Using Sport For Social Change

"Focus Virgin Island youth through sports and fitness, giving them the confidence they need to set personal goals, achieve their aspirations and create opportunity for themselves, their family and their community."

NOW IN OUR 4th YEAR!

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Using Sport For Social Change
Beaverton, OR 97006
United States
ph: 503-532-6756
dean.doeling@usingsportforsocialchange.com

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About Me

My name is Dean Doeling. I am a Senior Production Artist with Nike and I started this initiative in June of 2008 with the idea of just getting the kids of the schools in St. John, USVI something to play with. However, in speaking with many people on and off island, it is now my intention to develop and assist with sports and fitness programs that will eventually be self supporting and sustainable within all of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“Using Sport For Social Change” to donate new Nike Cross Country shoes to the Cross Country team of Ivanna Eudora Kean High School.

September 21, 2012 (St. John, USVI ).- Using Sport For Social Change, announced today that it will donate approximately 100 pair of new Nike Cross Country shoes to Ivanna Eudora Kean High School Cross Country Team, in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. The new shoes will be hand delivered by Dean Doeling, founder of Using Sport For Social Change (USFSC), a St. John-based initiative, on Thursday, October 4, at Ivanna Eudora Kean High School at approximately 2:00pm. All media and interested parties are welcome to attend.

It is the hopes of Mr. Doeling that this donation of approximately 100 new pair of Nike Cross Country shoes will uplift the Ivanna Eudora Kean High School Cross Country Team and give them a major competitive edge over their opponents this season and beyond. Right now the Cross Country Team consists of 20 teammates, both male and female, and are from both St. Thomas and St. John. Each teammate will be given a new pair of shoes for the season, leaving the other shoes for future athletes of the same team.

About Using Sport For Social Change

USFSC's primary purpose is to support local sporting programs that are already in place, with fundraising, community education and sporting equipment donated through Nike. Furthermore, USFSC is trying to resurrect some failed sporting programs and provide play days where kids from all classes and cultures can come together for and participate in sports-based games and skill challenges.

The motto of “Using Sport For Social Change” is to "Focus Virgin Island youth through sports and fitness, giving them the confidence they need to set personal goals, achieve their aspirations and create opportunity for themselves, their family and their community."

More information can be found at www.usingsportforsocialchange.com, or by contacting the St. John Community Foundation.

About Eudora Kean High School

Ivanna Eudora Kean High School, a co-educational public high school. Located on the eastern end of St. Thomas, serves 9th-12th grade students from both St. Thomas and St. John. In collaboration with parents and community members, Ivanna Eudora Kean High School will provide a quality education in a safe and secure environment for all students emphasizing varied curricula choices, sound teaching methodologies and appropriate facilities in order to prepare our students to be marketable globally, to enter school of higher education, and to become life-long learners.

More information can be found at www.edline.net/pages/Ivanna_Eudora_Kean_High_School

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“Using Sport For Social Change” and “Global Backpack Project” to donate backpacks filled with school supplies to all Guy Benjamin students.

September 11, 2012 (St. John, USVI ).- Using Sport ForSocial Change, announced today that in conjunction with Global Backpack Project, will donate one backpack filled with school supplies to each student at Guy Benjamin School, in St. John, US Virgin Islands. The backpacks will be hand delivered by Dean Doeling, founder of Using Sport For Social Change (USFSC), a St. John-based initiative, on Friday, October 5, at Guy BenjaminSchool at approximately 2:45pm. All media and interested parties are welcome to attend.

It is the hopes of these two initiatives that this will make it easier for children of Guy Benjamin School to focus on their education without worry of not having the most basic of school supplies, and to give each student a means by which to keep all their homework together and carry their homework and books to and from school.

About Using Sport For Social Change

USFSC's primary purpose is to support local sporting programs that are already in place, with fundraising, community education and sporting equipment donated through Nike. Furthermore, USFSC is trying to resurrect some failed sporting programs and provide play days where kids from all classes and cultures can come together for and participate in sports-based games and skill challenges.
The motto of “Using Sport For Social Change” is to "Focus Virgin Island youth through sports and fitness, giving them the confidence they need to set personal goals, achieve their aspirations and create opportunity for themselves, their family and their community."

More information can be found at www.usingsportforsocialchange.com, or by contacting the St. John Community Foundation at 340-693-9410

About Global Backpack Project

Global Backpack Project is a community-based nonprofit organization that collects and delivers backpacks and school supplies to children in need in the Pacific NW and around the globe.

Our Vision
We envision a world which supports education for all girls and boys so they may reach their unlimited potential in school and life.

Our Mission
Global Backpack Project exists to encourage a desire for learning by helping children feel prepared for school. With the help of our local community and partner organizations, we seek to make a difference in the lives of children just as they seek to make a difference for themselves and their community.

More information can be found at www.globalbackpackproject.org

Using Sport For Social Change is very proud of what Compund Media productions is doing by Using Music For Social Change. Check out their website and we'll see you at the show!

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Compound Media Productions is committed to creating; cultivating and sustaining the culture of community amongst non-profit/charitable organizations through music based intersectional events. We believe that through the growth of a communal culture charitable organizations will be able to share knowledge, resources and best practices increasing the chances of success and providing an atmosphere that promotes innovation.