AC Milan forward and global soccer star Ronaldinho is proving to be worthy of the Golden Foot award he received late last year in more ways than one. With a hat trick in the January 17 match against Siena, he brought the construction of a children’s sports center $30,000 closer to reality.
That’s because each time Ronaldinho scores a goal, the Amway One by One Campaign for Children contributes $10,000 to the AC Milan Foundation which will fund the recreational center for children affected by the devastation of the April 2009 earthquake in the Abruzzi region of Italy. A member of Team Nutrilite, Ronaldinho has already helped to raise $120,000 in the 2009-10 season—11 goals from play, plus one ceremonial half-time goal that kicked off the joint Nutrilite and AC Milan “Goal by Goal” program.
What’s more, Ronaldinho has surpassed the $100,000 he and Nutrilite donated last season. And there’s still four months left in season play.
That makes every goal he scores truly worth its weight in gold.
