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Soccer Kicks More than Just a Ball

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Phillip Hafner
Topics: Health
FC Barcelona is one of the largest soccer clubs in the world. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foraggio/302640508/">Foraggio Fotographic (flickr)</a>
FC Barcelona is one of the largest soccer clubs in the world. Photo: Foraggio Fotographic (flickr)

Soccer club FC Barcelona and Fox Soccer Channel — America's leading broadcaster of worldwide soccer — are teaming up with the non profit Malaria No More to fight the preventable disease that kills an estimated 1 million people a year.

In August 2008, FC Barcelona and Malaria No More announced their partnership in the campaign "More than a Club; Kick it to Malaria". Since then, over 1,000 nets have been distributed through online donations.

Carlos Puyol, FC Barcelona's captain, says he's grateful to be part of this cause. "We are all very happy, very proud to be here and to be able to support this great cause."

Fox Soccer Channel has also joined the cause by launching their campaign "Every Goal Saves a Life," where the channel donates $10 — the equivalent of one malaria net — to the More than a Club program for every live goal scored on the channel — the channel has raised over $10,000 so far.

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