2009 Walk
In 2009, Soccer Silicon Valley Community Foundation has once again partnered with the San Jose Earthquakes, its booster club (Club Quake), and California Custom, to co-sponsor a contingent of Earhtquakes fans participating in the October 10, 2009 "Light the Night Walk" in Palo Alto to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and its effort to find cure for these deadly scourges. The festivities in Palo Alto begin at 5 p.m., with the walk starting at 7 p.m.
The first 100 Earthquakes fans who sign up to walk with our contingent and participate with at least a $25 donation receive a free, officially-licensed event t-shirt in Quakes royal blue woth the Quakes logo courtesy of SSVCF and California Custom, which has supplied the shirts to us at cost.
Prior to the walk, on the afternoon of October 10, the Earthquakes and Club Quake will host a viewing party for the Earthquakes match at Toronto FC. For $10, fans will receive lunch and transportation on a bus to the walk in Palo Alto. Also, each fan contributing at least $25 to the walk will receive a raffle ticket for a raffle which prizes include two sideline seats for an Earthquakes game in the upcoming 2010 season, lunch with Joe Cannon, or a team-signed jersey.
Fans interested in participating can register online at the Earthquakes team page.
2008 Walk
Last season, more than 100 Earthquakes fans particpated in the Light the Night Walk in Palo Alto on October 4, 2008. SSVCF co-sponsored the event, and donated a free, officially-licensed event Quakes t-shirt to every fan participating. SSVCF also matched at 50 cents to the dollar all donations from Earthquakes fans in memory of Luke Dunivant, the late brother of former Earthquakes defender Todd Dunivant who died in early 2008 from complications of Leukemia.
SSVCF presented a check for over $3,500 to Margie Boyce, Executive Director of LLS in the Bay Area, and to Todd Dunivant at its first annual dinner on October 24, 2008. Altogether Quakes fans raised nearly $15,000 in 2008 for LLS. As a result, LLS has awarded its national Chairman's Citation Award to the San Jose Earthquakes, "recognizing outstanding support of LLS from Quakes players, staff and fans." The award is to be formally presented at the 2009 SSVCF annual dinner on September 19, 2009.
