A letter from MLS Commissioner Don Garber - World Malaria Day

MVNsoccer posted 4/25/2008 from mlsdevelopment.typepad.com [flag]

(from the San Diego MLS Project blog) MLS Commissioner Don Garber: Dear Friends, For the inaugural World Malaria Day on Friday, April 25, MLS W.O.R.K.S., the League's community outreach program is teaming up with the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign to raise money to purchase long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets. --- Malaria is the leading killer of children in Africa... [link]

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The MLS Commissioner and David Beckham on World Malaria Day
Published 4/25/2008 by Ric at The World's Beautiful Game
... every 30 seconds a child dies from this devastating disease. With a simple bed net - - costing only $10 dollars, a child’s life can be saved.” “Throughout 2008, Major League Soccer and national partner Makita industrial power tools - - along with other professional sports leagues including the NBA and the WNBA - - will be engaging our teams and fans through a series of in-stadium events, halftime presentations, auctions and fundraisers.” Read the entire letter here The United Nations have produced a clever TV public ...

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