed partnership with Hunt4Soccer, each child in attendance will receive a soccer ball courtesy of the non-profit group for the year's four remaining clinics.
About the Clinics
The Oscar Pareja Community Clinic Series presented by Allstate is a series of clinics organized by the FC Dallas Foundation that benefit children in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods. A local youth organization is selected to receive free soccer lessons from FC Dallas assistant coach Oscar Pareja and FC Dallas players. The kids also receive free tickets to an FC Dallas game, a special gift, and the opportunity to meet FC Dallas coaches and players away from Pizza Hut Park. In the inaugural year of 2006, over 2000 local kids combined to attend the nine free clinics in throughout the MetroPlex.
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 or amyers@fcdallas.net.
About Hunt4Soccer
Hunt4Soccer is a non-profit organization, created in memory of Hunt Silcock, a local youth soccer player who passed away in 2002 due to a sudden illness at the age of thirteen. Hunt4Soccer is dedicated to providing children the opportunity to not only learn, play and enjoy the game of soccer, but to teach the importance of team effort, fair competition and good sportsmanship. The program hosts soccer clinics and camps and also provides soccer equipment to many of its participants.
