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History of the Program
It’s 2011 and we’re at the National Sports Center in Blaine, MN. There are ducks on the grass, Minnesota United FC are facing the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, and the thrum of drums back the irreverent heckles and coordinated chants from the Dark Clouds section. Just then, an unidentified Kallman brother goes in for the tackle, catching all player and absolutely zero ball. Of course, he’s lucky it’s only a yellow card.
The frustration of being forced to watch this story unfold once again sparks a bright idea in the head of a young Jim Crist: wouldn’t it be funny if we donated money every time he did that? He takes a swig of his tall boy Lime-a-Rita, and just like that…an idea is born.
It began with a very small group of Dark Clouds crazy enough to agree that this was a good idea. Throwing cash into the pot at the end of each NASL season, the small group eventually grew to the very official Dark Clouds Charity Card Club, or D4C.
This jokingly generous cash-for-cards collection started on the Dethloon Express in 2017. The program, now called Charity Card Club, has been lucky enough to grow each year – and has proudly raised over $40,000 for Twin Cities charities.