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The Carlisle Soccer Club has received a $5,000 grant from the Warren County Philanthropic Partnership.

Grant funds will help the Club upgrade its irrigation system with a new electric motor, pump and future underground irrigation system.

"We’re excited to have been awarded this grant," says Lisa Wilson, Carlisle Soccer Club director of development. "We’re getting ready to take a huge step toward improving our fields and this grant is a great first step toward an investment in our Club and in soccer in Carlisle.

The Club will soon purchase an electric motor to replace the gas-powered engine that failed last July, pay for supplies to run electrical service to the motor and a new pump that will eventually supply in-ground irrigation. A lot of the labor for the project will be done by volunteers and through in-kind donations of service.

The Warren County Philanthropic Partnership was organized to promote and enhance community based philanthropy in Warren County. The Warren Count Philanthropic Partnership recently received a state award to facilitate endowment building and grant making.

The contribution to the foundation was made possible by the Iowa General Assembly. In 2004 the Iowa legislature passed several bills to encourage foundation building and community based philanthropy. 

Among these measures was H.F. 2032 which provided that non-gambling counties, initiating a county-wide community foundation would be eligible to receive on half of one percent of the stat’s gross gambling tax receipts.

Eighteen grant applications were received and eleven organizations across Warren County shared in the funding allocations.

To meet demand for additional winter soccer in Carlisle, the Carlisle Soccer Club will sponsor an eight-week indoor soccer league this winter. The league will be administered by  Ken Sadler, Paul Gruber, and a committee of volunteers committed to the long-term improvement of soccer in the community. High school soccer players will also coach and referee games under the supervision of trained coaches and referees.

Ninety percent of the profits from the registration will be donated to support both the boys and girls high school soccer programs and 10 percent will support soccer scholarships for the Carlisle Soccer Club.

"The coaches and volunteers that have organized this league see this as a great way to complete the circle between the Club and the high school programs," says Ken Sadler, a long-time Carlisle soccer supporter and national C licensed coach. "The players who started with the Club when it was re-formed in 2004 are now the foundation for the high school program, so it makes perfect sense to build those ties while providing more soccer opportunities to the younger ages."

Indoor soccer is a fast-paced style of soccer that encourages ball control and technique over physical play. With limited space and constant pressure, players will learn to think and react quickly.

The league will run Sunday afternoons from January 10th through February 28, with games played in the Elementary School Rec Center. All teams will be coed. Players register as individuals and will be placed onto competitively balanced teams. The cost is $35 for the eight-week session, which includes eight games and a free t-shirt.

You can download the registration form here, fill it out and mail it in with your check made out to the Carlisle Soccer Club to Carlisle Soccer Club, c/o Indoor soccer, PO Box 254, Carlisle, IA 50047. The deadline for registration is December 22nd.

For more information, contact Ken Sadler at 515-321-6221 or Paul Gruber at 515-491-2446.

You may have noticed that the Carlisle Soccer Complex was cleaner than ever this past fall season…thanks to four new Recycle Centers purchased with a grant from Metro Waste Authority. The Centers have specific containers for trash, cans, recyclable plastics and paper.

Volunteers have been redeeming cans ($60 after only two weeks) and recycling plastics since the Centers were installed earlier this season.

The u10 Pink Panthers took part in the Shoot the Moon soccer tourney over Halloween weekend and placed 3rd out of 7 teams in their division with three wins and one tie!

Pink Panthers are (front row, left to right) Becca Reece, Abbie Molina, Kennadie Arpy; (middle row) Natalie McCormick, Samantha McPhee, Arika Lambson, Ceora LeClaire, Ali McKibben and Kassidi Freel. (back row) Coaches Tom Reece and Joy LeClaire.

See our registration page for links to online registration.

It looked like the English Premier League as the Carlisle Pink Panthers played early Saturday morning in the snow flurries. The Pink Panthers won the game 6-0.

Congratulations to coach Ken Sadler for successfully earning his USSF National "C" License in soccer coaching. 
 
