100 Soccer Balls is an annual grassroots campaign to provide inner city kids with free soccer balls & equipment!

100 Soccer Balls 2018

86 Soccer balls so far...

Drop Off Locations

  • Indigenous Family Centre 470 Selkirk Avenue
  • West End Biz 581 Portage Avenue
  • Social Planning Council of Winnipeg 432 Ellice Avenue
  • Manitoba Association Newcomer Serving Organization (MANSO) 610-275 Portage Avenue
  • Winnipeg Police Services Headquarters 245 Smith Street
  • Mosaic 397 Carlton Street
  • Labour Council 504-275 Broadway
  • Bonivital Soccer Club 100 Sunset Blvd
  • Central Neighbourhoods 231 Isabel Street
  • Forth 171 McDermot Avenue

Thank You to everyone who supported our campaign launch Friday Aug 3, 2018!

100 Soccer Balls 2017

300+ Soccer Balls
Help us give away 100+ Soccer Balls, shoes, shorts & other prizes to community children, watch some demonstrations and a participate Youth Soccer Tournament!

We began our campaign on Sunday July 30th 2017 at the BYOD (Bring Your Own Drums) event in Central Park and gave away our first 11 soccer balls to community children and family members. We are asking for new and gently used soccer balls, shoes of all youth sizes & soccer shorts to be donated and given away at the end of August.

Our #100SoccerBalls will finish on Aug 26th at our Family Fun Day at the U of RecPlex (the new soccer building beside the university of Winnipeg).

DROP OFF LOCATIONS
> Ma Mawi Chi Itata (445 King St)
> IRCOM House (95 Ellen St)
> United Way of Winnipeg (580 Main St)
> Manitoba Soccer Association (211 Chancellor Matheson Rd)
> Dakota Community Centre (1188 Dakota St)
> St Charles Soccer Association (L02 - 1311 Portage Ave)
> Rossbrook House (658 Ross Ave)
> Glenlawn Collegiate (770 St Mary's Rd after Aug 21 - before contact on Twitter@gciLRSD)
> Turtle Island Neighbourhood Centre (510 King St)
> Freight House - Door #1 (200 Isabel St)
> Social Planning Council of Winnipeg (432 Ellice Ave)

BACKGROUND

The 100 Soccer Balls campaign is based on the very successful 100 Basketballs annual campaign initiated by Lenard Monkman and in 2017 celebrating its 3rd annual campaign! 

100 Soccer Balls began in the summer of 2017 when Chris Clacio of AYO! was inspired to bring together a diverse collection of groups individuals and organizations

As we began to pull the 100 Soccer Balls coalition together, members of the Winnipeg community heard of our plans (on Twitter) and donated our first 30 balls (thanks Jordan & Heather). Not only did we bring soccer groups (Manitoba Soccer Assocation, Winnipeg Youth Soccer, St Charles Soccer Association) we were also able to bring together indigenous and newcomer groups (AYO/Ma Mawi & Immigration Partnership Winnipeg/IRCOM)​.

One of the unintended awesome partnerships that has developed has been one that reaches across the city to Glenlawn Collegiate and Dakota Community Centre. Our kick off event (get it haha) was at Central Park field at a drumming event intended t bring different cultures together through music.

We have 2 major events planned (see above) and are looking forward to welcoming more partners, more drop off locations and more helpers/entertainers/support for our Family Fun Day!

Check out ALL our posters here:
Thank you in advance to our amazing partners and the community in Winnipeg for making our inaugural campaign a (so far) success!