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WE   DEDICATE THIS PAGE TO THE ESFNA SPOUSES: WIVES, CHILDREN, FIANCEE, AND THEIR FAMILY. We need to give a spesial thank to the executive members, board members, coaches, players, and volunteers Spouse. If a wife did not keep the home, the business and the baby (children), we would not have a tournament or annual meeting, all this happened because of the brave dedicated back bone of the ESFNA'S wives and their family. Kiros W. Selassie ESFNA alumni founder. ESFNA ARCHIVE Click here to see Happy Ethiopian Millennium Card from ESFN AALUMNI                       Who deserves to be the Best Soccer Player in Ethiopia for the last century? Give us his name and we will                       announce the Winner whenever we have enough names. CLICK HERE to submit your answer Obituary: Shimeles Gessesse August 6, 1954 - July 23, 2007 KEIZER - Shimmy was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa on August 6, 1954. He came to the United States in 1975 to attend Oregon College of Education (now WOU) in Monmouth, Oregon. He married his wife of 27 years, Juli Hinkley, on August 30, 1980, and they graduated from OCE in 1981. Shimmy played soccer of OCE and later coached the men’s soccer team, as well as helped to start a women’s soccer team. While Shimmy worked for the Department of Corrections in Salem for 21 years, he also actively supported the growth of the Ethiopian/African community in Portland. He helped many refugees successfully rebuild their lives in America. He also established the Abyssinia Soccer Club, which he built to be an outstanding team that participates in a local Portland soccer league. He was also a founding member of the Ethiopian Sports Federation in North American     (esfna.org), whose annual soccer tournament is a highlight of Abyssinia Soccer Club season. Shimmy was greatly loved by countless people, whose lives were touched by his enduring kindness and generosity. Shimmy’s heart held an endless amount of compassion for friends and strangers, alike. He will be dearly missed by those of us he has left behind, as he takes his place with God in Heaven. Shimmy was preceded in death by his Father, Gessesse Shebeshi. He is survived by his mother, Weynitu Yohannes; his wife, Juli; daughter, Abyssinia; son, Noah; and son, HaileGabriel. He is also survived by his brothers, Tedla, Adamassu, Tameru, Ayele, Ambacho, and Tewedros; and sisters, Kokebe and Mulumebet.   ESFNA ALUMNI congratulate LA Star and La Dalul. Thank to the 2007 Dallas Organizing Committee, The Dallas Ethiopian Community and Volunteers.    Special thanks to the Players, Executive Committee, Board Members, ESFNA Volunteers it wouldn’t be happen without your hard work and dedication 2007 Guest of Honor The most Honorable Maitre Artist World Laurate Afewerk Tekle 2007 Guest oh Honor Coach Kassahun Teka 2007 Guest of Honor ESFNA Founder Kiros W. Selassie (Dallas) 2007 ESFNA Commercial Ato Kiros on VOA

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Photo Gallery From WORLD MASTERS CUP MAY 12-21 2006 DALLAS, TEXAS
WORLD MASTERS CUP MAY 12-21 2006 DALLAS, TEXAS
23rd Annual Sports & Cultural Even July 2-8, 2006 (ESFNA)

Our Goal is: "no matter how long it's been since you were with ESFNA or how far you now live, we will provide opportunities to meet other alumni and friends and to keep in touch with ESFNA and each other"

ABOUT US AND OUR GOAL: On October 2005, twenty two years after the first Soccer Tournament esfna Alumni Association began with few ESFNA founders and former players. Our mission is to connect alumni to the ESFNA and to each other, to provide valued services to members, and to support ESFNA mission. The ESFNA Association resides within the Division of Development and Alumni Relation of the ESFNA; however, it will be governed by the Alumni Council and Executive Board. Alumni Council will be made up of founders, former players, former, coaches, team representative. And volunteers who will be elected for three-year terms. These former ESFNA founders, players, Coaches, Team Representative and volunteer are to help shape and influence the policies and direction of the Association. Executive Board, the governing body of Council, is responsible for Association affairs between Council meetings.

MEMBER SHIP Membership in the ESFNA alumni is all about pride-pride ESFNA and pride in being affiliated with the best alumni association in the Country. Alumni: Founders, Former player, Former Board and Executive Member who left ESFNA with perfect standerde , Former Local Team leaders, ESFNA former Coaches, ESFNA Volunters, are welcome to join the ESFNA Alumni Association.

Get Involved Becoming active in the Alumni Association as a volunteer is a selfless way to give back to the ESFNA and a way to reconnect with fellow alumni as well as ESFNA. Join other alumni who are going to work to improve their communities' volunteer network and see how you can help make a positive difference for ESFNA.Volunteers make up our Alumni Interest Groups Affiliate Program Groups, and. They serve on our Alumni Council and Executive Board. They will involve in their local communities, spreading the spirit of ESFNA and ESFNA ALUMNI service to those in need.

ALUMNI GROUPS: After the Annual (July) ESFNA Soccer Tournament passed, alumni still maintain ties to ESFNA and with each other through the Association's many affiliation groups. The ESFNA Alumni Association will sponsors chartered groups that provide opportunities for professional development, networking, volunteering, and friendship building.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: ESFNA ALUMNI Members, will work in cooperation with the Alumni Association, to establishe corps of alumni who assist with recruitment activities throughout the country.

ALUMNI GROUP EVENTS: At the Annual Soccer gatherings and any holiday parties and other alumni events can sponsore by the local affiliate groups.

CHAPTER: a group of alumni and friends of the ESFNA living in the same geographic region.

COUNCIL: the 5 member Alumni Council will make up of alumni volunteers who help shape and influence the policies and direction of the Association.

INTEREST GROUP: a group of alumni who share a common ESFNA-related interest or activity.

AWARD, RECOGNITION AND HALL OF FAMER PROGRAM: The Recognition Program of the ESFNA ALUMNI Association acknowledges outstanding individuals who have distinguished themselves through volunteer service to the ESFNA or through success in their personal and professional lives. It honors individuals and programs by recognizing service and achievement and by giving award recipients the opportunity to share their knowledge while serving as role models for the ESFNA community. The Recognition Program is the ESFNA ALUMNI Association's most visible way of acknowledging those measures of personal quality that are ESFNA hallmarks.

There will be four types of awards:

1. HALL OF FAMER

2. GROUP AWARD

3. INDIVIDUAL AWARD

4. LEADER SHIP AWARD