The new year is almost here, and at SCORES we’re gearing up for an action-packed 2025 for our Poet-Athletes! But before the fireworks start, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the impact we’ve made together these past 12 months.

🎉SCORES is celebrating 20 years of providing free programming to thousands of students in Cleveland public schools! Through our unique blend of soccer, poetry, and service programming, students develop the experiences and knowledge to gain self-confidence, communicate more effectively, and develop healthy habits.

SCORES empowers students to become Poet-Athletes and supports them in realizing their academic, social, and physical potential. 🎓💪

The holiday season is critical for SCORES, and this year, we need your support more than ever. Local school budget cuts have stressed an already unmet need for after school programming for Cleveland youth, making programs like SCORES even more crucial to our community.

As we head towards the end of the year, it’s our last opportunity to ask for donations to keep our work going into 2025 and beyond, looking ahead to the next 20 years.

Our 2025 Goal: Increase the number of teams in our schools, ensuring that all aspiring Cleveland Poet-Athletes have the opportunity to WRITE, PLAY, and ACHIEVE. 👏

We need everybody’s help to reach this goal - no gift is too small!

Please donate today and join us in creating more Bright Futures!

Thank you in advance for your generosity, commitment to Cleveland youth, and support of our work!

P.S. If you prefer to donate by check, please address to America SCORES Cleveland and mail to:

Alison Black
America SCORES Cleveland
3631 Perkins Ave, Unit 2CE
Cleveland, OH, 44114

About America SCORES Cleveland

Founded in 2004, SCORES programming utilizes a team-based learning approach that takes place in a safe and trusting environment to build healthy engaged learners who are equipped with the skills and confidence to pursue their aspirations. Currently, we impact over 1,500 scholars throughout Cleveland, offering over 32 weeks of programming throughout the year.

Our Model

SOCCER engages poet-athletes with their peers, forging meaningful relationships that stay with them long after they graduate from the program. By playing soccer students learn the values of teamwork, sportsmanship, and discipline. SCORES creates neighborhood soccer teams that become lifelong communities.

POETRY promotes creative thinking and gives poet-athletes an outlet to express their emotions. By raising their voices on the issues they care about most, poet-athletes improve their social and emotional health and become champions for their neighborhoods and wider communities.

SERVICE LEARNING instills a sense of compassion, social responsibility, and personal worth. By working together on something that matters to them, poet-athletes form deep connections to their neighborhoods and become young leaders for positive change in their city.

POET-ATHLETES are those who nurture their minds, bodies, and community through poetry, soccer, and service. SCORES provides safe spaces for children to find their voice, empowering them to grow into physically and emotionally healthy adults.

Making a Real Impact

82% students improved their aerobic capacity

Current Program Sites

WRITE. PLAY. ACHIEVE.

Join the team and raise funds to give Cleveland Poet-Athletes a Bright Future!

Team Members