This is the exciting update for the Fair Play for All Foundation. Just a couple months ago, the foundation celebrated their one year anniversary. The celebration included the long awaited official opening of the new drop in center located in the heart of Payatas and home to Payatas FC and the FFA. I was honored to be given the opportunity to experience and be apart of the … [Read more...]
Typhoon Sendong Charity Match: You’ll Never Stand Alone
When tragedy strikes, it's effects reach far beyond it's immediate surrounds. The spirit of a nation is most closely tied to its effort to support it's people. On December 16th the Philipines was shook by yet another typhoon this season. Its blow to the country hit far deeper than the Mindinao Region. Its impact effected people across the world and the cries for help were far … [Read more...]
Smokey Mountain: Using Sports to Enrich Life
Last weekend I was invited to visit Smokey Mountain. For those of you who are not so familiar with Smokey Mountain, it is Manila's largest dump site consisting of over 2 million tons of rubbish. It's name was derived from the fires created from decomposing waste, making it one of the world's most volatile garbage dump sites. For the normal citizens of Manila this dump site is a … [Read more...]
Kicking Out Cancer: I Can Serve Foundation Football Invitational
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, … [Read more...]
“Triking” to Payatas
For my very first trip out to visit the new location of the Drop in center for the Fair Play for All Foundation, I had quite the travel experience. Day started with a short cab ride to the Ayala MRT Station, followed by a crowed rush-hour ride to North Ave. Once I was off the train, I jumped into another cab to St. Peter's Church on Commonwealth Ave, where I met up with FFA's … [Read more...]
Hammering Out the Old Drives New Hope: FFA’s New Home
Today I had the very special opportunity to not only take a look what will become the Fair Play for All Foundations new home, I had the chance to help with it's initial construction. In actuality, it was really more like it's "deconstruction." When I was told that the foundation had finally found it's first physical location after a grueling search for the right place and size, … [Read more...]
Fair Play For All Foundation – Philippines
This past Saturday, teammate Nate Burkey, member of the Philippine Azkals and I had the most wonderful soccer experience, that truly brought us back to some great childhood memories. August 20th marked the opening competition for an unlikely group of footballers here in Manila. For the past six months a group of children from Payatas, Manila's lastest garbage dump site, have … [Read more...]
Race to Deliver
Recently, I had the great opportunity to participate in an amazing charity run. When I was in High School I was first introduced to a wonderful nonprofit organization called God's Love We Deliver. Not knowing much about seeking volunteer work and new to different opportunity available in the city, I was excited to get started. The first projects involved decorating holiday food … [Read more...]
Triumph For First Time Tri-Athlete: The Ultimate Race to Raise Awareness
Spirrsblog.com Recap Oct 23, 2010 Over the last several months, the Spirrs Team has been closely following the progress of a very moving story. It is a journey that begins with a young man's determination and drive to win a simple bet. This seemingly lighthearted wager, began with a marathon completion and soon turned into an Iron Man competition with over $100K on the … [Read more...]
Football For Life
Recently, I had the great pleasure of volunteering for a charity called Football for Life. Located in the heart of Hong Kong, Football for Life was founded Phillipe Bru in 2006, when the growing number of underprivileged children in Hong Kong sparked his initiative to change the desperate situation. Bru was able to successfully merge his passion for the game and his calling to … [Read more...]
