From September 19-24th the I Can Serve Foundation held a football invitational tournament to raise breast cancer awareness. The three teams selected to play in the charity showdown included Global FC, Kaya FA and the Philippine Azkals. There was much hype around the fixtures as Team Azkals finished their most successful World Cup Qualifying run in the county’s history and both, Kaya and Global had been preparing for the upcoming UFL Cup. With the excitement around the highly anticipated match ups, it was easy for fans to see the invitational as a Kick-off competition to the new UFL Cup and League Season. But to recap and bring things back to perspective, the round-robin style tournament was a friendly showcase for a very important foundation: The I Can Serve Foundation.
The games were a mere spectacle, to the larger cause. The heavy hitters, the Most Valuable Players and the Top Goal scorers of the tournament had to go to the foundation that made it all possible. The I Can Serve Foundation is an organization that promotes early breast cancer detection, that helps women with breast cancer and that provides for breast cancer survivors.
The ICANSERVE Foundation provides hope and help to women with breast cancer. It promotes early breast cancer detection through high impact information campaigns and community based screening programs. Its network of cancer survivors light the path for women with cancer towards total healing.
As one of my first games with Kaya FC, I was proud to have been apart of something special and something meaningful to kick start my role on a new team, in a new country. If you take a look around the Spirrs Network and notice some of the charities I have had the chance to experience and promote, you’ll be able to see that soccer can be used far greater than just a entertaining sport. It has the quality to unite and promote change in peoples lives. I hope we can remember how important the sport is to the world, and somewhere behind the magnificent goals, there are plenty of other goals we can accomplish.
The Spirrs Network is a Proud Supporter of the I Can Serve Foundation and I am proud, on behalf of the KAYA Football Club to bare the “I can Serve” Logo on our jersey. May it remind us, every time we step onto the field, there are larger causes and bigger goals in life.
For more information on the I can Serve Foundation, Please visit their website at www.icanservefoundation.org
To read similar stories of the Spirrs Network’s commitment to Breast Cancer awareness Check Out Past Post on my buddy’s Race for Awareness http://soccerpirrs.com/charity/triumph-for-first-time-tri-athlete-the-ultimate-race-to-raise-awareness/
I had an aunt who suffered from and died of breast cancer back in the 90s. I remember back in the day there wasn’t much that people knew about it. It’s great that there are events and people who make an effort to keep people aware of this. Early detection because of awareness about is really important to survive this.
I love that your team has that logo on your jersey…it keeps the awareness campaign going!
I am sorry to hear about your aunt. I feel that we are in a better position in this day in age to reach more people and get the word out. I feel that awareness can be brought to people in the things we do everyday. I am honored to be able to share that message every time we put our KAYA FC Jersey’s on. Let continue with the Spirrs Network Motto and Keep “Passng the Word Around”TM