Non-profit for African Refugees

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Questions for you guys. A friend of mine has established a non-profit
at the University of Virginia, Bridging the Gap, that is devoted to
mentoring and tutoring refugee children resettled in the
Charlottesville-Albemarle, Virginia area. BTG has developed a
successful soccer program, Fugee Soccer, that is partneered with the
Soccer Organization of Charlottesville-Albermarle (SOCA) and the
International Rescue Committee (IRC)'s Family Support division to
register and provide transportation for 37 children on soccer teams
this fall.

I have a few motivations for this post.
1st: I want to contact THFC and other THFC Supporter groups and get
them involved with this program if possible.
2nd: My friend is an Arsenal fan (one of his highschool buddy's is
from London and got to him years ago) and has told me he will switch
allegiance in order to raise help/support for the kids.
3rd: I want to do what I can to help the kids I have grown to know
over the past few years.

My "friend" is my girlfriend's younger brother, Clay. UVA's
Chancellor mentioned him during his graduation ceremony last spring
because of his work with the foundation of "Bridging the Gap." The
Chancellor only mentioned 10 graduates during UVA's main ceremony and
Clay was singled out among the thousands of graduates.

I am currently just looking for ideas about how to move this project
forward and hope to get THFC involved along the way. Please let me
know if anyone has ideas or information that I can pass to Clay about
contacting specific individuals at THFC. I have already contacted
Customer Service and hope to get some information directly from the
club.

Thanks for your time and any help you can offer.

Steve Page

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Here is a linked article about the program.

Linked article: http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/finals2007/finals-broga.html