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2010 YMCA Seminar on the Education for Peace in Madrid, Spain

July 26th, 2010 · No Comments

The 2010 Peace Seminar included 19 global representatives from YMCAs in the Middle East, Europe, North America, Latin America and Africa. The participants were selected by their YMCA national movements to take part in the Seminar in Madrid, Spain May 3rd -10th. We are proud to support Candace Cooper (PeacePasser’s Director) as she was selected […]

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Thanks goes out to Team Phoenix U8!

May 17th, 2010 · No Comments

We’d like to give a special thank you to Team Phoenix in Albuquerque,  New Mexico for their dedication in donating soccer equipment to PeacePassers. We greatly appreciate the leadership of the Salinas Family as well as the friends & family involved in collecting new & used equipment. The young players on this team are setting […]

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Tags: Donations · News

PeacePassers equipment headed to Getsemaní, El Salvador

January 21st, 2010 · Comments Off

Building on collaborations with Habitat for Humanity-El Salvador (HFH-ES), Myers Park Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, NC) and the Peace Passers we have collaborated to send 34 soccer balls, 103 pairs of youth size soccer boots, 71 soccer jerseys, 26 Nike t-shirts, as well as field cones & sport duffle bags to Getsemaní, El Salvador. The mission […]

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Tags: Donations · News · Travel Logs

The Gift of Giving is Open to All Ages

December 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Five year-old Keller from Greenville, NC has us all smiling big. For his recent birthday party he collected 15 brand new soccer balls for Peace Passers. Keller has been playing soccer since he was three and his family thought he would enjoy collecting soccer balls for other children.  His father Todd explained “He was a […]

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High school student collects 190 pairs of boots for PeacePassers!

December 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments

We are excited to give credit to fellow soccer player Jake for completing an exceptional soccer cleat collection drive in Chatham, NJ. Jake recently collected 190 pairs of soccer boots from his local soccer community. The recent donation from Jake will help in our collaboration with Playforhope.org and their efforts in establishing long term, sustainable […]

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Tags: Donations · News