SCOOP newsletter fall 2016 by Jake Lloyd

DC SCORES would like to thank the local and national funders who make our program a success*

SCORING CHAMPIONS Capital for Children D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities Office of the D.C. Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (New Communities Youth Development & Community Wellness) D.C. Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs (OLA) Lois & Richard England Family Foundation Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation Target Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. MVPs AmeriHealth Audi of America Herb Block Foundation BrightView Cresa Washington DC DIRECTV District Sports Lainoff Family Foundation The George Preston Marshall Foundation Morningstar Philanthropic Fund PricewaterhouseCoopers Share Fund Wells Fargo Foundation World Bank Community Outreach Program FANS Arnold & Porter LLP Blank Rome LLP CenturyLink Clark Construction Clark-Winchcole Foundation

SUPPORTERS The Advisory Board Company Capitol Hill Community Foundation CIT Group The Covello Foundation Crowell & Moring Foundation Dimick Foundation Claude and Nancy Keener Charitable Fund Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation Meltzer Group Employee Giving Fund Mintz Levin Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation Training Resources Group Leslie Wilkes IN-KIND Constant Contact D.C. Stoddert Soccer League DrinkMore Water Fair Chance First Book – Washington, DC Hunt4Soccer Junior League of Washington Resolution Read Committee

MATCHING GIFTS Breckinridge Capital Advisors DIRECTV Merrill Lynch The Pew Charitable Trusts Pimco Foundation Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

Wendy LeBolt, Fit2Finish Leveling the Playing Field Office Depot Foundation Penya Barcelonista Washington D.C. Princeton AlumniCorps Soccer.com Starbucks The Taproot Foundation Venable LLP Washington Area Girls Soccer League

*Supporters as of 10/1/2016

League of Champions Donors who pledge a major gift every year for at least 5 years. Anonymous David Barritt-Flatt Ben Brewster Anthony Brown Chris Bruneau David and Brigitte Burgett James Cain Kyra Chermenteff and Tom Richardson Ronya Corey and Devon McFadden Andrea Custis Clem Dinsmore Loretta DiPietro Kelly Dragelin Tilden and Mary Edwards Chris Finley and Ursula Savarain Kemba Ford Anthony Francavilla Lon Goldstein Steve and Michelle Goodman John Graebner Jay and Cheryl Grauberger Tom Hunt Paul Jackson and Tracey Rutnik Cal and Barbara Klausner Sam Klausner Dan and Kathleen Knise

Sara Kushma Lisa Koteen Gerchick Carl Kravitz and Elizabeth Werner Philip Kroskin Peter Leibold and Liz McCloskey Karen Lovitch Peter Loge and Zoe Beckerman Connie and Erik Lindenauer Don Marshall John and Livezy More Joshua McGee Howard and Gina McMillan, III Amy Nakamoto David and Paige Nicol Walter and Christine Okpych Tim Preotle Stephen Replogle and Skye Earls Chris Richardson Gene Sachs Bruce Schulman David Sheon Brendan and Tricia Sullivan Pierre Vigilance Richard and Batina Washington

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Fall 2016 Spring 2013Volume Volume19, 14,Issue Issue1 2

Summer SCORES Smiles

Building Teams, Improving Lives

Black is Beautiful

Black is beautiful. We are black. Sweet as waffle cones And the chocolate drizzling on top of my ice cream Sweet as can be, black like me But sometimes it gets hard I don’t wanna be scared when I see police cars I don’t wanna be mad, I don’t wanna be sad Seeing black people like me always in jail Black be beautiful like the space between the stars Black like you Black like me Black like us

Smiles were everywhere during eight weeks of summer SCORES programming throughout DC. Kids improved their soccer skills, learned new arts disciplines, and more (see p. 4).

