Friday, February 22nd, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Good Cause
For those of you who like a good game of football and want to contribute to a great cause, check out the Hero Bowl 2 tomorrow in Carmel Valley. The Enforcers are part of a nationwide, non-profit football league.
From their website:
The League consists of law enforcement and firefighter teams from around the United States. The NPSFL is a full contact football league that follows NCAA rules and each NPSFL player must be a full time law enforcement officer or firefighter. Each team plays a four game league schedule each season and chooses which charitable group to sponsor. We are very excited about the opportunity to enter the National League and participate for the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund, as well as represent the citizens of San Diego County at a national level of competition.
The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund is a particularly worthy and noble charity, here is their introduction from their website:
The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund provides financial assistance and quality of life solutions to:
- Marines and Sailors injured in combat, training, or with life threatening illnesses
- Their families- to help defray the expenses incurred during hospitalization, rehabilitation, and recovery
- Other service members injured while in direct support of Marine units and their families
- Help with expenses associated with the purchase of specialized equipment, adaptive vans or vehicles, and handicap home purchases and/or modifications
Established in May 2004, the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund is a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 organization that has provided over 6,000 grants totaling over $16 million in assistance to our Nation’s wounded heroes and families. This assistance helps with immediate financial needs and perpetuating needs, such as modified transportation, home modifications, and specialized equipment.
If you can make to the game tomorrow at 5pm, get there a little early, because they are hoping for a sell-out. If you can’t make it, give the semperfifund a click and send some dough their way.
Here are their websites:
Posted on Friday, February 22nd, 2008 at 1:25 PM in Uncategorized | 2 Comments » | 
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Thanks for the information! Go Marines.
CV renter | February 23rd, 2008 at 7:06 amJim,
I didn’t know about the Semper Fi Fund. Maybe you have heard of the Wounded Warrior Project also. Their mission is similar for our wounded service people. The web address is http://www.woundedwarrior.org. Thanks for bringing the subject up. I hope more people become aware of organizations like these, and can help them out.
John in Carlsbad
John | February 23rd, 2008 at 9:26 pm