Hello!

On Sunday 16 December, at Arsenal’s Premier League match against Chelsea, for the first time ever, all the players including me, directors and staff will unite to participate in ‘Be A Gooner. Be A Giver.’ and I am calling upon all Arsenal supporters to get involved in the charitable initiative to raise much needed funds for our charity of the season, TreeHouse – the national charity for autism education.

We’ve all committed to donating a day’s pay to ‘Be A Gooner. Be A Giver.’ as have the Club’s directors and many of its staff. However, the purpose of ‘Be A Gooner. Be A Giver.’ is for everyone associated with the Club to make a contribution, no matter how small, to help reach the  pounds 250,000 target to fund dedicated sports facilities at the TreeHouse school near Emirates Stadium.

 The Manager, and other players too, have all visited the school and I will look to go there too in the New Year. Arsene said: “The work of TreeHouse is absolutely amazing. I have seen first-hand the dedication these people show in helping kids with autism improve their lives and the lives of their families. Education is important to all of us and the progress that the pupils of TreeHouse school have made is nothing short of remarkable. That is why we are taking part in ‘Be A Gooner. Be A Giver.’ The Arsenal family is a large one and if everyone just pledges something, I am confident that we will reach our pounds 250,000 target needed to provide them with a permanent sports facility.”

 Please give what you can and help us support this worthy cause by visiting www.justgiving.co.uk/beagoonerbeagiver.  For further information on TreeHouse please go to www.treehouse.org.uk.

Best wishes,