Campbell’s EMQ Children & Family Services to be recipients of "SSV Kidzone" seats for MLS San Jose Earthquakes game
Soccer Silicon Valley Community Foundation is pleased to welcome 50 children and families from the Campbell’s EMQ Children & Family Services as their guests at a San Jose Earthquakes MLS soccer game this summer.
"Soccer Silicon Valley, through our community foundation and 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 we are focused on close ties to the City of San Jose and Santa Clara County community, we selected Campbell’s EMQ Children & Family Services, 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 Campbell’s EMQ Children & Family Services as a deserving program for this partnership."
The Campbell’s EMQ Children & Family Services is the eighth group to enjoy the SSV Kidzone. Unity Council of Oakland participated at the home opener on April 12, and other recipients have included the Mexican American Community Services Agency (MACSA) of San Jose youth program, and the Migrant Student program at Pomeroy Elementary School in Santa Clara.
About EMQ:
EMQ Children & Family Services helps kids in crisis. The private nonprofit is nationally recognized for its innovative, family-centered programs that help children recover from issues such as severe depression, thoughts of suicide or drug abuse. The agency helps more than 7,000 children and their family members every year through programs like Family Finding, Wraparound, support and educational services. Headquartered in Campbell, California, EMQ Children & Family Services has programs in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Bernardino and Santa Clara counties. More information on EMQ can be found at http://www.emq.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