Group poem Leckie Elementary School

Poems

IN THIS ISSUE

Poems are useless unless they are meaningful filled with love and thought like when I can sleep without noise and lay in bed with cakes listening to music Hanging out with friends and family gatherings filled with joy My grandmother’s fried chicken and pasta Eating seafood with laughter and poems

Delaney B., age 10 CFC #82924

TEAM CHAMPIONS Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation DC Trust Chiaramonte Family Foundation Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

The Andrea L. Custis Family Fund DC Bocce League Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Enlightenment Capital Gannett Foundation Grant Thornton LLP Corina Higginson Trust Hogan Lovells US LLP International Monetary Fund Bruce and Karen Levenson Fund Kirkland & Ellis LLP Richard E. and Nancy P. Marriott Foundation Marriott International, Inc. Merrill Lynch George Wasserman Family Foundation Nando’s Restaurant Group TD Bank (TD Charitable Foundation) TEGNA Venable Foundation Verizon Foundation Williams & Connolly LLP Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Women’s Sports Foundation Sports4Life Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

1224 M Street, NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20005 www.DCSCORES.org RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS City Fund D.C. Department of Health D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education D.C. United U.S. Soccer Foundation

Burrville Elementary School

Executive Director letter, p. 2 New program sites, p. 3 Summer SCORES, p. 4 Alumni success stories, p. 5

Get Involved! Donate! Volunteer! Learn more!

www.DCSCORES.org

What is DC SCORES? DC SCORES goes where kids in need are and creates neighborhood teams that give kids the confidence and skills to succeed on the playing field, in the classroom, and in life. We envision a DC where every child - no matter their family income - experiences the joys of childhood: sports, arts, service, and being part of a team. Where every child - no matter their family circumstances - is empowered to find academic success and grow into an emotionally and physically healthy teen and adult. Where every neighborhood supports and celebrates its children and their accomplishments on and off the playing field.

Stay Connected! DCSCORES.blogspot.com Facebook.com/DCSCORES Twitter.com/DCSCORES YouTube.com/DCSCORES LinkedIn.com/ company/dc-scores Instagram.com/dc_scores www.DCSCORES.org

SCOOP is written and produced by Communications Manager Jake Lloyd

From the Executive Director’s Desk Hi Team DC SCORES! In 2015-16, we provided nearly 350,000 child hours of programming. Thanks to supporters like you, we’re poised to do even more in 2016-17. We’re now operating in 55 sites, serving over 2,200 kids across all 8 wards (p. 3). In the first month of the season alone, we rolled out an updated elementary school poetry curriculum that aligns with Common Core; expanded our K-2 soccer pilot; welcomed several new staff and board members (p. 7); launched a new City Soccer League in partnership with the DC Department of Parks and Recreation; and celebrated our young poet-athlete Leron B. being named Most Outstanding Student at the 31st annual Mayor’s Arts Awards (check out Leron’s performance of his original poetry that night on our YouTube channel — YouTube.com/dcscores). Yet, the need in the District continues to grow. Our waitlist stands at more than 20 schools and rec centers representing hundreds of children who want DC SCORES but don’t have access to it. You can help: $28 outfits a child with all the supplies they need (including uniform) for a full year of DC SCORES. $121 provides an entire DC SCORES team (up to 40 kids) with writing supplies for the year. $8,000 provides trained refs for all middle school soccer game days. $25,000 provides a school partner a full year of DC SCORES’ comprehensive after-school programming. There are other ways to help us make this the best season yet for DC’s deserving kids. Cheer on your favorite team at a game day or referee an elementary school game. Volunteer at Fall Frenzy on Saturday, Oct. 22. Be inspired by our students’ profound messages and energetic voices at our Poetry Slam! on Nov. 16/17. You can donate, learn more about, and register for all of these activities on our website: www.dcscores.org Sincerely,

Bethany Rubin Henderson Executive Director

2015-16 DC SCORES By The Numbers

Internal team continues to grow

It’s true — our team is its biggest yet. Not only are we serving more DC kids than ever before (see p. 3) but to do so, our staff and board of directors are at their largest. This summer and fall we’re excited to welcome eight new staff (see below) and three new board members. Visit DCSCORES.org for full lists.

DC SCORES Staff Bethany Rubin Henderson Executive Director Katrina Owens Chief of Staff Yorman Amador Soccer Coordinator — Up2Us AmeriCorps Chloe Doto Community Engagement Coordinator Hannah Ehlers Writing Coordinator — AVODAH AmeriCorps Duha Elmardi Development Fellow

From left: New staff Lindsey Sharp, Hannah Ehlers, Chloe Doto, Yorman Amador, and Tony Francavilla (with dog Dexter). Not pictured: Duha Elmardi, Angel Rodriguez, Julia Thayer. See full staff list at right.

