A friend of mine e-mailed this to me last night. I told her I'd put this on the boards and forward it to the Quakes. Guy > From: Montclair Soccer Club <MontclairSoccerClub@sportability.com> > Date: Tue Jun 1, 2004 9:52:48 PM US/Pacific > To: Montclair Soccer Club <pamofoak@aol.com> > Subject: Montclair Soccer/West Oakland Soccer > Reply-To: pamofoak@aol.com > > West Oakland Soccer Club > > The new West Oakland Soccer Club needs your help. > > During the Spring Season just ended the new Club started an Under-8 > program with the support of the Montclair and Rockridge Soccer Clubs. > The new Club borrowed Montclair Club uniforms while the Rockridge Club > provided soccer balls and even shoes and shinguards for most of the > players. > > For the Fall Season the West Oakland Soccer Club (WOSC) is committed > to maintaining the Under-8 teams and needs to build Under-10 teams to > accommodate the Spring Season players that need to move up. Open > registration for the Fall Season also indicated interest at the > Under-12, Under-14 and even Under-16. However, we cannot satisfy this > potential without your support. Building so many teams for boys and > girls will require financial support for 100 to 140 players and will > require more volunteer coaches. > > While the Jack London Youth Soccer League has committed to underwrite > the WOSC for the coming year to the extent of $33 per player, it still > costs an average of $100 per player for uniforms, team equipment > (balls, cones, first aid kits) and insurance plus training and > licensing for coaches and new referees. Most of the WOSC players > registered so far need the maximum financial assistance we provide. > > If you would like to support WOSC by check please make the check > payable to the Montclair Soccer Club and write WOSC Contribution in > the memo line. Send the check to MSC Treasurer, 6114 LaSalle Avenue, > No. 748, Oakland, CA 94661-2802. > > If you would like to contribute to WOSC by credit card, please visit > the website of the Friends of Oakland Parks and Recreation - > http://www.oaklandparks.org/ and click on Donate to Friends. On the > Donate to Friends page scroll down through Donation Programs to find > West Oakland Soccer Club. Enter an amount and click on continue to > provide your credit card information. > > You may also want to return to the Donate to Friends page to support > the Raimondi Project Fund, which will help fund redevelopment of > Raimondi Field. The project scope includes installation of two > artificial turf soccer fields and lights, effectively doubling the > capacity of the fields to support team sports activity. The Jack > London Youth Soccer League actively supports this project. > > Also on the Donate to Friends page you are invited to support the > general fund of Friends of Oakland Parks and Recreation by > participating in the Friends Wine Tasting Event, June 10 or buying > tickets through Friends to watch the Oakland A's play the Chicago > White Sox on July 18. I look forward to seeing you at one of these > events. > > Best regards, > > Ken Gibson>