This year, Soccer Chaplains United will participate in its second ColoradoGives Day. ColoradoGives Day is part of the ColoradoGives program sponsored by Community First Foundation. Through ColoradoGives.org donors and philanthropic-minded people can support local, Colorado-based non-profits. As a non-profit based in Colorado and supporting Coloradoans, Soccer Chaplains United is eligible to participate. Check out our ColoradoGives Profile PageGo There This year's goal for ColoradoGives Day? $15,000 ColoradoGives Day is a special-focused day which is annually held on the second Tuesday of December (December 6, 2022). This year will mark the 12th year of the unique day which features the combined power of Community First Foundation and FirstBank partnering together to make this day rewarding for givers, nonprofits and the community

I am excited at the opportunity that my long-time friendship and relationship with Wells Thompson has afforded me to be a guest at this year's Mental Fitness Summit. There are some 15+ industry-leading professionals that are coming together to speak on issues of mental health and resilience. This year's event is online, similar to last year. I am including some details below. I think players and parents and others associated with soccer will find this to be a brilliant introduction to Soccer Resilience and all that they have to offer which includes resourcing club, teams, and individuals: including coaches and referees. The summit is being held from November 14-16. And if you are interested you are encouraged to register here

Jason Rollins and a team of students and parents returned from Ecuador this summer, and we've all been eager to hear how Casa Deportiva Cumbre Alta was able to use the gear that the team took down.  You can read about the team's initial request and the eventual fulfillment. Matt Keifer, the Director of Operations for Cumbre Alta, recently sent the following report: First of all… thank you again! This is awesome stuff and can’t tell you how excited our men and womens team will be to get all of this new gear. Because of the amount that was given, and the varying sizes, we have enough of the compression gear to give to both the first team’s of the men

I recently had occasion to visit Cambridge, England and while I was there, I was interested to learn a unique piece of football history. Apparently, the first known instance of codifying (or writing down) the rules of association football happened in Cambridge. In 1848, a group of Cambridge University students wrote out a set of 11 rules. They nailed these to the trees surrounding Parker’s Piece, a large grassy park in central Cambridge. Today, on the From the Touchline podcast, I take a look at Rule 9: If the ball has passed a player, and has come from the direction of his own goal, he may not touch it till the other side have kicked it, unless there are more

Every.org has announced a new campaign whereby they will match new recurring profiles setup through Every.org. Starting, today, November 1, new recurring donations will be matched up to $50 for up to two months while funds last. Each person can create matched monthly donations for up to 3 different nonprofits. To create a profile through Every.org click here. Generous donors have raised enough funds for a $50k match pool for  nonprofits on Every.org to take advantage of during our #FallGivingChallenge - The Monthly Match. From Nov. 1 - Nov. 30, or until funds run out, any donor who sets up a monthly donation to Soccer Chaplains United will be matched up to $50.00 of their monthly donation for the first two