Reach for Cleats

A lifelong dream of mine has always been to change the world and make it a better place for all people, of all races and all ages. Well I figured that if this dream is to come true, I have to start somewhere and why not start with something that I love. As an adoring and enthusiastic soccer teenager, I want to give children what I have loved and will continue to love for so long. Sports, such as soccer help to make life better. But for some kids, who love the game just as much as I do, they have an unfair disadvantage because they do not have the basic equipment. 

To make this mission of mine, “Reach for Cleats,” come to fruition, I am trying to collect soccer cleats and shin pads as well as uniforms that children have outgrown that are in fair and useable condition. I will be collecting this equipment at the Labor Day Classic and will be working with outreach groups to distribute items collected to underprivileged to help them enjoy the game as much as we do.

Please pass this information along to all of your teams parents and have them dig into their closets and gather any old and outgrown soccer equipments such as cleats, shinpads and uniforms and bring to the collection booth at the CVYSC Labor Day Classic at Conestoga Valley High School in Lancaster on August 31 and September 1, 2002. 

I will be there to discuss why I am doing this and how I hope to succeed. I am a sophomore in High School and I am hoping your assistance will help make this dream begin to come true. 

If you cannot make your contribution of equipment at the event and would like to participate in helping my goals, please email the club at this email address expressing your interests or contact us at 717-656-1000.  We can then work out a time to gather the items you wish to contribute.

You can also mail items to the clubs attention at:

Reach for Cleats
CVYSC
565 Greenfield Road, #274
Lancaster, PA 17601

Thank you for your time.

Danielle Soucier — Reach for Cleats

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