Labor Day cleat exchange a hit, thanks to your donations!
Our fall season got off to a great start with the annual Labor Day Cleat Exchange. Scores of young players found just their size as they tried on pairs ranging in size from a tiny child’s 8 to a giant men’s 13. Check out our photos from the event - and thanks to all the donors, families, and volunteers who made this year’s swap such a success!
Donations let Nairobi's Red Rose School field first teams.
Thanks to DC Stoddert families, the collection drive organized by U14 player Alexander Truitt provided enough jerseys and equipment to field a Nairobi slum school’s first youth soccer teams. His cousin, Joscelyn, sent our club this moving appreciation.
Players collected jerseys, equipment for Ethiopian & Kenyan kids
Soccer is at once the world’s game and very, very local. Travel players Anna Cerf and Mike Klain bridged that divide by bringing jerseys and equipment to Ethiopian and Kenyan kids this summer. U14 player Alexander Truitt’s collection drive helped Nairobi’s Red Rose School field its first youth teams.
Chairman David Sarley's December letter and season's greetings
Plummeting temperatures bring a chilly reminder that the holiday season is upon us. At DC Stoddert Soccer, we have much to celebrate this year, from awesome volunteers to new fields and a record number of games. Inspired by Ian Dury’s classic song, chairman Dave Sarley shares his Top 10 "Reasons to be Cheerful" in 2010.
These Stoddert Soccer players (and a few friends, siblings and parents) gathered on Dec. 4 for some off-field team bonding and to support the 23rd annual Greg Gannon Canned Food Drive. The group, representing the boys’ U10 and the girls’ U12 travel teams, collected just under 2,000 food items in the Cleveland Park area -- including a generous contribution from DC Stoddert’s Len Oliver! The food drive beat its 2010 goal as well as its past record, gathering 61,114 food items for local food banks.
Submitted 12.07.2010 by Eric Fredell, DC Stoddert Soccer board member
DC Stoddert Soccer is a non-profit organization currently serving more than 5,000 children and young adults in the DC metropolitan area. At a time when a lack of physical activity is legitimately seen to be a public health crisis, DC Stoddert Soccer is proud to carry on its 32-year tradition of making its soccer programs available to all who want to play, regardless of athletic ability, ethnicity, or their family’s financial background. Thanks to the generous donations of members and friends, the club is able to support hundreds of young players with more than $!00,000 in scholarships.
