Charity event lets you live the dream in Alvalade

Building on 2015's enormous success, the Sporting Foundation will once again organise a charity match in Estádio José Alvalade, giving the fans a chance to play on the Sporting pitch.

The event is scheduled for Saturday the 14th of May, with two matches set (at 15h00 and 20h300).

Find out more here here.

All funds raised will be donated to the Sporting Foundation.

Fundação Sporting hold initiative at Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Lisbon

Conrad Harder and João Simões collaborated with the Fundação Sporting on Friday, for a social responsibility action at Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (SCML). They met with families who host children at risk, whose families are unable to care for them.
 
This SCML project aims, above all, “to ensure that children in dangerous situations have a quality future," said Patrícia Bacelar, director of the SCML Reception Centre.
Sporting CP's foundation chose the institution for a visit at this time of year, as the club's Christmas motto is “There are only two families” and that of the foundation is “In the distance, we are present."

"We always have a lot of requests and this time we chose SCML, our long-time partner, taking into account this year's 'mottos' and the fact that we can be with families -in this case the host families," explained Inês Sêco, executive coordinator of Fundação Sporting, adding: “Bringing this warmth and so much hope here in this Christmas season was good for everyone."

The two players, who were accompanied by club mascot Jubas, signed autographs and posed for photos, as well as playing football, showing their skills in craftsmanship – especially painting – and giving out several gifts.
 
“It’s a special time of year and it was good to be here. It's good to give and receive that love, to show them that there are many good things in life and that we can all be happy," Conrad Harder commented.

"At Sporting CP we are one big family and it's good to share this love with everyone.”

João Simões said that “this time of year is about being with family and friends. It's worth highlighting the role of this institution, because they help children in need to grow as people and have the same opportunities that others have.”

Artur Paiva e Pona realized that he could help make this happen and two years ago he welcomed a child recommended by SCML.
 
“My wife and I started talking about these Santa Casa da Misericórdia campaigns and realized that we wanted to help a child. After a year, we received the news that we could welcome a little girl into our home. Two years have passed and it has been a great joy. It is a challenging but very comforting experience. The family has grown; now there are five of us and it's exciting. We are all Sportinguistas, and Sporting CP help with everyone's happiness at home."

Alvalade the focal point of massive food donation

The Sporting Foundation sponsored a food collection this Sunday, in support of the brave firemen and women who are fighting against wildfires around the country, most notably in Pedrógao Grande.

In two and a half hours more than 200 people made their way to Alvalade ready to help. A total of half a ton of fruit was donated, including 250kg of bananas, more than 200kg of oranges and 50kg of apples.

Also gathered were 600 litres of water, 50 litres of milk and 2,500 energy bars.

There was also no shortage of medical supplies, with donations coming in of saline and creams of treating burns.

Obikwelu, Marco Fortes, Marta Onofre, Diogo Ganchinho and Taciana Lima at D. Estefânia Hospital

The Sporting Foundation have Science4You teamed up to take a group of athletes to Lisbon's D. Estefânia Pediatric Hospital. The Alvalade heroes were of course happy to oblige, handing out presents and mixing with their fans.

Explaining how the visit came about, Sporting Foundation head Celina Cepa proved happy with the results: "This was our first activity in the build up to Christmas. We put a few months of planning into this and teamed up with Science4You and the D. Estefânia Hospital was happy to have us. We brought smiles to the kids' faces and it was a really emotional experience for everyone."

Science4You representative João Ferreira was also pleased to help and is eager to get the company involved more often: "We were invited by the Sporting Foundation and we took on the challenge of helping where we could. It was a great experience and we want to repeat it."

Alvalade President leads presentation ceremony

Although the Sporting Foundation was actually founded back on the 20th of December 2011, it was with the election of Bruno de Carvalho for the leadership of the club that the Foundation found a new lease of life, helping the parts of society that most need our support.

After the Charity Training event that saw more than 8,000 presents donated to a children's home, the Sporting Foundation has now launched an innovative new product: the Friends of the Sporting Foundation Card. Costing just 10€ for a season, this is a fantastic way to contribute to the lives of the more than 20,000 youths and 200 associations that the Foundation works with.

Speaking at the launch of the initiative, President Bruno de Carvalho laid down signing up for the card as an obligation for all Sporting fans: "Foundations like this one exist to give opportunities and experiences to people and it is important that we all think about the work that the Sporting Foundation does. It has been one of the most important vehicles for showing the human element of the club and we want Sporting to be much more than just a sports institution. We think that the Sporting Foundation will be able to reach out to even more people with the help of the Friends of the Sporting Foundation Card, which is at the heart of what the Foundation was created to do."