Register to volunteer at the 2011 North Cambridge Soccer Nights!

Soccer Nights is only possible through the help of volunteers like you. Use what you are good at in a way that makes a differences - there's a place for you!

About Soccer Nights

Soccer Nights is a free summer evening soccer clinic for children ages 6-12 that seeks to promote athletic skill, leadership development and citywide unity in Cambridge, MA. It's about kids learning to work hard and be part of a team, peace and promoting citywide unity, and collaboration and community among neighbors.

Dates

Russell Field Park | 333 Rindge Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140

Session 1: Weekday evenings, June 27-July 1, 2011

Session 2: Weekday evenings, July 25-July 29, 2011

North Cambridge Volunteer Roles

Team Coach 

Lead a team of 5-10 kids through various activities and drills planned out by the division leaders; encourage, affirm and motivate each team member; build a united, positive, and fun team; communicate with assistant coaches to cohesively run drills and scrimmages for kids; act as support staff during curriculum and snack times.

• •Ability to motivate, lead and encourage a small group of youth; flexible, dynamic and enthusiastic; experience working with diverse people groups; experience playing or coaching organized soccer.

Assistant Coach 

Assigned to a team to assist team coach in demonstrating soccer drills and caring for, encouraging and cheering on the kids on the team, and helping kids complete drills and activities.  Assist coach in focusing the kids, helping things run smoothly.  

• • Enthusiastic, flexible, able to jump in adn help out where needed.  Enjoys physical activity and has soccer skills and adequate in order to demonstrate and teach drills to team.

Registration & Snacks

Work with lead staff person to run nightly registration (includes distributing tshirts and name tages, collecting applications and waivers, and providing additional information to parents.  After registration closes, work with lead snack person to prepare snacks and water for division; set out, distribute and clean up water and snacks.

• • Good with details and extremely organized; friendly, polite, assertive and welcoming; strong decision-making abilities; resourceful and able to answer questions from parents.  

Field & Curriculum Support

Work with lead staff person to facilitate curriculum each night within division.  Create environment in which coaches and their teams can participate and absorb curriculum.  Apart from curriculum time, primary role is to be in assigned division with kids, helping to focus them and assisting coach and assistant coaches in any way.

• • Enthusiastic, creative, able to jump in and help out where needed.  Works well with kids; able to c0-lead nighly lesson to division.

3-5 Year Old Acitivities

Work with lead staff person to facilitate activities for children who are not old enough to participate in regular programming; includes simple games and activites.

• • Fun, creative, energetic, experienced with children.

Media Team 

We’re looking for:  Photographers -  to take pictures; Videographers -  to capture & edit footage and create a 2011 Soccer Nights highlight video; Audio Technicians - to run sound system during week of Soccer Nights.

• • Experience in photography, videography, audio/technology.

How to Register 

Complete and submit the online registration form | Enter a ticket number at the top of this page

Sign the electronic release & liability form | Click here to read the full-text

Submit completed CORI & SORI forms by mail or fax to:

By Mail: Kaiti Jones/Soccer Nights

                    15 Notre Dame, Ave

                    Cambridge, MA 02140

By Fax:  617.252.0805 (to the attention of Kaiti Jones/Soccer Nights)

Sponsoring Organizations

Soccer Nights is spearheaded by Vineyard Community Offerings at Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Greater Boston, and is run in collaboration with the following Lead Partners and Sponsoring Organizations:

• Cambridge Police Department
• Cambridge Youth Collaborative (a collaboration comprised of Cambridge Community Fellowship Church, Cornerstone Church, Hope Fellowship Church, Pentecostal Tabernacle and Vineyard Christian Fellowship—Greater Boston)
• Federal Management at the Fresh Pond Apartments
• Seven Mile Road Church

Learn More

Visit http://www.soccernights.org for the latest program updates and to see pictures from Soccer Nights 2010. Also, check out our 2010 video below!