One Night One Goal Kicks Off DC SCORES 30th Anniversary Celebrations
The Audi Field event also broke DC SCORES fundraising records by bringing in more than $550,000 for poet-athletes.
DC SCORES
Washington, D.C.
DC SCORES empowers youth to lead healthy lives, be engaged students, and have the confidence and character to make a difference in the world.
Upcoming Opportunities
Make an impact on youth as a DC SCORES volunteer for the fall season!
What We Do
Soccer
DC SCORES creates neighborhood soccer teams that become lifelong communities. By coming together for practices, gamedays, and tournaments across the school year, poet-athletes forge meaningful relationships with friends and coaches and build a support network that stays with them long after they graduate from the program.
Poetry
During our fall season, poet-athletes learn how to write creatively and perform their poetry as a team. By raising their voices on the issues they care about most, poet-athletes improve their social and emotional health, learn to express themselves creatively, and become champions for their neighborhoods and wider communities.
Service Learning
In the spring, poet-athletes take on an issue they explored in their poetry and apply their soccer teamwork skills to a community service project. By working together on something that matters to them, poet-athletes form deep connections to their neighborhoods and become young leaders for positive change in their city.
Who We Are
We envision a D.C. where every child experiences the joys of childhood and is empowered to grow into a physically and emotionally healthy adult — on and off the playing field.
3000
+
Poet-Athletes
Served Each Year
60
+
Schools
30
Years of Impact
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