It is very rare for a soccer club to have someone as dedicated as Coach Sadler who has demonstrated a passion to continue his education in learning the craft of coaching our sport.  To earn his National "C" designation recognizes his ability as a coach and we are honored to have him as one of our own. The "C" designation Ken has earned is the equivalent to someone coaching at a top high school or junior college soccer program.  To have him working with our youth rec teams is incredibly fortunate for us. 

The Club is fortunate also to have a National D licensed coach, two state D licensed coaches and several E licensed coaches. The majority of our coaches at all levels have taken an Iowa Soccer Association coaching module, giving our recreational players a select-type of soccer experience at a recreation soccer price tag. 

Ken was the energy behind the resurgence of the Carlisle Soccer Club back in 2003 and, after a short time living in Texas, has returned to Carlisle, where he’s coaching a u12 boys team and a u19 boys small-sided squad. 

Please join the Carlisle Soccer Club in congratulating Ken in his accomplishment.
 

We are so excited to share with you the NEW Carlisle Soccer BenefitBar, a communication AND a fundraising tool.

It is the same size and shape and fits in the same location on your computer as any other toolbar. This will not replace your existing toolbar: its stays where it is on your computer, and the Carlisle Soccer BenefitBar appears just below them.

The features on the BenefitBar are all designed to help us communicate better with you in a non-intrusive way. Also it is designed to make your life on the internet easier. THERE IS NO COST TO YOU. It is easy to download… just click this link and follow instructions. Just by downloading the BenefitBar a donation to the Carlisle Soccer Club will be made by the corporate sponsors. Then, by using the Carlisle Soccer Club BenefitBar, you’ll help raise dollars for the Club and get current information in an entertaining and efficient way.

We are proud to have you as a supporter of the Carlisle Soccer Club, and we hope you are proud to have the Carlisle Soccer BenefitBar on your computer. Please feel free to share the Carlisle Soccer BenefitBar with your friends so they can have the same benefits as you.

A sample of benefits you receive by having the Carlisle Soccer BenfitBar are:

• Yahoo search engine; by using the Yahoo! Search engine that is conveniently located directly on the Carlisle Soccer BenefitBar just to the right of our logo, you are raising dollars for the Club. You’ll get the same search information you receive using whatever search engine you use today, but now you help raise money for Carlisle Soccer, at no cost to you.
• No spyware or adware on our BenefitBar.
• Important dates reminder/calendar
• Discounts on goods and services
• Quote of the day
• Tip of the day
• Joke-recopies-inspirational messages
• Current event updates

There is no cost to our organization or to you; this is truly a win-win for everyone!!

If you’re not interested in loading the Carlisle Soccer BenefitBar on your computer…no problem. Thanks for checking it out.

And thanks for your support of soccer in Carlisle! Go Pride!

For three days, Carlisle Soccer volunteers quenched the thirst of visitors at the Des Moines Arts Festival. They sold beer and wine at one of four beverage stands during the downtown event and earned $1,600 in tips and $2,997.97 in commissions for a total income of $4,597.57, according to Lisa Wilson, Club development director. 

"This was an awesome fundraiser," says Lisa. "When we talked with the Arts Festival about this opportunity, this was at the low end of the expected earnings from running all four tents, so, to earn this much from just one tent was an amazing job by all the volunteers." 

"Thanks again for everyone’s hard work and ongoing dedication to our club," she adds. 

The volunteers worked three-hour shifts - some more than one - to help raise the funds which will go to further development of the soccer complex.

Thanks to the following volunteers who gave their time and energy to our effort: Katy Petersen, Gina Stone, Melody Ammons, Joel Pech, Andrea Conroy, Lloyd Jones, Dawn Payne, Brian Payne, Paul Gruber, Chad Cooper, John Kamerick, Tiffany Kamerick, Christina Middleswart, David Steen, Tom Nelson, Kim Nelson, Leslie Vanhauen, Mark True, Sara Cooper, Stacy Harding, Tara Morris, Katie Shields, Leslie Stahowick, Eric Mcgarrah, Megan Morris, Michelle Manders, Deb Lancaster, Cheryll Polley, Jake Whipple, Joy LeClaire and Tim LeClaire.