NEWS ALERT!!
the 5 day haiti mission april 25th ,2010 was a complete success-click on the video created by jeremy quinn(much thanks) as it tells the story of what the three volunteers contributed and experienced.The third mission this year is planned for Nov.2010(sports clinics) with ENTERPRISE RENT A CAR AS THE MAIN SPONSOR.SIDELINES CLUB AND URBANSURF4KIDS WILL PROVIDE A VIDEO TO SPONSORS AND U TUBE.
KSMG Sponsors the Sidelines Club's 2010 Haiti Mission
In Times of Joy, In Times of Crisis… Sport.
Kauffman Sports Management Group is proud to announce its sponsorship of The Sidelines Club, a local 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to help student athletes realize their dreams. The Sidelines Club, though based in San Diego, CA, realizes that the neediest young athletes often live outside of the U.S.; as such, its volunteers have traveled to the Bahamas, Central America, and Haiti in an effort to realize the organization’s goals.
For more info please click on the link below.
http://www.kauffmansports.com/news.php?nid=66
The dates for trip to Haiti have been determined. Our volunteers Wesley, Jeremy and Nick are set to travel to Port-au-Prince on April 25th thru April 29th, 2010. The Goal of this trip for Sidelines Club is to visit Haiti’s newly erected tent cities, which have been developed roughly 25 miles outside of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. At these tent cities, volunteers with Sidelines Club will distribute simple sporting goods to children in the community. They will also organize and teach sports to the children.
To make a donation directly to Sidelines Club please click on the Donate tab on our Website. You can also contact us directly by emailing us at info@sidelinesclub.org
New Mission to visit Haiti in 2010!
As many of you know Sidelines Club served the children of Haiti in September of 2009! Haiti has been devastated by a recent 7.0 Earthquake and is need of immediate help! You can make an immediate impact by donating to www.freethekids.org Villaj Espwa is an Orphanage with 680 children and will taking in many more orphans from Port-au-Prince which was destroyed. Your contribution will help immediately! Please visit the website and blog to get daily updates www.pwojeespwa.blogspot.com
August 2009
On August 2, 2009 Wesley, Debora, Sal & Alberto flew from Miami Fl to Port-au-Prince Haiti for a seven day sports clinic with the several hundred boys of the Village of Hope (Espwa). The four volunteers took with them Basketball Rims, Basketballs, Soccer balls and other sports equipment for this mission. It is well known that Haiti is the poorest country in Western Hemisphere. Haiti is unstable and a dangerous country to say the least, the average age of the male population is 15 years old and the unemployment rate is 80%. Espwa was able to provide our volunteers with secure transportation for the 5 hour road trip from the airport to the Orphanage. It became obvious that Soccer was the sport of choice for the boys and it became the focus of our interaction with the boys. In conclusion the Impact that Sidelines Club volunteers provided was the necessary need that all boys seek! The message of Hope through a sports activity, and that message is we care!
For more details on Espwa. Please click on the link below.
We took this picture at the Northern Village of Espwa.
This is Wesley and Debora with some of the kids from Espwa after our Basketball Clinic.
May 2009
A recent lightning storm has struck Sidelines Club! The lightning bolt brought the opportunity for Sidelines Club to serve the children of Haiti. One of our volunteers had a fortuitous meeting with a fundraising volunteer from Theo's Work Inc. www.freethekids.org a 501(c)3 registered non-profit organization dedicated to serving the poor children of Haiti. Because of this chance meeting Sidelines Club will be able to sponsor a three sport clinic at Hope Village on the Island of Haiti on August 2nd thru August 8th, 2009. We are grateful for this opportunity as it coincides with our annual Summer Baseball and Basketball Clinic on Andros Island, Bahamas July 27 thru July 31, 2009.