Help CASL win a $2500 Community Grant!

CASL Needs Your Help to win a $2500 Community Grant!

From now until November 30, YOU can help CASL win a $2500 Responsible Sports Community Grant from Liberty Mutual Insurance. This program is all about rewarding sport clubs who demonstrate a commitment to a Responsible Sports environment. This is a competition grant and is all about engaging YOU as a parent and/or coach. 

All you have to do is

1. CLICK HERE (for parents) or HERE (for coaches)
2. Read through some tips on how to maintain a responsible sports environment as a parent or coach
3. Take a short 10 question multiple choice quiz (I took it - it's really easy. It only takes one attempt and you get to change your answers until they are right)
4. Credit your quiz to Capital Area Soccer League - you may have to search for us!
5. Verify your email - this is key as we won't get the point until you verify your email address.

If you are a Parent AND a Coach - just pick one! You should then get an email that allows you to send it out to friends and family. It's simple - the club with the most votes wins. The only key rules are you have to be 18 years or older and only one submission per person/email address. These grant funds will allow CASL to serve you better and to help us fulfill our mission. 

I don't know if any of you have noticed, but CASL's mission statement recently changed. It now reads, The mission of CASL is to provide positive and high-quality instructional and competitive youth soccer opportunities at all levels of play that enhance character, community and the love of the game for a diverse membership of children ages 4-18 and their families across Wake County and to serve as a community partner to improving the quality of life in Wake County. 

A mission statement is the purpose of a company and outlines an organization's values. It is a reason for existence. Without it, CASL would not have a clear direction. The purposeful mission realignment of CASL is a way to get all of us on the same page. There are roughly 9,000 youth players in our club who we need to take care of across all divisions and ages of play. Additionally, parents and coaches deserve our attention as they are instrumental in allowing CASL to work toward achieving its mission. They help us fulfill our mission because they are on the front lines (or sidelines) of our players' experiences and are the foundation for a positive club experience and the associated positive youth development traits that we hope our players will take with them throughout their lives. 

Two U14  CASL teams (CASL WF United and CASL Pride) faced off against each
other in the Furniture City Classic Finals - players, parents, and coaches
supported a Responsible Sports environment by engaging in and supporting a
pre-game handshake between teams!

Parents and coaches are an extension of the CASL brand as we all represent this club on a day-to-day basis in conversation, carpool lines, on business trips, or travelling for soccer games on the weekend. Parents and Coaches are often the first sources of feedback and conversation with our players, whether it's at the pre-game breakfast meal at home, on the car ride to the game, during warm-up or half-time, a post-game chat, cheering from the sidelines, or the car ride home. These are just a few instances where parents and coaches play a pivotal role in the experience of young athletes.

It's still the beginning of the season, and this is a great time for a simple reminders about the small things we can do to promote a positive environment at CASL. Please join us as we compete for this nationwide competitive grant - we are competing for 1 of 5 $2500 grants for large sport clubs!