Oakland News: Oakland Raiders Donate a Total of $50,000 to Napa Earthquake Relief Efforts

Oakland Raiders Donate a Total of $50,000 to Napa Convulsion Relief Efforts

By Candice Naranjo

Wed Aug 27th, 2014 2:05pm America/Los_Angeles

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NAPA — The Oakland Raiders football aggregation donated $50,000 for convulsion abatement to the American Red Cross, the Napa Valley Unified Academy Commune and the Napa Valley Education Foundation.

"All of us at the Raiders accurate our centermost affair for those afflicted by Sunday's earthquake. Napa has been our summer home for about two decades and during that time, we accept fostered accurate friendships and relationships with the city. We're allurement that the Raider Nation action thoughts and donations to abetment Napa's recovery," the aggregation said in a statement.

The Raiders alternation at Redwood Middle Academy in Napa during the preseason, but aggregation agent Mike Taylor said the aggregation larboard that training ability for one in Alameda a anniversary afore the 6.0-magnitude earthquake.

Taylor said the football teams from Napa High Academy and Vintage High Academy will appear the analysis presentation at 1 p.m. today at the Napa Valley Unified Academy Commune offices at 2425 Jefferson St.

Raiders fable and Hall of Famer Willie Brown and academy commune Superintendent Patrick Sweeney will additionally appear the analysis presentation.

While in Napa, accepted and above Raiders players appointment the Veterans Home in Yountville and allure bounded football teams to appear summer practices, Taylor said.

Jennifer Stewart, controlling administrator of the Napa Valley Education Foundation, said the donations will be acclimated to accouterments classrooms and clean a faculty of security.

The convulsion afflicted Napa schools to abutting Monday and Tuesday. Sweeney said abounding schools accept absent classroom food and abstracts and the commune wants to "get aback to the business of educating our acceptance as bound as possible."

Tim Miller, CEO of the American Red Cross California Northwest Region, said, "We are so beholden of the Raiders for their abutment of our assignment to advice the Napa association balance from this above convulsion and their longstanding affiliation and attendance in Napa County."

The Raiders are auspicious admirers accessory their preseason bold adjoin the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday to argument the chat REDCROSS to 90999 to accomplish a $10 donation to those afflicted by the earthquake.