LIMA, OH (WLIO) - The Oheneba Soccer Academy held their 7th annual summer camp.
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Kids can have fun learning soccer skills this summer, we get more information about the Oheneba Soccer Academy!
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - A local non-profit raised money to continue providing mentorship to young kids through soccer.
At the Vine Street Soccer Fields, dozens of potential future soccer stars were hard at work mastering the fundamentals and basic techniques of traveling, stopping, and maneuvering the ball with the proper movements. For the second day of camp on Wednesday, kids will focus on dribbling and shooting the ball. While the camp does emphasize and strengthen the physical skills related to the game of soccer, it also solidifies the social skills for the game of life.
The Oheneba Soccer Academy is warming up for a busy summer.
Even though it has started, a local soccer camp says they can take more campers. The OHENEBA Summer Soccer Academy runs Tuesday through Thursday nights from 6:00 p.m. until 7:15 p.m. and Saturday mornings 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at the Vine Street Soccer Pitch. The camp cost $90 and there could be scholarships available. Around 50 kids ages four to twelve years old are already participating and learning more about the game and about life.
Edward Eghan is the founder executive director of the Oheneba Soccer Academy and adds, “So this fundraiser will allow us to provide over 210 scholarships for kids in this city. Especially the underserved community. So, the purpose of this gala is to raise funds for all our yearly activities.”
The Oheneba Soccer Academy is a Lima-based organization that aims to help bolster kid's feelings of self-worth and value, which will in turn help boost confidence. A game was held on collet street next to safety city, and organizers hope that kids learn important life lessons through the game of soccer.
The soccer academy continued their 2-week soccer program Tuesday evening. The program is meant to teach kids of Lima the history of the sport of soccer as well as help them with the fundamentals. It is open to anyone ages 4 to 12, and kids participating receive a free jersey, shorts, and socks. The non-profit wants to ensure that kids who cannot afford the program gets to be able to take it, and they are able to do that through donations with the main goal to mentor kids to discover who they are.
Oheneba Soccer Academy is a non-profit organization that works toward giving kids the opportunity to play the sport. On Saturday, they were at Collett Park where they gave away 200 soccer balls to kids in the area.