​​​​Herbalife and LA Galaxy Team Up with A Place Called Home for Annual Back-to-School Event Benefiting More Than 1,500 Underserved Students in South Los Angeles​​​

Herbalife and the LA Galaxy teamed up to support A Place Called Home (APCH)’s annual back-to-school event, helping provide more than 1,500 backpacks filled with essential school supplies to students in need in South Los Angeles. Herbalife volunteers and LA Galaxy players, including midfielders Riqui Puig and Edwin Cerrillo, goalkeeper John McCarthy and forward Tucker Lepley, joined forces to distribute backpacks filled with supplies such as pencils, crayons, rulers, notebooks, calculators and pens. 

 “This event embodies Herbalife’s commitment to empowering communities by removing barriers to education and wellness,” said Samantha Holway, vice president of regional sales and business development at Herbalife. “We are proud to partner with the LA Galaxy and APCH to help ensure that students and their families start the school year ready and confident.” 

The backpack distribution was made possible by the Joint Community Partnership Fund, a collaborative initiative between Herbalife and the LA Galaxy dedicated to supporting underserved communities through education, nutrition, wellness and sports programming. The fund supports efforts such as school supply drives, youth soccer field development, garden-based nutrition education and the LA Galaxy Special Olympics Unified Team. 

“We are honored to stand alongside Herbalife and APCH in supporting the children and families of South Los Angeles,” said Gabriel Osollo, director of community relations and foundation at LA Galaxy. “This event highlights the power of community collaboration in creating opportunities and promoting wellness for all.” 

Herbalife and the LA Galaxy have proudly supported this event for the past five years. In addition to the on-site celebration, more than 700 backpacks were delivered to APCH members in advance of the event and are also being distributed to hundreds of additional kids and families in need via APCH’s network of partner organizations across South Los Angeles. 

 “Community events like this are vital to supporting our youth and their families,” said Gilbert Radillo, senior director of engagement at APCH. “The ongoing generosity of Herbalife and the LA Galaxy allows us to provide essential school supplies to the young people of APCH and South LA, so they are able to thrive academically and socially in the coming school year.”

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The LA Galaxy are Major League Soccer’s most successful club. Based in Carson, Calif. at Dignity Health Sports Park, the Galaxy have won the MLS Cup a record six times (2002, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2024), the MLS Supporters’ Shield four times (1998, 2002, 2010, 2011) and the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup twice (2001, 2005), and one Concacaf Champions Cup (2000) since their inception in 1996. Under the direction of LA Galaxy President of Business Operations and Chief Operating Officer Tom Braun and LA Galaxy General Manager Will Kuntz, the Galaxy are the premier club in MLS, with stars like Landon Donovan, David Beckham, Robbie Keane, Steven Gerrard, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Javier Hernandez, Cobi Jones, Riqui Puig and Marco Reus representing LA over the team’s 30 seasons in MLS. For more information on the LA Galaxy, visit www.lagalaxy.com.

A Place Called Home (APCH) inspires, encourages, and supports the young people in South Los Angeles to achieve social, emotional, and economic success. Since its founding in 1993, APCH has directly served more than 20,000 youth members through its core school day, after-school and summer programming, and over 150,000 local residents through family and supportive services including food, clothing, and holiday toy distributions, counseling, voter education, and community organizing. For more information, visit apch.org.

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