Agenda/Contents

• About New Dimensions Soccer

• Our Philosophy

• Reasons/Opportunity for New Dimensions

• New Dimensions Activities and Growth

• Future Planning

• Current Supporters

Introduction – About Us

• New Dimensions Soccer Corporation is a nonprofit corporation and is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, health, social welfare and community betterment purposes by providing instruction in moral and character development; integrating immigrants into the St. Louis community via soccer and sportsmanship while fostering international understanding.

• We are a 100% volunteer organization, and is recognized as a charitable organization under the Federal Income Tax section 501(c)(3) of the Internal code.

Introduction – About Us• Our capacity to create and learn is built upon five (5)

principles/disciplines, crucial to the success and longevity of the organization:– Team Learning: learning how to recognize patterns of optimal

team interactions. – Shared Vision: sharing “pictures of the future” that foster genuine

commitment and enrollment rather than compliance.– Understanding Mental Models: Similar to Team Building,

embracing this discipline allows us to question the “way we’ve always done it.”

– Personal Mastery: communicating our vision in an effective manner and deepening that vision by being committed to lifelong learning.

– Systems Thinking: understanding the connectedness of the patterns of the world around us as opposed to only seeing events in isolation. Seeing the “whole” as greater that a sum of its parts.

New Dimensions Philosophy• The ultimate focus of this effort is community

betterment through the vehicle of athletics, in this case, soccer.

• Outreach program that is multicultural and generative:– Multicultural in the sense that we strive to connect with

refugee, immigrant children and their families new to St. Louis from war-ravaged countries as Liberia, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Russia, to name a few.

– Generative in that the environment originates and stimulates continued physical, mental, and social growth.

Reasons/Opportunities

• Provide access to the game of soccer for:– Under served– Under privileged– Immigrant children

• Provide Optimum Learning Environment:– 4 vs. 4 Format– No Coaching from sidelines– No keeping score or standings

• Extend “Skills” beyond Soccer– Life-skills (partnership, cross culture, assimilation)

Activities and Growth

• Started with Soccer, demonstrating the ability to build trust– St. Louis International Youth Soccer Festival– 4v4 Session Play– Tournaments:

• University City• Midwest Soccer Academy

– Coaches Clinics

Activities and Growth• Developed Partnerships

– CBC High School– Center for Torture and War Trauma Victims– Refuge of Nations– Christian Friends of New Americans– UrbanFuture (Fanning/Mann SLPS)– St. Louis Public School (Bush School)– Catholic Charities (International Youth Soccer League/IYSL)– St. Mary Magdalen Catholic School (Winter Futsal)– St. Louis Scores– Metro Strikers

Activities and Growth• Life Skills Support

– Essay Writing Contest– Guest Speaker – Genocide Survivor– Cultural Exchange Program– Counseling

• Soccer Drives– Soccer Jersey Drive– Soccer Shoe Drive– Shin Guard Drive

• Scholarship Program– Placement of exceptional immigrant children that exhibit

extraordinary efforts scholastically, athletically, and personal growth into private educational institutions.

Activities and Growth

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Festival Play

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Future Planning

• Soccer– Extend Further into Immigrant locations (2008)

• Add a potential 4th playing location (2008)• 8v8 Pilot Session (Spring 2008)• League Sponsorship (2009)

– Solidify Cultural Exchange Program• St. Louis (Started in 2007 and Schedule in 7/2008)• Holland (3/2008)• Japan or Greece (2009)

Future Planning

• Additional Partnerships– International Institute (2008)– Boys Club (2008)

• Extend Life Skills Support– Cross-team support (2008)

• New Dimensions Corporation– Insurance (Limited Liability, etc.)– Child safety (background checks)– Vehicle for transporting children– Field Rental, Goals, Netting, Cones – Expansion of Scholarship Fund

Supporters

• Past Supporters:– Genovese Jewelers– GMS Incentives– Reuters– CBC High School– Individuals

• New 2007 Supporters:– St. Louis Mortgage– Gund Corporation– Ackerman Toyota– JS Logistics– Entell Communications– Individuals

Looking to Expand!!!