MLS Los Angeles FC

LAFC's Kick Childhood Cancer Campaign in Review

Published on September 30, 2019 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Los Angeles FC News Release


During the month of September, Los Angeles Football Club partnered with Kaiser Permanente and the Austen Everett Foundation to bring awareness and highlight the warriors that have fought or are currently battling childhood cancer. The Black and Gold focused on several events to bring greater awareness to the disease, culminating in the Club's annual Kick Childhood Cancer (KCC) match that took place on Saturday September 21 at Banc of California Stadium against Toronto FC.

Events throughout the month included a hospital visit on September 5, where Tyler Miller, Tom Penn and members of the LAFC staff visited children at Kaiser-Permanente's pediatric oncology unit. Tyler and guests helped make slime and design pennants with the visit ending on a patient, 11-year-old Justin Petre, ringing the "end of treatment" bell and being invited to be the honorary Falconer at the September 21 match. Other events included an LAFC Performance Center visit by cancer patient Caleb Jones-Moreno, who had an opportunity to meet players and watch training and was then invited to be an honorary starter for the September 21 match.

The Kick Childhood Cancer match on September 21 featured a number of different activations including a gold adidas Nativo Questra 2019 Official Match Ball, gold corner flags, gold goal nets and players donned special edition KCC training tops and gold-ribbon jersey patches. The match featured 11-year-old Justin Petre who just finished treatment at Kaiser-Permanente's pediatric oncology unit as honorary falconer, and featured cancer patient Caleb Jones-Moreno as an honorary starter. Furthermore, the Club worked with cancer survivor Josh Padilla, who designed limited edition KCC scarves and t-shirts that were sold at LAFC HQ during the match with a portion of the proceeds going to the Austen Everett Foundation.

Check out the Los Angeles FC Statistics

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



Major League Soccer Stories from September 30, 2019


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central