Recently, I was in a Mississauga community that I had worked in 10 years earlier. I had started a soccer club then and had played soccer with kids in this community for over a year. We had a generous donor at the time who sponsored each soccer player with a jersey. There were 4 neighbourhood teams, each with a different colour and number, with ACORN emblazoned on the back. As I was talking to two of these former players they both fondly recalled the soccer and both said they still had that soccer jersey – wow 10 years later…
Sport is a powerful tool and years later these kids remembered a moment, an experience. As a donor to Street Soccer Canada you have participated in creating these sorts of memories for players who have participated in Street Soccer in shelters, tournaments and the Homeless World Cup.
I wanted to share this excellent video, The Love Promo, made by Colin Askey, from the Portland Hotel Society in Vancouver – a generous partner, sponsor and supporter of the Street Soccer movement. It will give you a sense of being there last August at the Homeless World Cup in Paris and put you inside the stories that are always inspirational. Take two minutes and take a look inside the Homeless World Cup of Soccer experience.
Your generous donations have allowed us to do this work and continue to reach out in shelters to create more inclusive communities through the sport of soccer. We hope you will consider giving again to support our ongoing and expanding work at www.canadahelps.org under Street Soccer Canada or visit our www.streetsocceercanada.org/donate page for other ways to support Street Soccer Canada.
Take care,
Paul Gregory
Founder Street Soccer Canada
November, 2011
P.S. As a result of our work and the work of many others in the last several years Street Soccer Canada has helped to expand Street Soccer across Canada with men and women teams and leagues in Halifax, Brampton, Mississauga, Hamilton, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna and Edmonton.
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