Transforming communities through the power of poet-athletes.

DC SCORES

Washington, D.C.

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Volunteer with Us

Make an impact on youth as a DC SCORES volunteer for the fall season!

What We Do

  • Soccer
  • Poetry
  • Service Learning

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

Student Voices

“DC SCORES taught me to build connections with the community around me. It’s incredible what DC SCORES did for me.”

- Axel, DC SCORES Alumnus

“When you worked hard to be on that stage, grown-ups think it’s more worthwhile, and they think more.”

- Veronica, DC SCORES Poet-Athlete

“At DC SCORES you have to have a lot of love and respect. You have to pick up your teammates. You have to help them.”

- Kollyn, DC SCORES Poet-Athlete

“I wanted to share my story. DC SCORES gave me that space.”

- Yanina, DC SCORES Alumna

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