If you happen to get pleasure from taking part in golf, why not double your enjoyable and golf with an NFL movie star? In doing so, you may help packages that can profit the younger folks of Solano County and also will get pleasure from a day on the hyperlinks you’ll always remember.
The Desmond Bishop Basis has partnered with My Pal’s Home Youth Outreach for the 2021 Superstar Golf Event. Bishop, a former linebacker with the Inexperienced Bay Packers who is understood finest for scooping up an important Pittsburgh Steeler fumble in his crew’s 31-25 Tremendous Bowl XLV victory, has invited a number of of his NFL mates to play golf with individuals at Yocha Dehe Golf Membership in Brooks, Calif., on Thursday, June 17.
The previous NFL gamers embody Nick Perry, Nick Barnett, Ryan Grant, Adrian Ross, Levelle Hawkins, Demetrius Crawford, Tim Brown, Lorenzo Alexander, Trestin George and Fred Williamson.
Bishop performed soccer at Fairfield Excessive earlier than occurring to star at UC Berkeley, the place he was chosen to the All-Pac-10 First Group, main the convention in tackles. He went on to play within the NFL from 2007 till his retirement in 2016. He now serves as defensive coordinator for the Edison Excessive Faculty soccer crew in Stockton.
Bishop and his spouse, Geeta, dad and mom of 4, are very lively in supporting the youth of Solano County.
The proceeds of the tournaments will go to help the Bishop Basis in addition to My Pal’s Home, which is managed and supported by Vacaville Solano Companies Company. VSSC additionally operates Alternative Home Homeless Shelter and the Alternative Home Thrift Shops in Vacaville and Fairfield.
“The Desmond Bishop Basis and My Pal’s Home are each advocates for our native youth, so partnering to lift funds for each charities was a no brainer,” mentioned VSSC Govt Director Colleen Berumen.
My Pal’s Youth Outreach serves the wants of at-risk youth to help them earlier than they grow to be victims of medicine, avenue gangs, intercourse trafficking, or jail.
“We would have liked to have some homeless youth outreach,” mentioned Berumen. “The Vacaville Unified Faculty District got here to me. That they had two younger girls, 14 and 15, who have been out on the road they usually have been attempting to attach them with companies. We have been attempting to give you a method that we may assist them. That acquired the juices flowing. That was virtually three years in the past. So now it’s evolving into opening a homeless youth shelter. We hope to open My Associates’ Home in the summertime or initially of the autumn faculty yr.”
The Bishop Basis launched a free soccer camp for youth in 2012, however their imaginative and prescient grew they usually realized they may do extra good by way of the Superstar Golf Event, which was first held in 2019 however needed to take final yr off as a consequence of COVID.
“We transitioned to the golf event as a approach to elevate extra money for our basis to have a bigger attain,” mentioned Bishop. “Our beliefs morphed into eager to open a youth heart. In that method, we are able to have a central location, and youngsters can come and get extra than simply sports activities. They will have a spot the place they’ll have tutorial assist and mentoring assist and all of the little issues that I feel generally we take without any consideration. So we simply need to be a complete help package deal for the youth in our group.”
If the event will get absolutely booked, the muse may elevate as a lot as $200,000 to assist construct the brand new youth heart. Its location is but to be decided, however it will likely be someplace in Solano County.
“The concept behind it’s having a basketball court docket youth heart and that method youngsters can play AAU and play totally different sports activities, volleyball, no matter,” mentioned Bishop. “Simply have them come and have a free facility to return and work out, prepare but additionally have a spot to go the place after faculty you may get tutoring, have wholesome meals, a sort of refuge.”
Sponsorships for the golf event can be found at totally different ranges with advantages akin to finishing your foursome with a star, autographed jerseys, footballs, and extra. Registration is open for single gamers and foursomes. All golfers will obtain a GPS/USB cart, breakfast, lunch and nacho bar, refreshments, beer and margaritas on the course, participation in a Q & A session with the soccer payers on the finish of the day, and extra.
The inspiration additionally contributes monetarily to the event, which provides 100% of the proceeds to the youth packages.
“We accomplice with My Pal’s Home and Alternative Home so our attain could be a little bit greater,” mentioned Bishop. “We now have related concepts in how we are able to make the group higher, so we simply partnered up.”
The inspiration additionally does a lot on an unofficial foundation for younger folks.
“Individuals name us and we give scholarships,” mentioned Bishop. “We assist folks in the event that they want lease, youngsters who want uniforms or cash to enroll in a particular sporting occasion or camp. We wished to do one thing on a extra grand scale and that method I really feel like we are able to centralize the hope.”
Bishop continues to assist out on the youth soccer camp, which is now known as Dream Chasers and is run by his pal Crawford. The camp attracts in over 200 kids.
“HIs camp is my camp and I’m normally at these camps supporting these as nicely,” mentioned Bishop. “And Demetrius will probably be one of many movie star golfers. We help one another.”
Bishop has additionally been a speaker on the annual Police Athletic League (PAL) Hoop Camp at Vacaville Excessive Faculty. The three-day camp is a enjoyable time for studying and basketball competitors for women and boys ages 7-13.
“Anyone who’s doing something constructive, I’m all the time sport to help,” mentioned Bishop.
Along with his work for his basis, Bishop is stored lots busy on the homefront.
“I’ve 4 youngsters so specializing in them takes lots of my time,” he mentioned. “My son performs AAU basketball so touring with him and training him has been actually nice. He’s six and performs on the 9-and-under crew, so he does good.”
Bishop is in the actual property enterprise and can be contemplating opening a small enterprise in San Francisco’s Hunters Level neighborhood, the place he grew up, to offer again to that group.
To sponsor, register, donate, or for extra details about the Superstar Golf Event, go to www.desmondbishop55.com/the-2021-celebrity-golf-tournament/ or e-mail, Colleen Berumen, at cberumen@vsscorp.org or name Colleen at 707-447-1988.
To be taught extra concerning the Desmond Bishop Basis go to www.desmondbishoplb.com. To be taught extra about My Pal’s Home Youth Packages, go to www.mfhsolano.org.
