Word: soccers
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...fair, if they were at least resolute about their harmless acts of charity, I found myself altogether flummoxed about how I might make a difference. My volunteerism was limited to kicking around a few soccer balls with children at a Catholic orphanage once...
...director of recreational sports, called it “the culmination of a lot of work and a lot of effort on the part of a lot of people.” In addition to the recreational department and Eliot House’s involvement, the Varsity soccer team also showed support for Gilligan, who was a member of the junior varsity team—providing volunteers for the morning’s arrangements. “We knew that we wanted to have a road race this year,” said Olkkola. After Gilligan’s death...
AFTER YEARS OF WATCHING HER SON KALE, 11, scramble for the soccer ball, Paige Brodie had an epiphany one day. "We spend so much time sitting on our butts watching these games," she thought, "we should play ourselves." With that, the Sherborn, Mass., mother of three organized a moms' team and became a new kind of soccer mom--one who plays in her own league...
Brodie, 43, and her teammates are part of a burgeoning trend of moms taking up their children's sports. At the John Smith Sports Center, where Brodie plays, the number of mothers' teams has shot up since 2000 from four to 14, including eight that cater to soccer novices. And it isn't just soccer: the International Society of Skateboarding Moms, for example, founded in 2004 by Barb Odanaka, author of Skateboard Mom, boasts 350 members. From kayaking to hockey to wall climbing, mothers are imitating their kids...
Playing the same sport your child does, the women agree, helps you better understand your kid's challenges. "I used to stand on the sidelines and yell, 'Run, run, run!'" says Lisa Alpert, 43, who plays on the Sherborn soccer team. "Now I know," she admits sheepishly, "how hard it is to keep running...