Free Special Report by Dr. Carol Cross, Founder of Soccer For Life

Creating 21st Century Youth Leaders Through Sharing The Cup of Hope

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Collect Pairs Of Sneakers & Soccer Cleats , Support Youth Environmental Entrepreneurship, Participate In Project Athletic Shoes,  and Build A Village

Soccer Associations Are Invited To Give The Cup Of Hope To The Children Of Honduras

Soccer Associations! You Have A Cup Of Hope To Share. Will You Share Your Cup? 

Funding Through Soccer Tournaments! 

Share Your Cup Of Hope By Donating 1% Of Your Tournament Receipts To Soccer For Life. All Funds Are Tax Deductible.

Shipping Fund

Our Soccer Associations Are Only A Dream In The Mind Of Youth And Coaches In Developing Countries Like Honduras

Living in a country where soccer associations have access to multiple streams of revenue from Soccer Moms to teams with resources, to government grant possibilities to sponsors, it is almost impossible to understand that in a country like Honduras there are no soccer associations.

FENAFUTH, the government agency that controls soccer in Honduras offers little help.  There is no library of books and films on soccer easily available. There is no association that will send a representative out to a league within the association to assure that things are ironed out.  There is a guidebook but it is so complicated and restrictive that it deters volunteer coaches,

You as a soccer association in a developed country have a tremendous opportunity to assist soccer programs in a poor country like Honduras.  Here are some of the things you can do to build soccer in Honduras:

1.  Participate in Project Athletic Shoe For Youth Empowerment As A Coordinator.

 Ask all the parents and adults you know to clean out their old athletic shoes, basketball shoes and running shoes and bring them to you. Ask them to donate ten dollars for shipping to Honduras. You as  coordinator  collect the athletic shoes.  The cost of shipping 500+ pairs of shoes to Honduras is around $250.  All you need is a contribution of 25 people to pay for the shipping.   Go to the page Project Athletic Shoes For Youth Empowerment for details on the project.  You can send out emails to all your friends and ask them to help. CLICK HERE for a sample email letter you can send out.

All You Have To Do IS Collect 500 Pairs of Athletic Shoes/Soccer Cleats and Pay The Shipping Cost To Honduras. With This Gift, Your Group Build A  Youth Empowerment Small Tourism Project In Their Village. CLICK HERE And Take A Look At How Your 500 pairs Of Shoes Will Change A Young Person's Life.  And each of these projects will develop a small soccer field.

Where Can You Find 500+ Pairs of Athletic Shoes?

There are many ways to collect your 500+ pairs of shoes.  Here are some ways

1.  Ask each member of your organization to collect athletic shoes from their closets, garages and basements.

2. Place a collection box in your organization meeting home

3.  Have a "Athletic Shoe Potluck" and have each person bring a pair of shoes along with the food

4.  Talk to other local organizations with thrift shops and ask them to donate a few pair

5.  Talk to your local shoe stores and ask them to donate a few pair

6.  Ask to put up a box in the local high school

7. Go to your local college and ask them if they have a recycling program and will they help by collecting at the college

8.  Ask your employer if you can collect athletic shoes there

9.  Talk to the mayor of your town and ask him for support

10.  See if you can put a public service announcement on local radio or television

11. Talk to your pastor

12. If you belong to organizations like Kiwanis or Lions Club see if they will help collect at their meetings

13.  Give out flyers wherever you go (We will be having a pdf file online soon that you can download and print)

14. Take off your athletic shoes and add them to the mix.

15.  Your own ideas....

2.  Collect Unused Sport Equipment and Materials from your closet, Storage Unit, Garage and Basement and Ship Them To Honduras

Everything you no longer use can be used by the Honduras Youth Soccer Project.  We need uniforms, t shirts, shorts, socks, nets, balls, medals, trophies, warm-ups, jackets, sports bags, water bottles, nets, portable goals, soccer cleats.  It doesn't matter what it is if you had it for sports activities and you still have it, we can use it. 

3.  Buying Shoes For Children and Young Adults

We are creating a line of athletic shoes and soccer cleats that can be purchased for a small amount of money. These are for the youth (teenagers) who demonstrate some talent and could have a future as soccer players.  Good soccer cleats or athletic shoes will be available for purchased here for 300-500 lempiras (15 to 20 dollars)

4. Sponsor A Donation Concurso

Many community want to hold concursos.  These concursos draw the people together.  Here's one concurso where hundreds of children and adults came together.  The children to compete, the adults to watch.  The concurso is like a field day in the USA.  The soccer gear you donate, the funds you send for shipping enable these communities to come together for a day of clean fun and soccer. Here the mayor of San Miguelito welcomes Soccer for Life to a large concurso held in this mountain community.  Not only did we enjoy the races, we also helped out with a little coaching for goalies, which is sorely lacking here.  As a result, we are offered many opportunities to teach character.

