The online auction portion of Valley of the Sun NFF is now OPEN for bidding!!! The auction will run from October 15, 2009 12:00pm Arizona Time (MST) to December 5, 2009 at 12:00pm Arizona Time (MST).

Valley of the Sun Chapter  (Central and Northern Arizona)

The National Football Foundation was established in 1947 and our chapter was chartered in 1971. We are one of 120 chapters nationwide with more than 13,000 members. It is our mission through amateur football to promote, educate and build leaders through the greatest game ever played.
The Valley of the Sun Chapter has recognized more than 500 young people and presented more than $278,000 in scholarships to the best and brightest scholar-athletes in our region. Recently we have recognized those in extracurricular activities, specifically, the marching band and spirit teams with scholarships.

As a 501©(3) non-profit organization, we place great emphasis on education as it relates to effective, sports-based programming. We have been able to develop collaborative partnerships with other groups committed to promoting amateur football in Arizona where our combined efforts result in greater impact and a higher level of success. In a single sentence, our purpose is"Making athletics better for kids, and making kids better through athletics.

News from the National Football Foundation - Valley of the Sun Chapter

A terrific event was staged by the Valley of the Sun Chapter of the National Football Foundation and took place on February 21st. The banquet honored ASU's two newest Hall of Famers-Randall McDaniel and John Cooper-as well as 23 of the Phoenix area's most accomplished high school and college football-playing scholars.

In addition to the presentations to the ASU Hall of Famers and Scholar-Athletes, Karen and Bob Hobbs, Sr. were honored jointly with the chapter's Distinguished Arizonan Award, former ASU Rose Bowl coach Bruce Snyder received the Pete Altieri Lifetime Achievement Coaching Award, Jim Foster received the Bob Madrid Official Award, Samuel Leichty of Mountain View High School was awarded the Shaw Courage Award, and board member Frank Connell received the Chapter Leadership Award.

The accomplished high school scholar-athletes honored in this year were: Demitrius Burnett of Cesar Chavez, Daniel Casey of Bourgade, Sean Duncan of Estella Foothills, Bret Hager of Mountain Ridge, Kyle Kilcoin of Buckeye Union, Joseph Lauer of Westview, Samuel Leichty of Mountain View, Derek Maisel of Corona del Sol, Chance Mixon of Antelope Union, Adam Mosbrucker of Northwest Christian, Brian Parker of Red Mountain, Cole Pembroke of Desert Vista, Paul Porras of Saguaro, JamesBond Robinson of Paradise Valley, Craig Roh of Chaparral, Taylor Stib of Pinnacle, Collin Stoffel of Willow Canyon, Andrew Swartz of Gilbert, Austin Swerdfeger of Deer Valley, Christopher Taylor of Mingus Union, Cory Thellman of Joseph City, Kyle Trella of Chandler, and Timothy Whiteside of Mountain Pointe. The college scholar-athlete honoree is Troy Nolan of Arizona State.

Additional items are to be added throughout the auction.  All winning bids on-line, are tax deductible.