Our 1st Donation to Ecuador

The Gift of Soccer Foundation is proud to partner with our local soccer club, Rio Rapids Soccer Club, and a large individual private donation from Long Island, NY that was sent to support our mission. We had a collection bin located at the Rio Rapids office in Albuquerque. We were able to get a considerable amount of donations from them. We coordinated through Rio Rapids teams’ managers to spread the word that we were collecting gently used gear. 

Jordan Sambursky started a soccer gear collection for his mitzvah project. Jordon is from Long Island, New York and his soccer club was swapping out uniforms and did not want to see such great gear go unused. Jordan’s soccer team would have an extra three different color jerseys to outfit at least one team. Jordan and his friends collected over 300 pounds of gear and shipped the donation to the Gift of Soccer Foundation!

Here’s the email Jordan Sambursky sent out to his friends for his mitzvah project and the team photo. Jordan is left of the goalie. 

As you all know, I love playing sports, especially basketball and soccer. Every season, I am fortunate enough to get the new equipment and uniforms I need. I know that not everyone has that luxury. The Gift of Soccer Foundation is an organization that benefits less fortunate children in the United States and other countries such as Grenada, Mexico, and Zimbabwe. They collect soccer uniforms as well as gently used equipment to distribute to the kids that need it most. When I found out the Syosset Soccer Club was replacing all of their existing uniforms, I knew I could help this organization. I am collecting old uniforms and equipment that will be shipped to New Mexico where they will be cleaned, repackaged, and shipped to economically challenged schools, teams and organizations. It is my hope that these donations bring others the same happiness I have experienced playing soccer.

~Jordan Sambursky

Thank you Jordan for being one of the people that make a huge difference in the world!  You time and generosity truly makes the world a better place.  Your gifts will change the lives and make many children around the world smile.  Also, a special Thank You to the Syosset Soccer Club that generously donated many uniforms as well.

Rio Rapids SC U17Bs Scorpions and Rio Rapids SC U13Gs teams helped the Gift of Soccer with their international donation Pack-Up Event.  Members of the UNM Lobos Womens’s Soccer team also joined to help with our efforts. Collectively, they helped pack-up over 1200 pieces of soccer gear that is headed to kids in the jungles of Ecuador, via Hope Christian High School’s Annual Charity Trip. Each team in Rio  Rapids chooses a community service each year. We are grateful that our foundation was chosen this year by two of their teams. A special thank you to Global Kinetics for donating 20 indestructible soccer balls for use in the jungles and other remote areas.

Members of The Gift of Soccer transported the gear that was collected to Hope Christian School. We are grateful to Janira Tucker for coordinating our donations to be transported to Ecuador with Hope Christian High School’s Elohim USA team Annual Charity Trip. We were happy to be able to provide such a large donation.