Citrus Motors Sponsors Marcus Williams Football Camp
New Orleans Saints safety, Marcus Williams, hosted a free youth FUNdamental football camp this past June sponsored by Ontario Auto Center’s Citrus Motors. The camp was held in Eastvale Community Park, and welcomed local kids ages five through high school.
About the Camp
Williams is from the Inland Empire and wanted to give something back to the kids of this area. The camp teaches basic football skills in a fun and supportive environment. About 400 kids in total were able to attend the camp and learn about football basics. The camp has coaches and staff ranging from local sports leaders to professional coaches and players. For most kids, being coached by professional football staff is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Kids can participate in activities based on USA Football’s development model including drills on passing, footwork, catching and running. All drills are reimagined to be age appropriate, and the staff is onsite to make sure that kids have a great day.
In an interview with MUSE TV, Williams notes, “It’s a great feeling to have all these kids, and parents and family members show up. The community out here, it’s a lot of love… My heart feels so warm seeing everybody out here again.” When asked about the future of the camp, Marcus one day hopes to have his own facility where kids from all over can come and attend this special event. He added, “It’s going to get bigger and bigger each year.”
Citrus Motors Sponsors
Citrus Motors (Ford and Kia) were so proud to be a sponsor of this important community event.Being able to give back to the local community is important to the Shannon family who own Citrus Motors. To be able to provide this type of experience to local area kids for free is a tremendous opportunity, and one that Citrus Motors hopes to continue. When speaking with MUSE TV, Kyle Ellis of Citrus Ford said, “We love helping out the community… and who knows, you might be getting some kid into football for the first time, and they might go on to be like Marcus one day and do this for their community. It’s definitely in the future plans for us to keep doing this with Marcus and wherever we can help out.”
Community focused
Thank you to Marcus Williams and Citrus Motors for bringing such an incredible experience to our Inland Empire kids. We look forward to seeing how the camp evolves over the years and to Citrus Motors’ continued sponsorship and contributions to our local community.