Game site off, donation on: Chiefs contribute to Guadalupe Centers

After the photo opportunity and as she was nearing the end of tabulating the meaning of the Chiefs’ $60,000 donation to the Guadalupe Centers, Christina Jasso, the family support program manager of the centers, started to tear up.

The Chiefs’ donation would supply more than 28,000 loaves of bread, 22,000 cartons of eggs and 3,000 cases of disposable diapers to the centers, which states as its mission “to improve the quality of life for individuals in the Latino community.”

After she finished, Jasso remembered she hadn’t included figures for medicine and supplies.

“This is the impact,” Jasso said. “I just want to say, thank you very much.”

The donation ceremony had been played in conjunction with the Chiefs’ game against the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night, scheduled for Mexico City.

The game’s location changed when the playing surface at the stadium was deemed unsafe. The teams will meet in Los Angeles. But the ceremony at Kansas City Southern headquarters — involved in the game and donation because it operates in Mexico and has a headquarters in Mexico City — went on as scheduled.

The donation was the single largest gift ever made to the family support program.

Blair Kerkhoff

Blair Kerkhoff covers the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals and college sports for The Star.