Giving Back Spotlight
Chelsea Pride Youth Football
The leagues Football Day at a local park included a bone marrow drive for a 29 year old father and active member of the U.S. Coast Guard, Javier Medoza. With less than 6% of the national bone marrow registry identified as Hispanics, help is needed to find a match for Javier to survive from Leukemia and bring awareness to the Hispanic community. The Prides football day helped double the drives numbers.
Gary May of Chelsea Pride Youth Football said, "we vowed as a community to give back at every possible opportunity. After all everyone is giving back to our program. Any chance that the Pride gets to give back to less fortuante is a success in our eyes. We have preached family, school/work, then football to our kids. One day it might be one of our children or family members who needs bone marrow. I would love to see this type of practice across the country not just with AYF but with all communities."
The Detroit Tigers
AYF salutes Mike Ilitch owner of the Detroit Tigers and Redwings who told his people that the coveted centerfield fountain this year was spoken for. It would be the feature site for General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. For free... And beyond the logos will be a few new words, "The Detroit Tigers support our automakers."
It may be as close to a social statement as centerfield has ever made.
We do it because we love our past and we believe in our future. Detroit may be the new home of the bumpy ride, but as the Three Musketeers once discovered, it's a little smoother when you grab hands with others. Think about that the next time a home run sends that fountain shooting up to those logos. Sometimes it really is all for one and one for all.
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