We continue to break new ground for students, UCLA Athletics, and underfunded athletic programs.  SSYM hosted the first and largest fundraiser in program history of UCLA Men and Women’s Soccer (called ONE GOAL)!  We developed the first Gala ever done for the soccer program to launch the movement toward raising $10 million dollars for a desperately needed soccer stadium. The current field is built in the middle of the school’s track field called Drake Stadium.  The location has the bare bone amenities and plastic Pop Up tents for “home” and “away” half-time team meetings.  Denise G. Jackson, LUTCF who is the mother to Taylor Jackson & Jordyn Jackson is an active alumni, along with 7 Bruins in their father, Chris Jackson’s immediate family.  Please consider supporting Soaring Samaritans Youth Movement’s work through donations and soccer balls.  Our aid to education, athletic programs, and children is certain to be carefully researched to go where it will truly impact underfunded youth and programs in need!

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One nonprofit organization that stands out is Soaring Samaritans Youth Movement. Taylor Bay Jackson, a Chaminade eighth-grader, has owned this organization for four years. Taylor is a passionate soccer player who shares her love of soccer with other children around the world. With the help of her sister, Jordyn, they work as a team to hand deliver soccer balls to children in foster homes, underfunded soccer centers and schools, as well as government-run homes around the world. To fund the cost of delivering soccer balls and their transportation, Taylor and Jordyn created and own a jewelry line called Soar Jewels. Taylor brought her creative talent to our middle school and turned it into a lunchtime club which met once a month to bead bracelets. Her club was a huge success — all the beaded bracelets sold out at the Justice Fair. Taylor’s organization is an exemplary illustration of delivering good news to underprivileged institutions. In fact, the entire Justice Fair is good news.

Our students worked hard to deliver good news to other students, educators, and parents with the items that they sold for their charities, and within three lunchtime periods, all 25 groups raised a total amount of $12,897! The Justice Fair culminated in a celebration of Mass honoring the work of our students and their nonprofit organizations as a sign of good news.

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Sisters Taylor Jackson and Jordyn Jackson are so excited to be Vice President of One World Play Project’s movement to make life more playful. They donate and hand deliver soccer balls to youth living in critical conditions all over the world.  The sisters believe that getting people out to play promotes community, empowerment, confidence, and good health. “Play” provides hope to people who need a positive outlet. Thank you to the community for all your support in voting these sisters as vice presidents 👭.

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