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News related to Grassroot Soccer’s work in the United States, supporting GRS programs through development and fundraising.
The Grassroot Project Gains Momentum
The Grassroot Project, founded by former Grassroot Soccer intern Tyler Spencer, has recently been featured by many recognizable news sources and was awarded the SAAC Award of Excellence by the Division I Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
The Grassroot Project is a non-profit, student run HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention program, using the role model status of Division [...]
GRS and J&J Host Girlz Got Skillz: A Young Women’s Summit on Health, Leadership, and Empowerment
From April 5-10, 2010, Grassroot Soccer partnered with Johnson & Johnson and the Academy for Educational Development to host Girlz Got Skillz, an inspired, cross-cultural exchange program promoting girls’ empowerment, leadership, and healthy decision-making. Bringing together 20 South African, 18 Namibian, and 11 American young women for a week in Kuils River, a community just [...]
United States Soccer Foundation Gala Supports GRS
In recognition of Grassroot Soccer’s (GRS) work to help children develop important life skills and embrace healthy lifestyles, the U.S. Soccer Foundation invited GRS to join them for their 2010 Gala in Washington, DC on March 4th. GRS CEO, Dr. Tommy Clark was a member of the gala Host Committee and joined Honoree Archbishop Desmond [...]
Methembe Ndlovu Wins Dartmouth College Social Justice Award
On Friday, January 29, 2010, Grassroot Soccer Co-Founder and Zimbabwe Director Methembe Ndlovu was awarded Dartmouth College’s 2010 Martin Luther King Social Justice Award. The awards recognize members of the Dartmouth community who have contributed significantly to social justice, peace, civil rights, education, public health, or environmental justice. One of the three awardees [...]
The Revolution’s Chris Tierney Spends His Off-Season With GRS
Chris Tierney, a wide left midfielder for the New England Revolution, spent a month of his off season not vacationing with friends and family, but volunteering for HIV/AIDS outreach with Grassroot Soccer in South Africa.
Tierney is 24 and heading into his third season with the Revolution. The Massachusetts native graduated from the University of Virginia [...]