5.  Volunteer In Honduras With Project Athletic Shoe For Youth Empowerment

This is a unique volunteer opportunity to be a part of the pioneering Recycled Athletic Shoes Financing program.  You will live in Intibuca and participate with Peace Corps volunteers,  international volunteers, Intibuca Youth Soccer Volunteers in planning and supporting youth in their small scale tourism projects. These projects will be funded by the Recycled Athletic Shoe Financing program.

6.  Sponsor a City Wide Athletic Shoe and Soccer Cleat Drive

Want to really make a big difference?  Help us by setting up a athletic shoe drive in your city.  We have flyers and other support documents we can email you.

7  Donate Cash For Shipping Donations to Honduras

The cost of shipping by boat to Honduras is one of our major obstacles in serving these children.  We need funds to ship boxes of goods we already have.  Whatever you are willing to donate is welcome.

8.  Become An Intibuca Youth Soccer Volunteer

As a soccer volunteer in La Esperanza, you can affect the life of a child. You can help a child with limited soccer skills to fit in. You can help build soccer fields. You can help build training equipment. You can show kids how to perform drills. You can share training tips with coaches and trainers. You can develop training regimes. You can become an integral part of the building of the Intibuca Youth soccer Center. And you will enrich the lives of the youth of Intibuca. CLICK HERE for information on this opportunity.

9. Sponsor  An Intibuca Youth Soccer Volunteer

Many caring youth and not so young want to serve as soccer volunteers. As a soccer volunteer in La Esperanza, you can affect the life of a child. You can help a child with limited soccer skills to fit in. You can help build soccer fields. You can help build training equipment. You can show kids how to perform drills. You can share training tips with coaches and trainers. You can develop training regimes. You can become an integral part of the building of the Intibuca Youth soccer Center. And you will enrich the lives of the youth of Intibuca. CLICK HERE for information on this opportunity.

You Can sponsor one or more volunteers to come and work with these deserving children.

10.   Donate 1% of the Receipts of Your Tournament To Soccer For Life

Please email us at honducopa@yahoo.com  for information on sharing your cup of hope.

Tax Deduction Statement Is Available.

Soccer for Life is a non profit 501-(3) C organization designed to enable all the children of the Western Hemisphere to have the opportunity to play soccer, the beautiful game.  Soccer for Life has received a determination of tax exemption from Federal Income taxes . All contributions to Soccer For Life, Inc., are deductible under section 170 of the Code. That means that donations of cash as well as equipment, used soccer gear, vehicles, etc., receive a tax deduction from IRS. Any donation will be valued and you will receive a statement from Soccer for Life, Inc., that you can use to deduct from your income tax. We are classified as a public charity under 509 (a) (2) of the IRS code. We function under the laws of the State of Arizona and carry an Internal Revenue Service "Recognition of Exemption", No. 17053296009004

11.  Hold A Fund Raising Field Day In Your Soccer Field

A Fund Raising Field Day is a fun, excitement day where your young athletes can have fun, get exercise, raise funds and build their personal self esteem. A Fund Raising field day is similar to a Donation Concurso we run with our soccer donations in Honduras. The difference, is that there are entry fees for athletes to enter the Field Day. These entry fees are used for defraying the cost of the Field Day and raise funds for shipping to Honduras. In addition to the entry fees, each athlete is required to clean out his or her closet or garage and bring the soccer items found there. In addition, each athlete will attempt to get sponsors for his entry fee as well as for sending to Honduras. We will put together a password protected page for your use once you decide to offer a field day.  In addition we will place your event on our Soccer For Life Fundraising Calendar with a link to your club web site.

You Can sponsor one or more volunteers to come and work with these deserving children.

12.  Promote The Soccer For Life Program In Your Community

There are members in your club or group that have soccer and sports gear in their closets, garages and basements. They don't know about our work in Honduras and how it is helping the poor children of Intibuca get what they need to play.  You are the key to sharing the Soccer For Life Mission with them.  Help us collect soccer gear and promote the Honduras Youth Soccer Project. You can stop the waste of used soccer gear in your community.  You can stimulate companies and groups to donate.  Help us Share The Soccer Gear Donation Project

Thank You In Advance For Your Help and Support

Welcome To Soccer For Life In Honduras

These Are The Children Of Honduras We Help Through Your Donations of Soccer Gear and Funds To Ship To Honduras

Help Poor Children Of Latin America Get The Soccer Gear They Need to Play

Soccer For Life is a Nonprofit organization dedicated to making the world’s most popular sport available to all the children of the Western Hemisphere. We intend to collect old soccer balls, shin guards, old soccer shirts and shorts, repair them, hold fund-raisers and develop training and coaching for Mexican, Honduran and Nicaraguan.  In Honduras, Soccer for Life offers the Honduras Youth Soccer Project.

