2009 SAND SOCCER SHOOTOUT

VIRGINIA POWER SOCCER ASSOCIATION  http://www.freewebs.com/vapowersoccer

Virginia Power Soccer Association is a nonprofit organization with the mission to develop, support, encourage, and foster the participation of Virginia’s power wheelchair athletes in the competitive sport of power soccer at the local, regional, national, and international levels. Power soccer is the first competitive team sport designed and developed specifically for power wheelchair users. Participants include people with quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, head trauma, stroke, and other disabilities.

BOOTH ACTIVITY: WHEELCHAIR SOCCER

  ARTS FOR ALL http://fergusoncenter.cnu.edu/artsforall.html

The Arts for All program provides subsidized tickets to children and families in at-risk communities. Administered by the Ferguson Center for the Arts, tickets are distributed to targeted communities through local municipalities and self-identified 501c3 organizations (such as churches, Boys & Girls Clubs, Social Services, schools). Over the past three performance seasons, thousands of Hampton Roads residents have experienced the joy and wonder of live performance for the first time through Arts for All.

BOOTH ACTIVITY: FACE PAINTING

N.E.W. TO YOU (no website available) 

N.E.W. to You redistributes used sporting gear to young athletes on a tight budget. The mission is to prevent economic barriers from stoping a child's participation in youth sports. Sports equipment is available to any child who want to play. N.E.W. are the initials of Nacy Ellen Wilson, a beloved "soccer mom" who passed away in 2009. She set the standard for unselfish giving throughtout her life. The nonprofit organization was started as a tribute to her memory. N.E.W to You accepts donations of gently used sports good and allows families to trade their used sports equipment for items in our inventory, or pay a nominal $2 saniation fee per item if not trade is possible. N.E.W. to You is located at 3D SPORTS in Yourktown, VA.

BOOTH ACTIVITY: BOUNCE HOUSE

FREE KICKS 4 KIDS (no website available)

Free Kicks  4 Kids is the brain child of a soccer obsessed 9 year old daughter. The idea came to her before the start of her soccer season. When her parents realized she needed new cleats, yet again, they set-a-side the "old" cleats. Soon the pile of "old stuff" included shin guards, t-shirts, and jerseys. One day the daughter said to her parents, "What if parents can't afford cleats? If I didn't have soccer, I don't know what I'd do." Hence the idead was born for Free Kicks 4 Kids. Our mission is level the playing field, so every kid has the opportunity to play soccer. Free Kicks 4 Kids collect "used" or "new" soccer gear and redistributes it to children in need who want to play.

BOOTH ACTIVITY: CORN HOLE