Tony Francavilla Director of Individual Gifts & Corporate Partnerships Sean Hinkle Chief Program Officer

DC SCORES Board of Directors Mr. Anthony Brown Chair Vice President, HR BrightView Mr. David Barritt-Flatt Sustainability Chair Director Clark Construction Group, LLC Ms. Andrea Custis Assistant Secretary Principal Custis & Associates Ms. Kelly Dragelin Assistant Treasurer Director AlixPartners LLP Mr. Christopher S. Richardson Secretary High School Math Teacher Washington Latin Public Charter School Mr. Bruce D. Schulman Treasurer Managing Director NGP Energy Technology Partners Mr. David Sheon Sustainability Vice Chair President WHITECOAT Strategies

Ms. Ronya A. Corey Senior Vice President Merrill Lynch

Ms. Jennifer Gennaro Oxley Executive Director Playworks

Mr. Mark D. Cowan Chief Executive Officer, Founder Cowan Strategies

Mr. Devin Talbott Principal Enlightenment Capital

Mr. Tim Delaney Senior Director of Marketing Association of Corporate Counsel

Mr. Pierre Vigilance Associate Dean for Public Health Practice George Washington University

Mr. Steve Goodman Head of Sales Arjuna Solutions Mr. Tom Hunt President, Business Operations D.C. United Mr. Chip Lohmeyer VP - Cloud Operations IBM Mr. Howard L. McMillan, III First Vice President-Investments Wells Fargo Advisors Mr. Victor Melara Director, Community Relations D.C. United Mr. Wally Okpych IV Director PricewaterhouseCoopers

BOARD INTERNS Mr. Brendon DelToro VP, Political Strategy iHeartMedia Mr. Michael Riggins Project Engineer Clark Construction Group, LLC

Chris Hudler Soccer Program Manager Greg James Athletic Director Rachel Klepper Director of Content & Learning Jake Lloyd Communications Manager Greta Poku-Adjei Operations Coordinator Angel Reynolds Bookkeeper Lindsey Sharp Soccer Coordinator — Up2Us AmeriCorps Julia Thayer Soccer Coordinator — Up2Us AmeriCorps Jessica Trevelyan Director of Foundation & Government Grants Keith Tucker Soccer Specialist

ADVISORY COUNCIL Visit DCSCORES.org to view our Advisory Council members and for information about becoming a member!

Libby Watkins Director of Monitoring & Evaluation

Phone: 202.393.6999 Email: firstinitiallastname @dcscores.org Fax: 202.393.0655

Recent organizational highlights

DC SCORES expands to record 55 sites!

DC SCORES Cup features 32 companies, more than 500 participants

On another impeccable day in late June, more than 500 DC professionals representing companies and law firms came together for the area’s largest charity soccer tournament. The 14th Annual DC SCORES Cup, held at the Maryland SoccerPlex, raised a tournament-record $140,000 for DC youth. The one-day, 86-game event provided nonstop fun

for participants and the chance for teambuilding and networking outside of the office. At the end of the long day of games, District Sports outlasted Zuckerman Spaeder LLP on penalty kicks to win the Competitive Division and first-time participant Enlightenment Capital won the Casual Division. And everyone came away from the Cup feeling great about supporting DC children and inspired by alumnus Nana, who was the star of the mid-tournament presentation. The day wouldn’t have been possible without the support of Whole Foods Market P Street, which donated hundreds of apples, granola bars and waters; DrinkMore Water, which provided 40 jugs of hydration; Subway, which donated the healthy subs needed to fuel up for the final games; a group of hardy and dedicated volunteers; and of course D.C. United, which donated tickets for all participants and celebrated the SCORES Cup during halftime of its August 27 game at RFK Stadium. Thanks to everyone who helped make the 14th DC SCORES Cup another one to remember; confirm your spot for the 15th edition on June 24, 2017, today. Nineteen spots left! DCSCORESCup.org

Coach Mark “Popsie” Lewis chosen as D.C. United Community MVP In July, longtime DC SCORES coach Mark “Popsie” Lewis was chosen by D.C. United as its Major League Soccer Community MVP for his work with DC SCORES. Lewis, who has coached e l e m e n t a r y, m i d d l e school and alumni teams for nearly a decade, received a trip to the MLS All-Star Game in San Jose where he was honored alongside 19 other MVPs representing cities’ teams in the U.S. and Canada during an on-field halftime presentation. “The trips and whatever else comes with it is not really why I do it,” Lewis said. “I do it because I genuinely care for these kids. I used to live in the Columbia Heights neighborhood and that’s where it started and I’m just trying to do something positive.” See all our awards at DCSCORES.org.

