somosCE Announcement

San Antonio, TX – The Classics Elite Soccer Academy (CE) is excited to launch their new community service Facebook page, somosCE. CE has a long-standing history of community service in the greater San Antonio area dating back to 1992. The San Antonio Classics, a girls-only soccer club established in 1992, and the San Antonio Elite, a boys-only club soccer club established in 1998, merged in 2004 to form the Classics Elite Soccer Academy. Community service was a priority for both clubs prior to the merger and continues to be an important part of the Classics Elite mission. Some of the community service projects the club has been involved in over the years include:

· Annual food drives for the San Antonio Food Bank

· We are a sponsor to Kinetic Kids, which is a program that enables special need youth to experience playing sports

· annual soccer gear collections for underprivileged players and clubs in the US and South America – 6 countries 2,200 pairs of shoes

· free use of our facilities for referee certification

· Drive for Goodwill

· Drive for children’s shelter

· Annual Host to iplay Sports soccer program – San Antonio Sports under-privileged San Antonio area (5th graders) – the largest gathering in 2020 - 32 schools, 2500 families, 500 players

· free use of our facilities for coaching education courses

· donated food to the Dominica and Jamaican men’s national teams who played in the Alamodome in 2004

· TopSoccer is a program that brings soccer to special needs youth

· Community Library/Reading Program established at the CE facilities

· Food Pantry on-site at CE facilities

· Annual clothes drive for Battered Women and Children’s Shelter

· Clothes drive for Coker Methodist Church

· Blue Santa

· Toys for Tots

· Haven for Hope homeless shelter

· Fundraising for Cancer awareness

· Graffiti removal

· Sponsor/Participant in Ian’s Cup

Lupe Metzger, CE Director of Operations, states, “We wanted to create a page where our CE families could see and participate in the numerous community service projects Classics Elite players, families, and coaches are involved with currently and involved with over the past 25 years". We feel that the creation of the somosCE page will increase the awareness of ongoing community service projects that will hopefully broaden participation and ultimately benefit our San Antonio community.”