Friends of Children with Special Needs (FCSN) to be recipients of "SSV Kidzone" seats for the MLS San Jose Earthquakes game on August 30th at the Buck Shaw Stadium
Soccer Silicon Valley Community Foundation is pleased to welcome 50 children and families from the Friends of Children with Special Needs (FCSN) as their guests in the SSV Kidzone seats for the MLS San Jose Earthquakes game on August 30th at Buck Shaw Stadium versus the Kansas City Wizards.
"Soccer Silicon Valley, through our community foundation and in partnership with the San Jose Earthquakes, has set up a program to bring 50 kids to every Earthquake home game," says SSV Kidzone Chair Lloyd Danon. "Because of the deserving children that FCSN serves, we selected FCSN 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 FCSN as a deserving program for this partnership."
About FCSN:
Friends of Children with Special Needs is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing support, friendship, and life skills training to developmentally disabled individuals and their families. FCSN started out in 1996 with 10 families, and has now membership of 600 mostly Asian American families, serving over 400 individuals with autism, Down's syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other developmental disabilities. In response to the needs of the growing special needs population, FCSN opened its Dream Center in Fremont in September 2006 and a Satellite Center in West San Jose/Cupertino in April 2008. Asian Americans with disabled children have been perceived as an obscure group, hidden away from society. Our programs are especially designed to empower families, increase resources, foster independence and meet the cultural and linguistic needs of our participants. Available languages are English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Malay, Spanish and American Sign Language. For more information about FCSN and our program, please visit our website at www.fcsn1996.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 2008 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 and began playing in April of 2008. Season tickets for the 2008 Earthquakes season are on sale now and can be purchased by calling (408) 556-7700. 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 – Jed Mettee – (408) 556-7723 – Jmettee@sjearthquakes.com
San Jose Earthquakes – Flor Rivera – (408) 556-7705 – Frivera@sjearthquakes.com
