Two weeks ago, the Football Federation of Belize held its telethon to raise funds for the National Football Team, the Jaguars as they are preparing for their historic appearance at the 2013 Gold Cup. But they didn't meet their target during the FFB Telethon – which was half a million dollars. Instead they only raised a little less than one hundred and twenty thousand dollars – leaving them three hundred thousand dollars short of their target. And while some members of the public believe that the Ministry of Sports should foot the rest of the bill- since it is Belize's first appearance in the Gold Cup – Minister of Sports Herman Longsworth told 7news that the government of Belize cannot and don't have the resources to finance every single national team that wants to represent Belize. And while his statement was discouraging for many, the players have not yet given up on hope as fundraising events continues. One such event will be a big barbeque sale in front of the Wave Radio compound all day tomorrow– where organizers are hoping to sell one thousand barbeque.
DJ Dalla - Organizer
"Well it's Wave Radio's way of giving back to the National Team. So tomorrow Saturday what we're doing out here at BelChina Bridge in front of Wave Radio - we're doing a thousand plate Barbeque fundraiser where it's $10 for a plate - you can come and give $15 for a plate, whatever you want to give. We're going to be having entertainment, a lot of Belizean artists, the players are going to be out here barbequing in their shirts so you can meet and greet, it's going to be live on the television and live on the radio. We just want to urge people to come out and supporting our local boys, just inviting everybody out to support. Its a thousand plates and we want to sell all. From what I'm gathering is that they have not reached their target that they want and I think it's very important because all of us will be patriotic on that day when they play the U.S. and we will be rallying behind them and I think if they get the proper financing and whatever they need and I think we're going to do good out there and we'll beat the U.S. I encourage everyone to come out and other organizations to support the boys. We will have all sorts of barbeque tomorrow, sausage, ribs, chicken - we will have everything. Just come out - it's going to be a fun-filled day, the entire family could come out. We will have a tent with tables and chairs and have some drinks - we're also going to have drinks on sale. It's an all day event and all the proceeds from this fundraiser will go to the team."
The event starts at 9am and runs all day inside the Wave Radio compound. The organizers plan on raising 20 thousand dollars that will be donated to the National Football Team.
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