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Chiefs Charity Game is ours for one more year
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When the Kansas City Chiefs first chose Operation Breakthrough to benefit from their children’s charity game, we were crammed into an old J.C. Penney store, caring for 450 children. Four years later, we have more than 650 children in a revamped facility that has doubled in size.
Operation Breakthrough has come a long way since our first Chiefs Charity Game in 2005, and the Chiefs and our charity game sponsors have backed us every step of the journey.
“We’re delighted that Operation Breakthrough is the 2008 Chiefs Charity Game beneficiary,” says Sister Corita. “Funds from the game have helped us serve more than 200 new kids. They brought a lot of needs with them that we could not meet without major help from the community.”
Last year, Chiefs Charity Game sponsors donated a total of $506,790. This year will be Operation Breakthrough’s last as the game beneficiary. The Chiefs are choosing a new charity for 2009. Operation Breakthrough can’t reapply for three years.
“We understand why the Chiefs want to share the opportunity with other charities,” Sister Berta says. “We’re just very grateful that we have had it.”
Jim and Judy Heeter and Will and Senia Shields are our honorary co-chairs for this year’s game, the date of which will soon be set by the NFL. Plans are underway for a reprise of the wildly successful Bowling Night, where Chiefs players will bowl with sponsors Tuesday, May 27. Sports Trivia Night is Thursday, June 26.
Charity game sponsorships range from $500 to $25,000 and come with lots of publicity, tickets to the game and a VIP tailgate party and other unique opportunities. To learn more, visit us at www.chiefscharitygame.com. To sign up, contact Lee Duckett, Chiefs Charity Game coordinator, at 816-329-5222 or lee@operationbreakthrough.org.
“We’d like to make this a record year because it’s our last,” says Sister Berta, “and because we have a lot of children here who are counting on all of us for help.” |
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