Organizations
Soccer On A Mission is proud to support the following organizations.
UMCOR is the humanitarian relief and development agency of the United Methodist Church, a worldwide denomination. United Methodists are joining forces with others to make malaria's grip on the lives of children and adults a part of history. The Make Malaria History campaign represents the spectrum of efforts United Methodists are supporting to eradicate this preventable and curable disease that kills at least one million people every year.
These efforts include the United Methodist Community-Based program that provides education, medication, and mosquito nets to prevent and treat malaria; Nothing But Nets, a United Methodist-endorsed campaign that channels funds through the United Nations Foundation for mosquito nets and instruction in their use in Africa; as well as the Inter Religious Campaign against Malaria in Mozambique.
Catholic Charities Health and Human Services provides direction, governance, integration, management, supervision and leadership within the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland in the ever-changing social and economic environment in which we live.
Catholic Charities' work is accomplished through several entities and the interaction of competent leaders and skilled employees in all areas of service. Catholic Charities is dedicated to be collaborative and to interact with public and private health and human service organizations at local, diocesan, state and national levels. In this way, Catholic Charities of Cleveland serves the people of the eight counties of the Diocese in the most effective way.
Green Soccer Association is a group of volunteers, mostly parents, who work behind the scenes to provide the organization to promote youth
soccer within the community of Green, Ohio. GSA has been in existence for over twenty-five years. Green Soccer In-House programs are available for children ages 4 - 9 years old. Four and Five year olds are eligible for Grasshopper Soccer. It is an introduction to the game with Saturday only practice/games. The In-House program is designed to offer a fun environment for the children to learn to play soccer. Green Soccer Travel program is available for children ages 9 - 14 years old. Travel players are placed on teams based upon abilities and their individual desire for competition. Teams generally play travel soccer in GAASA (Greater Akron Soccer Association).
The Passback Program is designed to help meet the soccer uniform and equipment needs of all players in all communities. New and gently used soccer gear is collected by organizations, teams, clubs and individuals and then redistributed to areas throughout the world to help underserved communities play the Beautiful Game. Soccer is a unifying force that brings together people of all ethnicities and has the power to open doors, hearts and minds of those who play. Since its inception, the Passback Program has collected and distributed over 670,425 pieces of soccer gear.
Nothing But Nets is a global, grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa. The Campaign was inspired by ESPN columnist Rick Reilly, who challenged each of his readers to donate at least $10 for the purchase of an anti-malaria bed net. To date, tens of thousands of people have joined the Campaign that was created by the UN Foundation in 2006.
