You may or may not remember that in 2008 SoccerGrow donated new balls, cones and pumps to CML in Kenya to run a soccer tournament involving several rural communities surrounding Nairobi. It brings us great joy to report that this tournament was a triumph, reaching more than 800 women, men and children in those communities. The impact that our relatively small donation made to those people surprised almost all of us on this side of the Atlantic, and its success is a clear testament to the power of football and its ability to bring people together.
Much praise should go to CML and their organization for not only organizing a top-notch tournament for hundreds of people of all ages, but especially for seeing the big picture. With limited resources, CML is proud to minister to and improve the holistic health of people. They make it a point to not just reap the benefits of playing sport, but they also answer the call to lift up people through fulfilling basic needs, education, raising spiritual awareness, and community development and support.
SoccerGrow is most appreciative of Willam, head of CML, who actually is the one doing all the heavy lifting to make his organization tick and he most deserving of the credit. He wrote:
We are honored to declare that SoccerGrow has been the sole instrumental partner in facilitating the launching and final success of this program. SoccerGrow donated the soccer balls, field cones and ball pumps for this program.
The honor is ours.
I encourage you to check out the video and read the full report and results of the soccer tournament on his blog, it’s truly meaningful to see the faces of the people involved in this great event.
Many thanks to all of you who donated over the holiday season to directly support orphans and students in Kenya! Your tax-free dollars donated through SoccerGrow, our soccer charity, will be doubled, as promised, by SoccerPro and sent on to Kicks4Kenya which is dedicated to changing the lives of school children and orphans in Kenya through the many lessons of soccer, the world’s game.
Here’s an exciting opportunity: this holiday season, SoccerPro has agreed to match every donation made to Kicks4Kenya! You understand correctly, if you give $1, SoccerPro will give $1!
If you donate now to Kicks4KenyaSoccerPro.com will double your donation, no questions asked, through December 25th, 2008!
This generous offer will only last for a limited time and if you’ve never given to a soccer charity before, now would be the perfect time, because every dollar you give will be matched, and will help send soccer equipment to young people in Kenya! Read more about our partnership with Kicks4Kenya.
All the best to you and yours this holiday season, and all the best footy for you and yours in the new year! Stay updated on all the things going on here at SoccerGrow.
Strip away all the corruption of governments, the blindness of racism, the crises of financial systems and it’s good and wholesome things like football that remain. There’s too much bad news poison in the world sometimes to see the simple good that sport can do.
Take for instance the current financial crisis, of which AIG, the Manchester United shirt sponsor, has been a major part. According to the International Herald Tribune… [click to continue...]
Looking up to a 15 year old from Wisconsin is something to be celebrated, right? Yes, especially if that 15 year old has created a soccer charity project which has impacted over 5,500 people!
In the grand scheme of charitable giving, generational affiliation doesn’t really matter that much, which is why I am so excited to mention a fellow giver who shows that age is no hurdle when it comes to helping people. What matters is what you’ve done to make a difference and what you’re doing right now.
Soccer has a unique power to heal wounds across barriers of race, class, language, gender, and age.
Whatever you might call them, SoccerGrow was recently featured on an episode of the soccer podcast, The Goalmouth Scramble. This bi-weekly and sometimes crazy soccer podcast features talk about the English Premier League, transfers, rumors, soccer fantasy, and even Soccer Manager.
You can hear in the episode, which was published August 14th, lots of information about SoccerGrow and other soccer charities doing good work around the world. This is what makes the beautiful game so beautiful. People in need are empowered by total strangers who are willing to lend some money or even the shirts off their backs in the name of sportsmanship and common humanity. This spirit embodies the power of soccer, and this is the fertile field across which SoccerGrow wants to continue broadcasting the seeds of positive change.
As has been written in recent posts, SoccerGrow is excited to be partners with Kicks4Kenya, an organization that believes everyone should enjoy the beautiful game with a right proper ball. Now the circle of our partnership has grown to include you! We’ve connected to Kicks4Kenya, now we want you to do the same, because you are the most important part of the circle.
Would you want to play soccer with a ball made out of rope and plastic bags? Well, neither do the orphans in places like Nakuru, Kenya, but you have the power to help change that. TJ Widbin, founder of Kicks4Kenya makes radical positive change in people’s lives, simply by giving them a soccer ball.
Help TJ Make Positive Change
At first you might think that giving soccer equipment to those in need is a waste of resources and energy, when there is so much more to be done. But if you reflect on your own life I’m sure that you’ll realize that it’s not. The gift of proper soccer equipment can lend enjoyment, fitness, confidence and happiness to someone’s life. Now you can help make that plastic-bag reality a thing of the past by making a tax-exempt contribution through SoccerGrow.
SoccerGrow is proud to be working with Kicks4Kenya, a developing organization which seeks to improve the quality of life for Kenyan orphans and school youth by providing proper soccer equipment and hands-on development work.
We here at SoccerPro have just started a charitable giving program called SoccerGrow in which we want to use the power and potential of our growing customer base to make a real impact through the donation of soccer equipment or money to good causes.
SoccerGrow is just starting to gather steam, and our ever-philanthropic Tom Yonker has been researching various possible partners. Tom recently came across Kicks4Kenya, a program that looks very promising and interesting to SoccerGrow in the respect that Kicks4Kenya seems to have a tangible impact and personal ties to the people you are helping. This is the kind of impact SoccerGrow is interested in supporting because it reflects what we are all about.
Stay tuned as this blog grows in content and we’ll update you on our first of many charitable partnerships to come.
Much praise should go to CML and their organization for not only organizing a top-notch tournament for hundreds of people of all ages, but especially for seeing the big picture. With limited resources, CML is proud to minister to and improve the holistic health of people. They make it a point to not just reap the benefits of playing sport, but they also answer the call to lift up people through fulfilling basic needs, education, raising spiritual awareness, and community development and support.
SoccerGrow is most appreciative of Willam, head of CML, who actually is the one doing all the heavy lifting to make his organization tick and he most deserving of the credit. He wrote:
Would you want to play soccer with a ball made out of rope and plastic bags? Well, neither do the orphans in places like Nakuru, Kenya, but you have the power to help change that. TJ Widbin, founder of Kicks4Kenya makes radical positive change in people’s lives, simply by giving them a soccer ball.
