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Open Arms Soccer ClubsUsing the “beautiful game” to transform lives Open Arms Soccer Clubs use the “beautiful game” to engage children and youth between the ages of 6 and 16 who live in impoverished communities. Combining high quality volunteer trainers, facilities, and equipment, with Bible-based mentoring and character development, Open Arms Soccer Clubs provide a place where young athletes can become young men and women of integrity.

Using the “beautiful game” to transform lives

OPEN ARMS SOCCER CLUBS

OPEN ARMS WORLDWIDE

The Common Language of SportSoccer is the world’s game and the passion of rich and poor alike. As such, it is a platform unlike any other to reach the youth of the world with a biblical message of hope and a future. Open Arms provides Club participants with uniforms and tournament fees, training, and Bible study. Further, Open Arms provides an opportunity, bar none, for former athletes and coaches to use their knowledge and love of the sport to share their faith and to help mold the character of the next generation. Through Open Arms Coaching Clinics, these volunteer leaders are equipped and continually encouraged to provide the highest quality instruction and mentoring both on and off the field.

Current Projects As of September 2011, 110 boys and girls participate on a weekly basis in Assis' Soccer Clubs, practicing four days a week for boys and three days a week for girls. In July 2011, Open Arms held a four-day indoor soccer tournament open to the community with 140 players in attend-ance. Participants competed and heard from speakers, including a Christian sports psychologist/retired soccer player, talking about faith, personal character and the dangers of steroids.

Many teens in Victor’s situation have turned to using and dealing drugs, but Victor knows that this can’t be an option in his life. Victor’s eyes light up when he talks about the team – he says that playing with the team has given him the opportunity to make friends and to change as a person. His dream is to become a doctor.

Join the Support Team You can help the youth be involved in an Open Arms Soccer Club. Here are the options:

• Team up – For a gift of $55 per month, you can help a team of 11 young people take the field.• President’s Box – For $300 per month, you can be the primary sponsor of a Club.

Meet Victor

Victor lives with his mother, two younger brothers, and niece in a small, one-room house, and his family is often without food. When they were without food, Victor begged on the streets or collected left-overs from the trash; he has had to do this since he was a young child.

For the past almost two years, Victor has been involved with an Open Arms Soccer Club. Through the Club, he has learned the importance of hard work, self-control, and not giving up, and this training has helped Victor realize the importance of com-pleting an education and finding honest work.