The most heartwarming public welfare soccer tournament at the end of 2022, the Arashi Star Cup Public Welfare Children's Soccer Invitational Tournament, was grandly launched on December 17th at Taichung Taiyuan Soccer Stadium. On the eve of the final of the World Cup soccer tournament in Karda, the topic of the World Cup was brought up to let the youngest players communicate with the professional soccer players of Taichung Futuro, and the 8-player soccer tournament was played in order to let the 8 children's soccer clubs and the 8 public welfare units to connect with each other, with the winning team donated the equivalent amount of public welfare funds by the 50th Arashi Group of Taichung District. The winning team was donated by the Central District 50Lan Group to the public welfare fund. You play soccer, I thank you, and we support each other for love, passing on the positive energy of sports to more people in need.
300 players, VIPs, coaches and public welfare organizations joined the event, you kicked the ball, I thanked you, supported each other for love, and together they passed the positive energy and warmth of sports to more people in need in the cold winter.
50 Arashi, the leading brand of hand-cranked beverages in Taiwan, has been preparing for the Arashi Star Cup Children's Soccer Tournament for nearly half a year, and with the approval and support of the group's chairman, Ma Ya-fen, nearly 300 players, coaches, VIPs, and public service organizations were invited to join in on the festivities, said Ke Chiu-yen, a director of the 50 Arashi Group in the central region, and the executive director of Arashi's Literature, Arts, and Sports Programs in the Corporate Relations Department:
Sports are the easiest way to connect with people, and we hope that corporations, while doing public service, will also give young players the opportunity to see the professional players up close and personal, and give them the resources to cultivate young players during their prime years of age of 12 or so, because young players are the future strength of sports in Taiwan.
Chen Ting-Yang, the Chinese national soccer player and captain of the FUTURO professional soccer team, said:
I am very grateful to the Central District 50 Arashi Group for their willingness to handle such a meaningful charity soccer tournament. It is only with corporate support that the dreams of the players can go on for a longer and longer time, and it is really touching and meaningful to see the young players running on the field being encouraged.
The Lansing Cup Children's Soccer Invitational Tournament invited eight teams of children's soccer clubs to play 8-a-side soccer matches to link up the eight public welfare units, using sports to link up corporations with public welfare and create a positive cycle.
Yutaka Komori, General Manager of the co-organizer Taichung FUTURO Football Club, also emphasized at the opening:
Being able to create local tournaments sponsored by corporations is key to the rooting of soccer in the local community and its continued promotion. Clubs need to connect more frequently with local businesses and communities, and athletes should not be disconnected from the community in order to have a positive impact on the community.
The children of the eight children's soccer clubs invited to the tournament played happily on the field despite the cold winter, and the public welfare units shouted and cheered on the sidelines, which made for a warm and welcoming scene. The invited clubs were: BEST Soccer Club, Lightning Panther Soccer Club, Blue Sky Flame Soccer Club, Foot Dream Dragonfly Soccer Club, Taichung City Soccer Club, and the Children's Soccer Club of Taichung City.
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National Elementary School Soccer Team, Foot Dreams Donghai Club, Dongmen City Soccer Club, and Taichung FUTURO Soccer Club.
The young players braved the wind and rain, warmed up quickly, determined the team formation and field assignments, relaxed and enjoyed the game, and also used the Arashi Star Cup to draw a good ending for the end of this year.
Tseng Tsuen-yu, deputy executive director of the corporate relations department of the 50 Arashi Group, the organizer of the Central Region, Arashi Star Literary and Sports Affairs, as well as chairman of the Athletes' Career Planning and Development Association of the Republic of China, also emphasized:
The number of basic athletes determines the quality of professional sports. In addition to government departments, the long-term careers of athletes will be more secure if more enterprises are willing to join together for the public good and relay their support to sports.
Soccer brings people not only the power of soccer, but also hope. In addition to cheering for the young players, the eight grantees also held a fun soccer game during the lunch break to interact with the professional players.
You kick the ball, I thank you, the award ceremony children give each other small prizes, so that 8 children's soccer clubs and 8 public welfare units in tandem with each other, for the love of each other, so that the game of soccer from childhood to take root, and the long-term development of the game.
The recipient units of this activity include: Love of Life Literary and Educational Foundation, Boyoung Social Welfare Foundation, Taichung Unicard Community Service Association, Taiwan Christian Lutheran Church (Taichung Muyi Church), Puli Shancheng Soccer Club, Changhua County Joyful Social Welfare Association (Line West Care Center), Chinese Shepherd Youth Development Association, Taichung Xingfu Care Association and the representatives of the recipient children also gathered at the scene to show their support. Representatives from the Chinese Shepherd Youth Development Association, Taichung Xingfu Care Association and the recipient children also gathered at the site to show their support, making for a warm scene.
Thanks to the Taichung City Government's Sports Bureau for its visit and guidance, we hope that after the Kata World Football Championships, Taiwan's concern for soccer will continue. In the future, the 50 Arashi Group's Arashi Star Arts and Sports will continue its public service initiatives, and in addition to the award money, it will cooperate with Taichung's FUTURO Professional Soccer Team to do public service soccer teaching in the countryside, continuing to ignite the flame of hope for Taiwan's soccer players of the future.
Each young participant has a beautiful commemorative medal. In Central District 50 Arashi Group we believe that valuing participation and having fun is more important than winning.
Each participant and charity recipient received a gift of KOI Honey Spiced Raw Milk Toast to share their love and support each other. 50 Arashi Group hopes that this will lead to a marathon for the public good, so that more people will support sports and young people's dreams.
