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The 2012 KLD Camp is being held from June 18th - June 29th (weekdays) at the
Cherry Chase School. Sunnyvale
from 1pm - 4pm
This year's camp is the largest ever with 400+ campers and 100 coaches.
We will also have an outstanding group of inspirational speakers (TBD)
Our guest speakers last year were:
Barry Groves, MVLA School District Superintendent
San Jose Earthquakes
George Lamptey, Olympian Ghana National Soccer team
Toure Carter, ex NFL player
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The Kick, Lead and Dream (KLD) Initiative was founded in 2007 to create an environment where motivated high school and middle school students come together with at-risk kids to provide them with role models and opportunities to learn soccer skills, leadership skills and the ability to dream BIG!
Campers from middle schools and elementary schools are coached and led by student coaches from local high schools. Camp highlights include soccer tournaments, club recruiting day, water balloon competition, and inspirational talks. Past speakers have included players from the San Francisco Forty Niners, Cincinnati Bengals, San Jose Earthquakes and FC Gold Pride, Police Chiefs and officers from Mountain View and Sunnyvale, Mountain View Mayor, and a Superbowl ring bearing High School Principal.
Campers and coaches are provided with plenty of refreshments along with T-shirts, bagpacks and a lot more. Transportation is also provided from select pickup points in Mountain View and Sunnyvale.
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COACHES
Fantastic opportunity to give back to the community and have fun. Be a role model to younger kids from underprivileged backgrounds. Enjoy playing soccer with them. Learn leadership skills. Hear inspirational talks from community and sports stars. Earn community service hours.
The camp had over 75 coaches last year from a range of Bay Area high schools including Mountain View HS, Los Altos HS, St. Francis, Bellarmine, Lynbrook, Homestead, Monta Vista, Fremont HS, Notre Dame and Harker.
| CAMPERS
Enjoy a great camp this summer. Lots of soccer, tournaments, food, games and prizes. Hear inspirational talks from famous sports figures. Compete to impress local club teams. And hang around with local high school soccer stars.
The camp had over 350 campers last year from Mountain View and Sunnyvale middle and elementary schools including Graham, Crittenden, Castro, Bubb, Huff, Columbia, Sunnyvale, Vargas, San Miguel and Cherry Chase.
| SPONSORS
Great opportunity to promote this all volunteer camp which brings kids from different backgrounds and demographics together, teaches them leadership skills, and strengthens our community.
Last year's sponsors include the Mountain View Police Activities League (MVPAL), Sunnyvale Police, MVLA Soccer Club, Kaiser, El Camino Hospital, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Lucille Packard Hospital, Google and Sonitrol.
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