"I ran for SWB because I love the work that we do with our youth, and I would run again.”

Meet Natalie a senior goalkeeper at Pacific Lutheran University. Last summer she outreached to her college and local clubs to supply more than half of the equipment needed for our first Kent Immigrant and Refugee Community Soccer Camp that served 103 kids. We’re excited to have Natalie back supporting us with another equipment drive for the 2nd Annual Kent Immigrant and Refugee Community Soccer Camp this August. What motivated you to support SWB through a gear drive? As an

As a volunteer for SWB Boston for the past three years, Saf (pictured far right) has served in a variety of roles: coaching, tutoring, driving, and supporting special events. Since joining in the fall of 2015, Saf has accumulated more than 320 hours as a volunteer - more than of any volunteer at SWB Boston in the past three years. This statistic is a testament to his consistency, and the consequential impact Saf has had as a volunteer. What inspired you to volunteer with SWB?

Hailey is a 2017-2018 SOURCE Scholar with the SWB Baltimore Program through Johns Hopkins University where she is completing her Master's degree in Public Health. She volunteers at Vanguard Middle School helping out with coaching and tutoring. Where are you from? I’m from a small town in Western Massachusetts called South Hadley. It’s a very rural area and we don’t even have any fast food in my town. My dad has lived there his whole life, so we have a lot of family and friend

Ana Tantum has been a part of the Soccer Without Borders family since 2011. As she prepares to step onto the field this spring with the U10 Coed Program in East Boston, we were able to catch up with Coach Ana about her experiences working with several of SWB’s programs through the years. Here, Ana shares how she first got involved with SWB and what she sees as a common thread across SWB programs from her experiences in Granada, Nicaragua, Boston MA, and Kampala, Uganda. Coach

all photos, credit: Kara Lowery Soccer Without Borders Nicaragua program hosted Penn State Women's Soccer earlier this month for a week-long international immersion experience. The trip had three main components: working with the girls and coaches of SWB Nicaragua, supporting the Nicaraguan women's national teams through practices, games, and coaching demonstrations, and cultural immersion. Below is a reflection from Penn State Women's Soccer on their time with Soccer Without

The Family Mentor program at SWB Baltimore matches newcomer families to Baltimore residents who can ease the transition, making the family feel welcome and helping to explain paperwork, public transportation, American customs, city systems, and more. For many newcomer youth in our programs, they are the first in their family to learn English; they are often called upon to help their families understand and navigate their new surroundings. The SWB Family Mentor recognizes that

At Soccer Without Borders, we end every practice by putting our hands in and chanting 1, 2, 3, TOGETHER! This may sound like a routine practice ritual that teams do without thinking about it. But here, it’s different. The players shout it at the top of their lungs and listen as the sound echoes off the school walls. The players at SWB have come from all over the world and are now finding their path in a new country. They share similar challenges and are truly facing these

In January 2017, Soccer Without Borders hosted the 10th Annual T.E.A.M. Camp in Granada, Nicaragua. Seventeen volunteers from across the United States, representing a range of college and professional soccer programs, traveled to Nicaragua to coach at our week-long soccer camp to kick off the new year, and play two matches against the Nicaraguan Women’s National Team. The acronym T.E.A.M. is "Spanglish" standing for "trabajando en equipo aprendemos mas" or "working as a team

For a year and a half, I spent my Friday afternoons with Soccer Without Borders Oakland’s coaches and high school girls. When I started volunteering with SWB in January 2015, I already had a great deal of respect and admiration for what SWB was doing. Every week, those feelings grew deeper — and along the way, love joined the party. SWB is a one-of-a-kind organization run with massive amounts of smarts and heart. It doesn’t take long to realize that. There’s a great deal of m

Soccer Without Borders has been named as a 2016 Top-Rated NonProfit by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations. The Top-Rated Nonprofit award was based on the large number of positive reviews that Soccer Without Borders received. One volunteer wrote: "As a coach, I've watched the players start the program playing as individuals and finish playing as a team. The kids build confidence, establish long lasting friendships and learn to r