McDonald's
is
a proud sponsor of TopSoccer GSA
and TopSoccer are proud partners with the area McDonald's
restaurants! learn
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Shands
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care to individuals throughout North Central Florida. Through
comprehensive rehabilitation programs, we hope to create a
safe and comfortable environment that empowers individuals
to manage their care independently, return to a functional
lifestyle, and improve their quality of life. We are dedicated
to treating our patients with compassion, creativity, respect
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GSA
TopSoccer
Here's
our Spring dates:
Fridays
at 6pm:
March 2nd - April 27th Fridays only.
TOPSoccer iTOPSoccer
is the outreach program for soccer designed to allow
special needs
kids the opportunity to play ball with peersand volunteer
buddies. The program is inclusive for kids age 3 and
up for any child or young adult regardless of disability.We
play ball with a fleet of wonderful volunteer "buddies" and
adaptsoccer to the ability of the kids so that every
child is a winner with success measured in smiles not
goals. All play dates will be atbeautiful Jonesville
Park on Friday evenings in the fall and some Sunday afternoons
in the spring. We always cancel for rain and occasionally
add extra days for beautiful weather so keep your eye
on this website for updates. For information about becoming
a player or a "Buddy" see below. Everyone is promised
fun!
TOPSoccer players
must must register online and pay a fee of $15 per year.
To
register as a player click here. Parents please note
that the website may require you to volunteer or pay
an "opt
out fee" You should choose the topsoccer volunteer
option, however we will not actually require you to volunteer.
You may help if you choose but are allowed to just enjoy
being a spectator if you wish! Please make every effort
to be consistant and come every week if you can.
We miss
you when you are gone.
No prior soccer rexperience is necessary,
but compassion and a spirit of fun is expected. Buddies
should wear t-shirts, shorts and tennis shoes. No dangling
jewelry or revealing clothing please. Volunteers with cleats
and shin guards are encouraged to bring them and will be
volunteer participants in games with players. But don't
buy equipment to volunteer! There are drinking fountains
but bring a water bottle if you have one. Volunteers are
expected to come to all sessions.
Please email dots@gainesvillesoccer.org if
you will miss so that your
special children are not waiting.
If you are using this site for a class requirement each
session is approximately 2 hours of volunteer credit and
the fall semester will complete 20 hours of volunteer time.
Students requiring credit must attend the first session
for training and log in on site each week. Please watch
the website for date changes or email dots@gainesvillesoccer.org to receive the email updates. Please come to the fields
at 5:30pm to help with field set up. Please note that there
will be no TOPS option for class credit in the spring due
to the limited play dates available that time of year.
We will schedule spring clinics as the weather permits.
Go to the GSA TOPSoccer facebook group and request to be
added to link in to facebook discussions.
McDonald's
is a proud sponsor of TopSoccer GSA
would like to extend a special thank you to McDonalds
of Gainesville for their ongoing support of the Gainesville
Soccer Alliance.
The Paris Family, Curtis, Jackie and son Calvin,
own a total of 9 local McDonalds Stores and have
been completely unwavering in their support of the
projects at GSA. This year they supplied balls for
the tournaments and Academy games and flags for two
fields. Wait until you see the golden arches on the
red corner flags. It is an awesome site!
They also provided every GSA player a water bottle to
carry to our hot Florida games. This is in addition to
the $10,000 contribution they make annually as a sponsor
for the tournaments and the TOPSoccer program. Ronald and
the Frappe machine will make a special appearance at the
Gator Showcase so be sure and look for them in May.
Thank you so much Paris Family!! McDonalds is our kind
of place!
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