USA: Anheuser-Busch and Hispanic Scholarship Fund team up with Major League Soccer for higher education
Anheuser-Busch and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) announced they will team up to provide scholarships for Latino students nationwide through the Budweiser Saves for Education program, the brewer reported in a press release, April 14. Nine Major League Soccer teams – Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas USA, Chicago Fire, San Jose Earthquakes, FC Dallas, Colorado Rapids, New York Red Bulls, Real Salt Lake, Houston Dynamo – are participating in this program. For every save made by the home team’s goalies this season, Anheuser-Busch and its local wholesaler will donate $100 to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, up to $10,000 per team.
“Goalies will be the heroes in every match, because their saves will help raise money for education,” said Frank D. Alvarez, president and CEO, Hispanic Scholarship Fund. “In the last 25 years, Anheuser-Busch and its family of wholesalers have partnered with us to raise more than $23 million and award more than 18,000 scholarships, and we’re pleased to continue these efforts with the Budweiser Saves for Education program.”
Anheuser-Busch is the brewer of Budweiser, the Official Beer Sponsor of Major League Soccer. Budweiser also sponsors the FIFA World Cup, the English Premier League, Manchester United, the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Teams, the Mexican National Team, SuperLiga, InterLiga and Chivas de Guadalajara.
“We’re pleased to partner with Major League Soccer and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund to provide scholarships through Budweiser Saves for Education,” said Jesъs Rangel, vice president, sales development and community relations, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. “Anheuser-Busch has been part of the Latino community for more than 100 years, and we understand that the future of any community depends upon developing the next generation of leaders. It’s a goal we can celebrate with every save.”
During Hispanic Heritage Month in October, Anheuser-Busch will present a check to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
Anheuser-Busch’s support of the Latino community dates back more than a century. The company supports approximately 400 community-based, local and national Latino organizations with contributions totaling nearly $52 million during the past two decades. Anheuser‑Busch’s efforts in the Latino community focus on values such as education, leadership development, economic empowerment, public advocacy and arts and culture. As a result, the company has the No. 1 and No. 2 beer brands in the Latino market – Bud Light and Budweiser. To learn more about these efforts, please visit www.Latinobud.com.
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), the nation's preeminent Latino scholarship organization HSF's vision is to strengthen the country by advancing college education among Hispanic Americans. In support of its mission to double the rate of Hispanics earning college degrees, HSF provides the Latino community more college scholarships and educational outreach support than any other organization in the country. During the 2006-2007 academic year, HSF awarded nearly 4,200 scholarships exceeding $26.5 million. In its 32-year history, HSF has awarded more than 82,000 scholarships worth more than $221 million to Latinos attending nearly 2,000 colleges and universities in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
16 April, 2008
