You’re Invited: Anderson Monarchs Event

posted by Kate // 5.18.10

Sports week at PhillyIn keeps rolling along. As children, many of our lives were touched by sports. They provided us opportinuties and taught us to set goals. Now, this Thursday, you can help these young girls achieve their dreams.

“Not all goals have nets.”

For some people, sports are “just for fun”. They are a weekend activity, fun family bonding time, or simply good exercise. For others, it can be an escape. An escape from bullying, from family problems, or from the rigours of everyday life. For a young child, it can open doors to places they never knew excited. That’s where the Anderson Monarchs Girls Soccer Club comes in.

The mission of the Anderson Monarchs Girls Soccer Club (based at Smith Playground in Philadelphia) is to provide high level soccer training and competition and academic support to inner city Philadelphia girls, but it’s become so much more than that. They give the girls skills, community, support, and hope.

They participants have achieved success on the field, in the classroom, and recently also in the press. (See the movie trailer above.) Word of mouth and the positive press has resulted in a steady growth in their program to the point that they CANNOT continue without more public support!!! They have never turned away a girl who could not afford their modest costs.

So in honor of the Anderson Monarchs Organization, you are invited to a beautiful evening at Signacurl by Joseph Lentini starting at 6pm in Rittenhouse. Cocktails will be provided by Race Street Cafe and Hors D’oeuvres from Lacroix Restaurant.

Any charitable donations to the Anderson Monarchs would help them monumentally. They operate under non-profit umbrella Soccer Sisters United, Inc. They will also be having couple items for a silent auction to help.