Monday, July 11, 2011

Win for the Memorial Foundation

A chance for a CPD member to win a donation to benefit our Memorial Foundation:
  • SCC,

    We need your help! P.O. Bob Kellam our team captain and founder was awarded the MLS Community MVP for Chicago and for him to win the Grand Prize $10,000 to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation. The grand prize winner will be chosen through an online voting process. In order to vote for us to win, we need everyone to “like” MLS on Facebook (facebook.com/MLS) and visit the MLS W.O.R.K.S. tab. Voting will take place from July 8 at 3:00 p.m. ET to July 22 at 5:00 p.m. ET. The grand prize winner will be announced with a special check presentation during the halftime recognition ceremony of the 2011 AT&T MLS All-Star Game. You can vote as many times as you can and please do. You can find additional links below the P.O. Kellam's winning Bio.

    Thank You,
    Chicago Police Soccer

    Name: Bob Kellam
    Club: Chicago Fire
    Hometown: Chicago, IL

    As an 11-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, Bob Kellam has been awarded the Lifesaving Award for saving a young mother and child from a burning building. He has received 5 Department Commendations and over 75 Honorable Mentions. On a daily basis, he works the streets of Chicago’s 9th District as a Tactical Officer. Bob played soccer growing up and in college at the University of Illinois – Springfield. He also started the Chicago Police soccer team seven years ago, which participates in local and national charity matches raising funds for organizations throughout North America. Using his love of soccer, Bob created K.I.C.K.S. (Keeping Inner City Kids Safe) as a healthy and safe alternative for local at-risk youth. K.I.C.K.S. provides free soccer clinics for inner city children in conjunction with community policing events, providing an opportunity for children to play soccer and interact with local police officers. Bob is also the Co-Head Coach at St. Rita High School

    Charity of Choice: Chicago Police Memorial Foundation | VOTE NOW

    Also, here is the link to the MLS W.O.R.K.S. Community MVP webpage http://www.mlssoccer.com/mlsworks/community-mvp-winner-bios and the link to the MLS W.O.R.K.S. Facebook page to vote: http://www.facebook.com/MLS?sk=app_137762336290574
We're not sure if you need a Facebook account to vote, but we're sure someone will tell us in the comments. And it's truly a Chicago-style event seeing as how you can vote early and vote often.

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6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

He's number 11 right now... vote!!!

7/11/2011 12:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I voted. Very easy if you have a FB account. Also easy to post so your friends can vote as well.

7/11/2011 12:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Vote then hit refresh then vote again (repeat 100 x) ! The count might not change immediately but it will after a few times.

7/11/2011 03:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cool.

7/11/2011 04:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Help,help you savvy F/B people!
I voted right after I saw the post on SCC!!
Tried again several times I Don,get. ..like
Where is the refresher button??
How do I hit 100x?
I DO WANT TO HELP!
I already know from personal experience.: EveryOne is a WINNER!

7/11/2011 07:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It was a pleasure to post a vote for Bob. Good luck!

7/12/2011 07:13:00 AM  

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