Santos FC launches Leão do Mar Institute with green week in 6 cities | OneFootball

Santos FC will launch the Instituto Leão do Mar on the 21st, the club’s branch dedicated to developing projects in the areas of health, education, sports, culture, citizenship, the environment, and the fight against racism, intolerance, and violence in football. To mark the creation of the initiative, Peixe will promote a week of social and environmental actions in six cities from the 21st to the 27th. The program was designed to cover different areas of the Institute’s work and bring the project closer to local communities.

The opening will take place on Monday (21), with a symbolic tree planting in São Vicente. Throughout the week, recycling actions are also planned in Guarujá, a catamaran ride in Cubatão, beach cleaning, the release of wild animals, and the inauguration of a square in Santos. Activities will also be held in Praia Grande and in the city of São Paulo.

“The Instituto Leão do Mar is born with the mission of expanding what Santos FC already represents to society. The club has a history that goes beyond the four lines, and we want to use that strength to develop projects that generate positive and lasting impact. The partnership with companies, organizations, and public authorities is essential so that we can reach more and more people and turn good initiatives into concrete actions,” says Marcelo Teixeira, president of Santos FC.

“The Instituto Leão do Mar is born inspired by a history that has gone beyond the limits of football for over a century. Santos FC has taken the name of the city and of Brazil to the world, produced extraordinary generations of athletes, and built an internationally recognized identity marked by talent, innovation, and the ability to bring people and cultures closer together. The Institute is being created to transform the strength of this legacy into concrete social impact. The proposal is to make sport a bridge to education, inclusion, human rights, sustainability, and Florestania, developing projects capable of reaching children, young people, families, communities, and people in vulnerable situations,” says Patricia Gorisch, president of the Instituto Leão do Mar.

The Institute will have the support of sponsoring companies and a network of partner organizations. Sponsors include Arkema, Transmontano Saúde, Grupo Yamam, SolFesta, Fabiana Transportes Marítimos, Santos Sport Bar, World Sport, Divena, and Ultra.

Also part of the initiative as partners are organizations such as the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Amazônia Para Sempre, UNICIRCO, Escoteiros do Brasil, UNISANTA, IKAMAR BRASIL Surf School, Projeto Oficina do Futuro, Instituto Visão do Bem, Instituto Eco Faxina, and ACIDH, in addition to the city governments of Santos, São Vicente, Praia Grande, Cubatão, Guarujá, and São Paulo.

The launch week marks the beginning of a permanent agenda for the Instituto Leão do Mar, whose goal will be to use the structure, history, and mobilizing power of Santos FC to foster projects and partnerships with social and environmental impact.

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