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THANK YOU FROM STEVE ZAKUANI AND KINGDOM HOPE
How to Donate to Kingdom Hope in Support of Steve

SEATTLE, WA, April 26, 2011 – A letter from Steve Zakuani to the Seattle soccer community.

Dear Friends of Kingdom Hope and the Sounders FC Community:

As you all know, during our match this past Friday against the Colorado Rapids, I was unfortunately on the receiving end of a mistimed tackle and had my right tibia and fibula broken as a result. I have been recovering in Denver since Friday night and I just want to say that I am more than overwhelmed by the outpouring of well wishes and genuine encouragements I have received. After 24 hours I had received about 400 emails, a couple hundred Facebook messages, hundreds of Facebook wall posts, 62 text messages and several phone calls from all over the world. I can’t thank my family, friends and fans enough for their love towards me. I also would like to thank my club team, Seattle Sounders FC, for going above and beyond what they needed to do in order to make sure I was comfortable and well taken care of. The long road to recovery has already started and I am fully aware of the mountains ahead of me but I also know that I will go through all of the challenges ahead with a positive attitude using my faith in Jesus Christ as a solid foundation on which to overcome this setback. Again, thank you for your love, thoughts and prayers toward me.

Thank you,

Steve Zakuani

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Contact: Katie Pendleton, Development Coordinator
Kingdom Hope
Telephone: 206.819.1229
E-mail: katiep@kingdom-hope.org
Website: http://kingdom-hope.org/
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Kingdom Hope is a non-profit organization whose aim is to help and inspire individuals to become great achievers in all areas of life. Through camps, clinics, a scholarship fund, and soccer academies, Kingdom Hope has a passion to help aspiring soccer players achieve and realize their dreams. Through mentoring and life coaching seminars aimed at both soccer and non-soccer players, Kingdom Hope strives to help individuals maximize their potential for greatness by providing teaching on subjects concerning all areas of life.

The ultimate vision is to establish soccer academies in several locations, beginning in London, where aspiring soccer players will receive soccer training, take academic classes, and receive life coaching over a two year period whilst living on campus.

More information on donating to Kingdom hope can be found at http://kingdom-hope.org/latest-news/.

Letters, flowers and cards can be sent to:

Steve Zakuani
c/o Sounders FC Community Relations
Virginia Mason Athletic Center
12 Seahawks Way
Renton, WA 98056

Again, we want to thank everyone for their support and well wishes to Steve. We are so grateful for your support in spreading the word about his organization. We will try and keep you updated as we go along.

Many thanks!

Kingdom Hope

Kingdom Hope Presents: Hip Hop Benefit Show

For tickets:

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/143402

DJ Hyphen, 100Proof, Vicious Puppies Crew, Scribes, Sounders FC teammates!

Hip Hop  :  Raffle  :  Silent Auction
Host  :  DJ Hyphen from KUBE 93.3
DJ  :  100Proof from KEXP 90.3
Breaking Dancing  :  Vicious Puppies Crew
Performance  :  Scribes

Kingdom Hope is a non-profit organization whose aim is to help and inspire individuals to become great achievers in all areas of life. Through camps, clinics, a scholarship fund, and soccer academies, Kingdom Hope has a passion to help aspiring soccer players achieve and realize their dreams.  The ultimate vision is to establish soccer academies in several locations, beginning in London, where aspiring soccer players will receive soccer training, take academic classes, and receive life coaching over a two year period whilst living on campus.

$100 VIP (only 20 tickets available)  :  7 – 11:30 pm
VIP ticket includes:
- early admission
- access to VIP lounge
- kick it with Steve Zakuani, his friends and Sounders FC players
- complimentary non-alcoholic beverages
- raffle and silent auction
- a slice of birthday cake

$20 General Admission  :  8 – 11:30 pm
General admission includes:
- admission at 8 pm to the hip hop show
- complimentary non-alcoholic beverages
- meet Steve Zakuani, his friends and Sounders FC players
- raffle and silent auction

Proceeds benefit Kingdom Hope. 10% will be donated to America SCORES Seattle.

*The VERA Project is an all ages and non-alcoholic venue.  This event may not be suited for children.

Steve Zakuani and James Riley joined Sounders FC fans at Franklin High School to clean-up the school as part of Seattle Bank’s United We Serve program.

“Zakuani’s story is plenty complicated in its own right, a winding journey from Kinshasa to London to Akron to the Seattle Sounders, and while little of that story physically takes place in the Congo it does offer some thought-provoking perspectives on Africa, soccer, and fateful role of chance.”

Read the full post at Pitchinvasion.net:

Stories of African (and English, and American) Soccer: Steve Zakuani and the Congo

Video interview done for mlssoccer.com