Here is a quick and easy way that you can help me, help others. Any amount will help and be greatly appreciated, as I am paying my way over there. Click on this link, Justgive.org and go from there. Even though you are not sending the donation directly to me, I will be receiving the money. Be sure to dedicate the donation in the name of Alex Raich!! Any questions, let me know!
If you have not received the letter yet, here is a little background info if you are interested..
If you have not received the letter yet, here is a little background info if you are interested..
I am excited to share with you the news that I have recently been accepted as a Soccer Without Borders Summer Coach in Solola, Guatemala, for the summer of 2011. Soccer Without Borders (SWB) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to use soccer as a vehicle for positive change in the lives of marginalized youth. In so many communities throughout the US and the rest of the world, young people lack access to opportunities to play organized sports and receive the benefits of participating on a team. Focusing on youth populations that commonly lack the chance to play sports or join a team, such as refugees, indigenous populations and girls.
SWB envisions that all young people participating in the program have the opportunity to realize their inherent potential. It is the goal of every site to create a sustainable life skills curriculum that directly meets the most pressing needs of that community while setting relevant, tangible, and achievable goals for participants. SWB creates safe and supportive team environments through which participants build friendships, community connections, and powerful mentor/mentee relationships. I have played soccer for over 17 years and just concluded my playing days at the highest level at Eastern Kentucky University. I plan to be the Graduate Assistant coach for EKU, while getting my Masters in Sports Adminastration. I want to share my passion of the game and give back by coaching children that don’t have the opportunities that I did as a kid.
My summer internship with SWB is unpaid, and I am responsible for covering my own living expenses for my time in Solola, Guatemala I hope that you will support me by making a contribution to Soccer Without Borders on my behalf. All donations made to SWB are tax-deductible. Please send a check made out to Soccer Without Borders to the following address (be sure to indicate either on the check or in a note that your donation is on behalf of Alex Raich).
Soccer Without Borders
2149 Byron St.
Berkeley, CA, 94702
Berkeley, CA, 94702
Thank you so much for your time and support, and I promise to keep in touch via a blog and email updates while I am in Guatemala. Take it easy!
Sincerely,
Alex Raich
816-582-5230
Alex_raich@eku.edu
