THE LMSC SPECIAL NEEDS SOCCER PROGRAM is offered to boys and girls who have physical,
mental or emotional limitations that prevent them from being able to play soccer with other
children. Some of
the players require "walkers" to get up and down the field, other players can play unassisted,
but at a very slow rate due to physical or mental limitations.
The players range between 6 and 16 years of age. The program is played on Saturday mornings starting on
the Saturday after Labor Day weekend and running through mid-November.
The program has been around since 1992 and was created by Susan Reynolds. Under Susan's
leadership, about 25-30 needy kids each year are able to play soccer in the fall.
After Susan retired from the program after many years, Steve Spencer took over the program and did
an excellent job for close to 10 years. Steve retired from the program in 2006 and turned the
program over to Steve and Marlene Ross who ran the program through the 2011 season.
Taking over the program in 2012 will be Pete Garzia.
For more information about this program, please contact Pete
at pwrslave@comcast.net.
Our fall program will run on Saturdays, 8:45 - 10:00 AM at the Bala Cynwyd Middle School. Each session will last approximately 75 minutes.
The program will run for on the following dates:
- September 10, 17, 24
- October 1, 15, 22, 29
- November 5, 12
There is no soccer on Yom Kippur.
Click here to read a nice article about working with Special Needs children.
