Ask the Blood Bank , Monarch School , Cancer research , Shop with a Charger, Thanksgiving giveaway and the various organizations that have Chargers players Donate their time to help the community if they would miss the Chargers . Yes the Chargers are a business ( 1 of 32 in NFL ) who make money on their team . Again say the real villains are PAC and B12 who refuse to add SDSU as a member . That membership would fund the majority of the schools needs . The Chargers leaving would not . Also in the article reality check the only way the Aztecs may get new facility to help recruiting could be with the Chargers . What is more important to help recruiting , a state of the art facility not a cozy campus facility.
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Alex Spanos:
GIVING BACK
Spanos’ community spirit and generosity have paid
countless dividends for San Diego.
When wildfires ravaged San Diego County in
2003, Spanos jumped to the forefront with the single
largest donation-$1 million to aid affected families
and the recovery effort. Spanos and the team also
collected additional funds for the
San Diego Fire
Relief Fund, adding another $500,000 to the total.
“My family and I are proud to be a part of the
San Diego community,” said Spanos. “I’m very
fortunate to be in a position to help the city and the
people who have been so supportive of the Chargers
over the years.”
The
Chargers Community Foundation, created and
funded by Spanos in 1995 to “help San Diego build
on its strengths by supporting individuals, activities
and organizations that work to make the city a better
place to live,”
focuses on youth and education and is a
major source of community support in San Diego.In March 2000, the Spanos family and the
Foundation introduced the Chargers Champions
program. O
ver the past eight years, more than $3
million has been contributed to deserving schools,
students and educators, making the Chargers’
commitment unmatched in the San Diego community.In the past eight years,
159 outstanding high school
juniors have been awarded $7,000 scholarships and
laptop computers. The Chargers Champions program
has also awarded grants to schools as well as
grants and laptop computers to San Diego’s most
deserving educators.
Spanos also has been a strong supporter of high
school sports in San Diego.
He annually sponsors the
CIF San Diego Section football championships,allowing the games to be played in Qualcomm
Stadium. His backing of the San Diego High School
Sports Association and the San Diego County high
school all-star football game led to the game
being named the Alex Spanos All-Star Football Classic
in 1993.
Spanos led the effort to bring Super Bowl XXXVII
to San Diego in January 2003. It marked the second
time in five years that Spanos had delivered the
Super Bowl and focused the world’s attention on
San Diego. Spanos is credited for using his influence
with the NFL and its owners to land Super Bowl
XXXII for the City of San Diego, played Jan. 25, 1998.
Each game brought close to $300 million to the
regional economy.
His leadership was instrumental in bringing the
1996 Republican National Convention to San Diego,
another financial coup for the city.
Here are just a few of the notable gifts from
Spanos and the Foundation to San Diego:
•
The Foundation’s first contribution was a $1.5
million donation to kick off the $6.5 million
fundraising effort for the San Diego Hall of
Champions Sports Museum.• In 1998, Spanos announced the creation of the
Brooke Humphries Heart Fund in honor of retiring
quarterback Stan Humphries and a
six-figure contri-
bution to San Diego Children’s Hospital in Brooke’s
name. Stan’s daughter Brooke underwent major
surgery to correct a heart birth defect.
• Spanos and his family kicked off the week of
Super Bowl XXXII in 1998 with major six-figure
contributions to both Children’s Hospital and the
national Christmas in April program.
• In 1995,
Spanos’ financial support led to the
development of a multi-use sports facility for the
Pacific Beach community and the students of Kate
Sessions Elementary and The Bishop’s School. The
Alex G. Spanos Sports Fields were dedicated in 1997.
• In 1994, he kicked off a fundraising telethon for
the
San Diego Olympic Training Center with another
six-figure pledge and challenge to the local community.
•
Spanos built the state-of-the-art Alex G. Spanos
Athletic and Recreation Building at the University of
California-San Diego.• Children’s Hospital benefited as did San Diego
County Easter Seals when he served as chairman of
their telethons. He also chaired the Loaned Executive
campaign drive for United Way/CHAD.
Dean Spanos:
CONTINUES TRADITION OF GIVING
In addition to running the football organization,
Dean has continued the long-standing tradition of
community service and support made famous by the
Spanos family and the Chargers.
In March 2000, he announced the creation of
Chargers Champions, an education and fitness initia-
tive benefiting San Diego County students and
schools. Since its inception, 159 outstanding high
school juniors have been selected for their outstand-
ing leadership and awarded $7,000 tuition scholar-
ships and laptop computers.
Chargers Champions
also makes a strong commitment to improving the
health of the County’s children by providing grants up
to $75,000 for physical fitness improvements on
school campuses. This commitment of more than
$400,000 annually in educational scholarships and
grants — exceeding $3 million over the past eight
years-is unmatched in San Diego.
To date, Spanos’ Chargers Champions brainchild
has provided funding for nearly
50 health and fitness
projects in local schools, including 17 weight rooms/
fitness centers, seven outdoor playing fields/tracks,
eight fitness trails and a myriad of other projects
and programs dedicated to improving the health of
San Diego’s kids.Local students received a giant boost in 2000
when the Spanos family and
Chargers Community
Foundation supplied the initial funding to organize
the first-ever freshman football and girls volleyball
programs in the 16 San Diego City high schools.
This major public-private partnership provides more
than 1,000 extracurricular opportunities annually
for students.Youth football in San Diego has known no greater
champion than Spanos and the Chargers. Most
recently,
Spanos’ financial support made possible the
creation of a new Challenger Division for San Diego’s
Palomar Pop Warner League.Dean also is a strong
supporter of San Diego’s
Police, Fire and Sheriff’s departments, providing more
than $600,000 in grants and direct assistance in just
the last few years. Thanks to Dean’s generosity, criti-
cal communications centers have been upgraded and
new horse patrol trailers and mobile command units
for the Police department have been purchased.
Wildfire fighting gear has been purchased as has
other fire fighting equipment for local agencies. In
response to the increase of child abduction cases,
Dean hosted and paid for critical law enforcement
training classes for the Sheriff’s department.
Dean continues to be a major force in the San
Diego business and civic communities.
He is a major
contributor to Children’s Hospital, Boys & Girls Clubs
of Greater San Diego, Star/Pal, Huntington’s Disease
Society of America, San Diego State University
Campanile Foundation, University of San Diego and
the San Diego Police Foundation.Another huge economic benefit to the community
came in 1998 when Dean and Alex Spanos secured
Super Bowl XXXVII for the City of San Diego. It
marked the second time in five years that the City of
San Diego enjoyed the huge financial windfall from
hosting a Super Bowl. Super Bowl XXXVII in January
2003 brought more than $300 million to the
San Diego economy.