Marcus Von (Soccer, Grand Canyon University) grew up in Broomfield. HelloNation asks student athletes one question about the place that raised them and records the answer on camera. This is Marcus Von’s, in full.
The question
Tell a story about a moment when your hometown came together or achieved something that made you proud.
The answer, as recorded
Transcript. What follows is a transcript of the video above, in Marcus Von’s own words. It has not been rewritten, and no part of it was drafted for them.
Hello, my name is Marcus Vaughn. I'm from Broomfield, Colorado, and I wanted to share a short story about a moment growing up in my hometown where the community came together and shared something special. It's a sad story because basically there was a guy who was on my soccer team. His name was Dominic and he grew up in the city. He went to the high school. He played soccer on the public team and everybody knew him. Very connected, good kid, but in high school he got in a car accident and lost his life. And it was incredible impact on the team, on the soccer team, in the school, in the community. Everybody knew him and everybody was mourning. And they set up this foundation. Well, first off, there was a night of remembrance where we all went to the local field. It was called the Broomfield Commons. We all went and we shared some, basically just shared sorrow together, helped each other through it all, and shared just memories of different times that he had brought light into our lives and just shared remembrance of Dom. And then we set up a foundation called Do It For Dom. And basically we got wristbands, we got shirts, and it was mainly for soccer, but it helped fund kids play soccer and in the community. So that's just a short story. It's a sad story, but I wanted to share that and it really brought the community together and I'm so thankful for Dom and everything he did.
Recorded by HelloNation as part of its athlete voices program and published by Hello Newswire, HelloNation’s good news newswire. The words are the speaker’s own.
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