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I know your Facebook gets inundated with crowd funding campaigns all the time, but here is another one! I am hoping to get people to partner with me to raise $2,500 in the next week! I’m currently the varsity soccer coach at Crawford High School and I’m asking you to help partner with me to help my student athletes play club soccer. Crawford is a unique school, and for some, soccer is their way out! Many of these students will be first in their family to attend college, the first to graduate high school.
There is a local San Diego Soccer Club that has been willing to drop the cost greatly for our students, however our students are unable to afford even the reduced fees that are being offered. A large percentage of our students are refugees, new to the country, and, in some cases, new to formal education. Their families are just becoming settled and are striving to secure housing and employment. There is no money left over for the expenses of club soccer. Each one of our students is extremely dedicated on and off the field. They are all on track academically to get into college. Most of the students ride the bus to and from training and at times get home late at night.
To help you understand the need, let me give you a couple statistics that paints a picture of the Crawford student’s situations:
- 97% of our students live below the poverty line
- 90% of our players are immigrants to the United States. 75% of these Immigrants are refugees
-100% of our students are on free or reduced lunch.
- 30 different languages spoken on campus
- Students come from countries where war is common and poverty an everyday state of life
The $2,500 is for a total of six soccer players. The cost is about $417 per player. Club soccer is massive for these young student athletes. It gives them the ability to practice multiple times a week in a structured environment, allows them to play college showcase tournaments that have college coaches from all over the nation in attendance, allows for them to participate in two college identification camps a year, and also gives them access to a college soccer liaison. This liaison will help find the perfect place for these Crawford players to continue their education after high school.
The main goal is to get all six of these kids placed at a four-year university. I’m currently in conversations with two coaches about a player for the 2016 fall season which wouldn’t have been possible without his participation in club soccer.
"The sea is really only drops of water that have come together" - Desmond Tutu
One of the best things about GoFundMe is we have the ability to come together as a community to help serve a cause that is bigger than ourselves. I’d love if you were able to partner with we and be a drop of water in this cause!
A couple ways for you to participate in this adventure is:
1) Donate to the cause
2) Share this page with your facebook friends or
3) Donate AND share!
ALL money raised will go directly towards the students. If the goal is exceeded, all excess money will first go to getting them bus passes, and then looking to add a 7th player. The end goal is to create a culture where college education is valued and not out of reach for these students. All our athletes would be first generation college students. All it takes is for a couple kids to get placed at a university playing soccer for the others to see it as an achievable goal.
I know your Facebook gets inundated with crowd funding campaigns all the time, but here is another one! I am hoping to get people to partner with me to raise $2,500 in the next week! I’m currently the varsity soccer coach at Crawford High School and I’m asking you to help partner with me to help my student athletes play club soccer. Crawford is a unique school, and for some, soccer is their way out! Many of these students will be first in their family to attend college, the first to graduate high school.
There is a local San Diego Soccer Club that has been willing to drop the cost greatly for our students, however our students are unable to afford even the reduced fees that are being offered. A large percentage of our students are refugees, new to the country, and, in some cases, new to formal education. Their families are just becoming settled and are striving to secure housing and employment. There is no money left over for the expenses of club soccer. Each one of our students is extremely dedicated on and off the field. They are all on track academically to get into college. Most of the students ride the bus to and from training and at times get home late at night.
To help you understand the need, let me give you a couple statistics that paints a picture of the Crawford student’s situations:
- 97% of our students live below the poverty line
- 90% of our players are immigrants to the United States. 75% of these Immigrants are refugees
-100% of our students are on free or reduced lunch.
- 30 different languages spoken on campus
- Students come from countries where war is common and poverty an everyday state of life
The $2,500 is for a total of six soccer players. The cost is about $417 per player. Club soccer is massive for these young student athletes. It gives them the ability to practice multiple times a week in a structured environment, allows them to play college showcase tournaments that have college coaches from all over the nation in attendance, allows for them to participate in two college identification camps a year, and also gives them access to a college soccer liaison. This liaison will help find the perfect place for these Crawford players to continue their education after high school.
The main goal is to get all six of these kids placed at a four-year university. I’m currently in conversations with two coaches about a player for the 2016 fall season which wouldn’t have been possible without his participation in club soccer.
"The sea is really only drops of water that have come together" - Desmond Tutu
One of the best things about GoFundMe is we have the ability to come together as a community to help serve a cause that is bigger than ourselves. I’d love if you were able to partner with we and be a drop of water in this cause!
A couple ways for you to participate in this adventure is:
1) Donate to the cause
2) Share this page with your facebook friends or
3) Donate AND share!
ALL money raised will go directly towards the students. If the goal is exceeded, all excess money will first go to getting them bus passes, and then looking to add a 7th player. The end goal is to create a culture where college education is valued and not out of reach for these students. All our athletes would be first generation college students. All it takes is for a couple kids to get placed at a university playing soccer for the others to see it as an achievable goal.
Organizer
Chassion Griggs
Organizer
La Mesa, CA