D.C. Council recognizes DC SCORES for 20 years On June 28 in the main chamber of the D.C. City Council, Councilmember Brandon Todd motioned for Executive Director Bethany Rubin Henderson and alumna Ana Galeas to join him and the council. He then officially presented the “DC SCORES Recognition Resolution of 2016” to Henderson and Galeas, congratulating DC SCORES on two decades of serving DC kids during the after-school hours. It was a shining moment of recognition for the program in front of the city’s entire central governing body.

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November 17: 19th Annual Poetry Slam!, Eastside

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November 22: Capital Cup middle school championship games

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November 22: Fall season last day of programming

Fall 2016 Program Sites Ward 1 Bancroft Elementary School (1999) Cardozo Education Campus (2010) Cesar Chavez Public Charter Middle School for Public Policy – Chavez Prep (2012)* Harrison Recreation Center — Elementary (2015)* Harrison Recreation Center — Middle (2015)* H.D. Cooke Elementary School (2005)* Lincoln Middle School (2007) Marie Reed Elementary School (1994) Parkview Recreation Center — Elementary (2015)* Parkview Recreation Center — Middle (2015)* Tubman Elementary School (2001) Ward 2 KIPP DC: WILL Academy (2012)* Seaton Elementary School (2012)* Thomson Elementary School (2007) Ward 3 Hearst Recreation Center (2016) Ward 4 Barnard Elementary School (2013)* Brightwood Education Campus — Elementary (2002)

Brightwood Education Campus — Middle (2014)* Capital City Public Charter School — Elementary (2012)* Capital City Public Charter School — Middle (2012)* Imagine Hope — Lamond Campus (2016) LaSalle-Backus Education Campus (2014)* MacFarland Middle School (2007) Powell Elementary School (2012)* Raymond Education Campus — Elementary (2007) Raymond Education Campus — Middle (2014)* Truesdell Education Campus — Elementary (2000) Truesdell Education Campus — Middle (2014) Upshur Recreation Center (2016) Ward 5 Imagine Hope Community Charter School — Tolson Campus (2013)* Taft Recreation Center (2015)* Turkey Thicket Recreation Center — Elementary (2015)* Turkey Thicket Recreation Center — Middle (2015)* Ward 6 Amidon Elementary School (2015)* Eliot-Hine Middle School (2014) Jefferson Middle School (2012)* Miner Elementary School (2013)* Payne Elementary School (2015)*

Ward 7 Aiton Elementary School (1999) Anne Beers Elementary School (1994) Burrville Elementary School (2000) Deanwood Recreation Center (2016) Hillcrest Recreation Center (2016) J.C. Nalle Elementary School (2012)* Kelly Miller Middle School (2004) KIPP DC: KEY Academy (2013)* KIPP DC: QUEST Academy (2014)* Thomas Elementary School (2014) Ward 8 Barry Farm Recreation Center (2015)* Hart Middle School (2012) Leckie Elementary School (2013)* Moten Elementary School (2011) Orr Elementary School (2012)* Turner Elementary School (2016) Washington School for Girls (2015)* *Denotes schools that participate in programming through a Soccer for Success Social Innovation Fund (SIF) Sub-Grant awarded by the U.S. Soccer Foundation to DC SCORES in partnership with the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) and KIPP DC. Visit DCSCORES.org for a list that includes all schools and recreation centers that participate in our four soccer leagues.

