October 2009
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Castrol Supports 8 Skillz Holiday Programs in South Africa
The following is a press release from Castrol highlighting Skillz Holiday Programs funded by Castrol in October 2009
Castrol’s partnership with Grassroot Soccer got off to a flying start yesterday with local football legends pledging their support for the programme while attending an action-packed launch event at Lekang Primary School in Soweto. The partnership between the [...]
Kimberley Dribble-A-Thon 2009
In early September, GRS intern Peter Glidden was contacted by his former employer, The Greenwich Country Day School, about an all-school fundraising event called the “GCDS Walk-a-thon.” This walk-a-thon is an event that raises money for two NGOs every fall—one domestic and one international. Students, faculty and staff spend an entire day walking laps around [...]
Progress Continues On The Football For Hope Centre in Khayelitsha
The ‘Football For Hope’ Centre in the South African township of Khayelitsha is under construction and making big strides towards completion.
The centre is part of FIFA’s official campaign of the FIFA World Cup™, ‘20 Centres for 2010’, which aims to create twenty Football for Hope Centres across Africa. The centres will offer not only football [...]
Metro Soccer NY Takes To The Field With Grassroot Soccer
Metro Soccer NY, an adult soccer league that runs year-round throughout New York City has partnered with Grassroot Soccer to help spread the word about GRS in the city that never sleeps.
Throughout the fall season all teams competing in the Metro Soccer leagues will be sporting uniforms with the Grassroot Soccer logo emblazoned across the [...]
Ethan Zohn A Finalist In GQ “Better Man Better World” Contest; Cast Your Vote Today
Grassroot Soccer co-founder Ethan Zohn has been named one of five finalists in GQ’s Better Men Better World Search, and we’re asking everyone in the GRS family to help Ethan by voting for him today! As always, if Ethan wins he’ll be donating the prize money to his charities, but perhaps even more imporant is [...]