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The First Lady, Michelle Obama, joined the U.S. Soccer Foundation, the major charitable arm of Soccer in the United States at its free youth soccer clinic in Washington, DC on Friday, Mar. 5, 2010 to highlight the Soccer Foundation’s commitment to the national fight against childhood obesity and support for the First Lady’s Let’s Move! campaign that emphasizes the importance of children getting 60 minutes of active play each day. Representing Women's Professional Soccer was Washington Freedom goalkeeper Briana Scurry, the Freedom’s mascot “Glory,” and Mark Washo, President and GM of Washington Freedom. As a league, WPS has pledged its commitment ...

Women’s Professional Soccer was represented today in Washington, D.C. by Washington Freedom goalkeeper Briana Scurry, who took part in the kick-off ceremony for First Lady Michelle Obama’s formal unveiling of a nationwide campaign to address the serious epidemic of childhood obesity. For the first time ever, the First Lady will set a national goal of solving the obesity challenge within a generation so that America’s youngest children reach adulthood at a healthy weight. WPS, as a professional sports league that both promotes and represents healthy, fitness-minded living, has joined in this campaign with a commitment towards the goal of eliminating ...

Worcester Sharks President and CEO Michael T. Lehr announced today that the Worcester Sharks will host Heroes Night—A Tribute to the Worcester 6, on Sunday, December 6th at the DCU Center.  The entire event is presented by Charter Communications and funds will be raised for the Worcester Fire Scholarship Program and the burn care unit at the Shriners Hospitals for Children. On December 3, 1999 a five-alarm fire began in the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse in Worcester, Massachusetts and raged for six days. Six brave firefighters lost their lives, Firefighters Paul Brotherton, Jeremiah Lucey, Timothy Jackson, James Lyons, Joseph McGuirk ...

Sharks attend over 300 community events; donate over 15,000 tickets, and unleash new community initiatives. WORCESTER - Worcester Sharks President and CEO Michael T. Lehr announced that the Sharks and their fans raised more than $100,000 for various charitable causes through Sharks Charities during the 2008-09 season. The total was part of $2.38 million that was raised over the course of the season by the AHL and its 29 member clubs for donation to various charitable causes and relief funds across North America. "The entire Sharks organization, our sponsors, and our fans feel a responsibility to do our part to ...