Summer SCORES: New experiences, new friends The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened on Sept. 24 to the public, but DC SCORES kids had already visited the site multiple times before the big day. Those experiences came thanks to longtime partner Clark Construction during the past few years. This past summer, the kids from the Soccer & Arts Camp enjoyed another cool cultural experience, exploring the construction site of the new Spy Museum. That unique field trip, thanks to Clark, illustrates the types of experiences more than 200 kids got during eight weeks of free summer camps. At our Kelly Miller Middle School weeklong soccer camp, kids from throughout DC came together, made new friends, and learned skills on the field that you’ll see across the city during our ongoing fall season. At camp’s conclusion, each age group’s counselor leader stood up in front of the group and presented teamwork, leadership and commitment patches to kids who had stood out. The youth beamed with pride as they strode to the front of the room to accept their awards. Similar progress, friendship, and unity were themes at the two-week Tubman Soccer Camp. Every hot, humid DC day saw increased attendance by dedicated kids like Nereida, a 13-year-old who is the first from her family to

Photos by Steve Christensen

DC SCORES opens doors for Ana, helps Edwin become leader

Edwin Ordoñez and Ana Galeas (bottom left in right picture) have overcome myriad obstacles to get to where they are today — freshmen in college.

play soccer and now says, “Soccer is life.” At Tubman, longtime camp director Popsie Lewis watched with a smile as Nereida practiced one drill after another — over and over again. She is “one of the most dedicated players,” Lewis said. “She never gives up, no matter what new things you give or show her.” Fast forward three weeks, and you could find the kids at our Truesdell Soccer & Art Camp huddled around professional DJ RBI as he showed them the fine art of DJing. It was the fifth and final week of camp, and RBI was the last arts instructor. In the previous weeks, the kids learned how to screen a T-shirt with The Arcade, how to dance with Petworth Dance Project, photography, and more. Talk about an action-packed summer of learning and keeping the mind engaged! The final day of camp featured a huge BBQ hosted by longtime summer camp funder and supporter Cresa Washington DC. In the unyielding heat, kids ate ice cream, braved the weather for a final scrimmage, and put an exclamation point on things by teaming up with DC Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) counselors — all DC SCORES alumni such as Raia Lockerman (pictured above) — to dump the full water coolers on their camp directors. Campers left Truesdell cool, content, and with new skills and friends.

When Ana Galeas joined DC SCORES as a thirdgrader at Raymond Education Campus in 2006, there was one reason. Soccer. This past summer, 10 years later, Ana, 18, spoke for six consecutive minutes about the program in front of 150 people at a Brookings Institute event. Ana sat alongside the likes of former Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter, and she talked about so much more than soccer in discussing the program’s impact. “DC SCORES has helped me a lot starting with helping me be a better leader, helping me to be a mentor to little kids and reminding myself that I was one of those little kids,” Ana said of being a counselor at DC SCORES’ summer camps. “When you see them smile you just remind yourself that it’s something that you’re helping them in.” This fall, Ana is enrolled as a freshman at Montgomery College in Maryland with a plan to transfer to the University of Maryland after two years. Neither of her parents and just one of her four siblings attended college, and she’s proud of where she is. She credits DC SCORES, which not only provided soccer but also connected her with leadership opportunities throughout high school. In fact, staff member Greta Poku-Adjei guided Ana during the college application process and provided constant support and reminders. Edwin Ordoñez’s story was on the front page of The Washington Post on April 11. The article documented Edwin’s incredible journey from an El Salvadorian

village where he lived with his grandparents and worked on a farm, to Guatemala, then Mexico, then walking across a desert and swimming across the Rio Grande River with his dad to enter the United States — at age 9. This fall Edwin is a freshman on a full scholarship at Princeton University. Between that momentous journey to the U.S. and now, Edwin blossomed into an inspiring leader and the valedictorian of Bell Multicultural High School. He gave a moving, impassioned speech at graduation. By then nobody questioned his ability to lead, but Edwin wasn’t comfortable in the spotlight and speaking publicly until he developed into the bedrock of coach Popsie Lewis’ DC SCORES teams at Lincoln Middle School. “Getting that practice on the field really gave me confidence to take on leadership positions outside the field as well, and I feel like that really reflected in the way I started high school and the way I carried myself through high school,” Edwin said in July as he began freshman orientation at Princeton. Ana’s and Edwin’s are just two stories of thousands that demonstrate the impact DC SCORES has had on kids’ lives from elementary school all the way to college and beyond. As evidenced by Ana’s SYEP work, and that of her peers, too, the program instills a desire in alumni to give back and support the kids going through SCORES now. They see themselves in the kids. “Continue to not stop and to never look back,” Ana told her summer campers. “The more things you’ll do, the more you’ll be happy about yourself.”