So we arrived back in New Mexico thoroughly exhausted from our tournament in Southern California, but we had just enough energy to set up a clinic for some inner-city kids that attended a local after school community center. A couple of the girls on the team have been helping out with the center all semester as part of an internship class at UNM. This program helps kids whose families can't afford day care while parents are at work.
It was so rewarding to teach these kids a few things about soccer, although most of them knew a thing or two. About 10 girls from the team helped set up a day camp for the kids complete with everything from exercises in dribbling the ball, to fun games like steal the bacon. All ages were laughing and having fun, and by the end of the clinic every kid was given a Popsicle to cool off. It was such a great day and I know the kids had a lot of fun. Community projects like this one is one of the best things about playing on a college team.
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