2018 Hollywood Vision Youth Fundraising Soccer Tournament

Joyce Shum Yan Yue

Bacala, Alexandra Rose Callanta

The 2018 Hollywood Vision Youth Fundraising Soccer Tournament is going to be held on 5^th August, 2018 in Berczy Soccer Field. The purpose of this event is to promote a healthy lifestyle for all ages and foster soccer in the community while raising funds for Vision Youth Leadership Program.

This year, a total of 14 teams are invited to participate in the tournament. Teams in the Over-Fifty division are Unique Wonton, Seahorse, SFC, Millennium United, ALLIES and Golden Boy; the 4 teams in the Open division are Unique Wonton, SFC, Huawei and CUT; teams in the Under-Ten youth tournament, which is a new addition, include Toronto Empire, So Cool, Future Soccer Academy and Unionville Soccer Club.

Apart from the Tournament, a VIP Invitation Soccer Match between Hollywood All-Stars team and Chinese All-Stars team will be held at 12 noon in the Middle Field. Both teams consist of outstanding soccer amateurs and the match will definitely entertain soccer enthusiasts.

All proceeds from the tournament will be used to fund the Vision Youth Leadership Program, which complements the regular school academic curriculum, helps the youth to develop life skills, and prepares them for a successful future.

The tournament will be held from 8am to 5pm on 5^th August, 2018. Admission is free and no ticket is required for the event.  Parents and members of the public are welcome to watch the tournament and join our invitation match.

A photo contest of the Fundraising Soccer Tournament will be held on the event day. Members of Vision Youth and the public are welcome to take part in this contest by submitting their Tournament photos to info@visionyouth.ca on or before 12^th August, 2018. Winners will be presented an award at the Vision Gala 2019.

This year, we are honored to have Mr. Joe Lee, Regional Councilor of York Region, Ms. Nirmala Armstrong, Regional Councilor of York Region, Mr. Lobo Cheng, owner of Café Hollywood, Mr. Eric Li, founding Chairman of the Vision Youth Leadership Program, and Mr. Albert Li, the chief organizer of the Soccer Tournament this year to attend the press conference of the Fundraising Soccer Tournament.

We are grateful to all the sponsors that support our event. These sponsors include the title sponsor for the last 5 years, Café Hollywood, Bocawil System Solutions Inc., Bonisco Consulting Ltd., FH International High Schools, I-Concept, Polly Li Therapy, Unique Wonton, and Winford Windows. We will continue to accept new donations and sponsorships for our event.

There will be friendly matches and children’s matches on the game day which welcomes all members of the public to participate. For further information, or to donate or sponsor our event, please contact us at 416-800-4040, or email info@visionyouth.ca or visit our web page at https://www.facebook.com/events/515059608948193/.

For further information:

Eric Li             416-473-9844             Eric.li@visionyouth.ca