May 20, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Columbus Crew SC News Release
COLUMBUS – Columbus Crew today announced several initiatives for this weekend’s contest against LAFC at Lower.com Field on Saturday, May 21 [3:30 p.m. ET / UniMas, TUDN (Spanish), Twitter (English) / 97.1 The Fan (English), ColumbusCrew.com (Spanish)]. The match will serve as a celebration of On Our Sleeves Day in partnership with Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Tickets for the match are available at www.columbuscrew.com/tickets.
The Nationwide Children’s Hospital movement to break stigmas around children’s mental health, On Our Sleeves, will be represented on the pitch, with a select number of Crew players donning custom-designed cleats. The Crew’s jerseys will feature specially designed numbers while the captain’s armband for the day will also sport special On Our Sleeves design elements. Following the match, the customized cleats and jerseys will be auctioned with proceeds benefitting Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Last October, the Crew and Nationwide Children’s Hospital launched the Wrap Them in Support fundraising campaign, supporting On Our Sleeves. As part of the campaign, a limited amount of Wrap Them in Support t-shirts are available, with all proceeds from the t-shirts sold in the Crew Shop going to benefit On Our Sleeves. Additional information on the fundraising campaign can be found at onoursleeves.org/crew.
Just last week, fans and partners from the Crew, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and On Our Sleeves wrapped the Lower.com Field pitch on May 11, setting the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for longest chain of sports fan scarves, to draw attention to childhood mental health. The record-setting ceremony was celebrated at Lower.com Field. The prized scarf tied together a community wide commitment through the Wrap Them In Support campaign, where all proceeds benefit On Our Sleeves to provide free mental health educational resources to every community in America.
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