On One Day Soccer For Life Donated Complete Uniforms To Seven Different Teams from 6 Schools. OUR DONORS MADE THIS POSSIBLE. More information on the Soccer Donation Project is available to you from sfl@satglobal.com Our Soccer Donation web site is www.satglobal.com/donate_boots.htm. Want To Know More About The Honduras Youth Soccer Project?

You Have Made The Honduras Youth Soccer Project A Success

The Honduras Youth Soccer Project has been a huge success. Because you -OUR DONORS - shared your soccer gear we have reached out to many youth and many communities here in Honduras.  We have distributed hundreds of your gifts, including balls, many thousands of shirts and delivered uniforms and supplies to kids in the department of Intibuca.  The kids to the left are wearing donated uniforms, with donated cleats, donated shin guards and wearing donated medals.  They received a donated trophy. It was wonderful to see. YOUR DONATIONS OF SOCCER GEAR MADE THESE HAPPY CHILDREN PLAY AND WIN WITH PRIDE!

Scenes of Youth Soccer in Intibuca - Kids Playing In A Soccer Tournament Using Soccer Gear Donate By US Coaches, Teams and Youth (CLICK HERE If You Want To Donate Used Gear).  Adopt a Soccer Team in Honduras - Only You Can Make It Possible For Every Child To Play Soccer

Help Poor Children Of Latin America Get The Soccer Gear They Need to Play

Soccer For Life is a Nonprofit organization dedicated to making the world’s most popular sport available to all the children of the Western Hemisphere. We intend to collect old soccer balls, shin guards, old soccer shirts and shorts, repair them, hold fund-raisers and develop training and coaching for Mexican, Honduran and Nicaraguan.  In Honduras, Soccer for Life offers the Honduras Youth Soccer Project. See children here making balls from plastic chip bags.

Recent Concursos and Donations

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Honduras Soccer Volunteer Program

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Soccer For Life is a 501 (C)( 3), a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the world’s most popular sport available to all the children of the Western Hemisphere. We need old soccer balls, shin guards, old soccer shirts and shorts, repair them, hold fund-raisers and develop training and coaching for Honduran street and mountain children.

To find out more about Soccer For Life and its program for Youth contact Dr. Carol Cross,sfl@satglobal.com

Tax Deduction Statement Is Available.

Soccer for Life is a non profit 501-(3) C organization designed to enable all the children of the Western Hemisphere to have the opportunity to play soccer, the beautiful game.  Soccer for Life has received a determination of tax exemption from Federal Income taxes . All contributions to Soccer For Life, Inc., are deductible under section 170 of the Code. That means that donations of cash as well as equipment, used soccer gear, vehicles, etc., receive a tax deduction from IRS. Any donation will be valued and you will receive a statement from Soccer for Life, Inc., that you can use to deduct from your income tax. We are classified as a public charity under 509 (a) (2) of the IRS code. We function under the laws of the State of Arizona and carry an Internal Revenue Service "Recognition of Exemption", No. 17053296009004.

Setting Up the Intibuca Youth Soccer Center

Soccer For Life is planning to set up the Intibuca Youth Soccer Center for our teams we will be developing. Because of the fact that many of our Youth-At-Risk have not yet learned the social manners of those in mainstream youth leagues and soccer clubside, we feel that these youths should play among themselves until they gain better social skills.

We will be teaching soccer skills, social skills and character skills such as teamwork, dealing with anger and self control.

Need More Information About Donating Soccer Gear, Getting Involved With The Intibuca Youth Soccer Center Or Becoming a Volunteer? Want to get involved?

Links To The Soccer Gear Donation Project

Scenes of Youth Soccer in Intibuca - Kids Playing In A Liga Menor de Futbol Intibucana Soccer Tournament Using Soccer Gear Donate By US Coaches, Teams and Youth (CLICK HERE If You Want To Donate Used Gear) "Soccer For Life Is Seeking The Donation Of A Used Bus For The Liga Menor In Honduras. Soccer For Life Has Received Public Charity Designation By The IRS. Tax Deduction Statement Is Available. ***"

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