LET’S GO CREW!

The Columbus Crew have officially unveiled their newest #9, and it’s time for fans to give Wessam Abou Ali a MASSIVE welcome to central Ohio. The Crew are the hardest-working team in MLS, and this is our chance to show Wessam that we’re just as massive off the pitch as we are on it.

Wessam, a Danish national of Palestinian descent, plays for the Palestine national team and joins us from Egypt’s Al Ahly, where he made history by scoring the first perfect hat-trick in an intercontinental club tournament, and the first hat-trick by an Asian player in a FIFA club competition. He will be feeling the pressure as we begin our push toward the playoffs. Let’s make Columbus his home and show him we’re with him every step of the way on the road to the Cup.

As a player of Palestinian heritage representing Palestine internationally, there’s no better way to channel our excitement for Wessam than by supporting the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF). This organization delivers medical and humanitarian aid to children most in need. Your donation today can make a profound difference for countless lives affected by ongoing conflict in Palestine and across the Middle East.

Yo sí le voy, le voy al Columbus!

The PCRF is a legally-registered non-political, non-profit, 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization established in 1991 by concerned people to address the medical and humanitarian needs of Palestinian and Arab youths in the Middle East. We have provided thousands of children life-saving care based on their need, not on religion, gender, nationality or sect.

The main objective of the PCRF is to identify and treat every child in the Middle East in need of specialized surgery not available to them locally. We locate, sponsor and run international, volunteer medical missions to the Middle East, in additional to locating free medical care abroad for children who cannot be adequately treated in the Middle East. The PCRF  is the main organization regularly sending injured and sick Arab children to North and South America, the Middle East and Europe for free care that is not available to them there. Since 1991 over 1,000 children have been abroad for millions of dollars of donated care, and over 10,000 have had complex surgery by our visiting medical missions to the region. The PCRF has been awarded the top 4-star rating by Charity Navigator for fiscal management, while being able to treat more kids than any other charity in the Middle East.