Detroit City FC is proud to announce the club and its supporters have raised a total of $3,500 in support of DCFC’s 2017 charity partner, Alternatives For Girls.
Proceeds were raised through a silent auction of player-worn charity jerseys at City’s home match against Kalamazoo FC on June 23, 2017.
Le Rouge players wore the special Alternatives For Girls jerseys in its 2-1 victory over Kalamazoo, and supporters were able to participate in a silent auction during the match at Keyworth Stadium.
Founded in 1987, Alternatives For Girls provides a range of critical services to girls and young women, including safe shelter, street outreach and educational support, vocational guidance, mentoring prevention activities and counseling.
Each year, AFG serves more than 4,000 homeless and at-risk girls and women in the city of Detroit.
The AFG mission “is to empower the girls and young women we serve to make positive choices.”
Detroit City FC is proud to be a partner in this cause.
Each season, Detroit City FC has a designated charity partner that the club and its supporters raise funds for, as well as whose work they highlight. Past partners have included Freedom House, Detroit PAL, and the Ruth Ellis Center.
“We couldn’t be happier to highlight the amazing, and all too often unheralded, work Alternatives For Girls is doing to improve the lives of Detroit’s young women,” DCFC co-owner Sean Mann said. “They work with some of Detroit’s most vulnerable residents and give them the support and the personal tools and skills necessary for a better life.”
Roddy Green and Elijah Rice scored goals for City in the win over Kalamazoo in front of 5,345 supporters.
Le Rouge would like to everyone who contributed to the fundraiser in support of Alternatives For Girls.
