January 27, 2004

Pasadena Football Field

A new football field in Pasadena , built by The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club with a grant from the NFL Youth Football Fund and the Houston Texans, is being dedicated this afternoon.

The field is one of 100 nationwide built or revitalized in the last six years with $10 million in grants from the NFL’s Grassroots program, administered through Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the nation’s leading community development support organization. 

Cedric Jones, NFL senior director of youth football and a former Patriots player; Jamey Rootes, Houston Texans senior vice president and chief sales and marketing officer; Darrell Green, chair of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation and a former Redskins player; Major Henry Gonzalez, Salvation Army Houston area commander; David Benson, executive assistant to Pasadena Mayor John Manlove; and Gloria Sanderson, and Houston LISC program director were scheduled to participate in the ceremony, which was scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.

In addition, the Houston Texans and the NFL were scheduled to conduct a clinic for 50 Boys & Girls Club football players; and Texans cheerleaders were to host a cheerleading clinic for 25 youth cheerleaders who will benefit from the new field.

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