Words by Marisa Krentz
On Thursday, May 10th 2012, the Futbolr team had the pleasure of being invited to the launch of an incredible charity event ¨The Guy Mascolo Football Charity¨ (GMFC) which took place in Battersea, London, England. The charity was created in the memory of Guy Mascolo (founder of the Toni&Guy Group), who was an enthusiastic soccer fan and spent a lot of his free time playing with various teams.In his memory the Mascolo family created a charity to encourage children in the Clapham area to play soccer, have fun, demonstrate that soccer is more than just a sport and unify children from various backgrounds and cultures. An additional reason behind this idea was because the Mascolo family found it difficult to find any soccer clubs in the Clapham area or even ones that were affordable, therefore it was one of their priorities to create a charity that would be affordable(and sometimes free) so that no child would be turned down due to finances. The aim of GMFC is to provide quality soccer coaching to all children in the local community and provide a sense of family spirit by also arranging after school activities and educating the youth.
