Summer 2025 Was All About Play, Learning & Leadership
DID YOU KNOW? 450+ youth and teens were impacted, and 100% of those activities were run by former players!
“Summer is all about tailoring player participation with unique out-of-school experiences that build on their strengths, spark long-term engagement, and introduce them to new people and places. Best of all, 100% of these experiences are led by youth who grew up in our programs—through our expanding Summer Youth Jobs initiative!”
Check out this Video of Sport & Wellness Camp 2025
This video was put together by Summer Enrichment Coordinator (and former player) Declan Murphy!
We always kick off Summer with the National Day of Play #PLAYDAY
It’s a Wrap: Our 14th year!
The 14th year of our Soccer & Wellness Academy was a huge success, engaging nearly 150 elementary and middle school youth in two weeks of soccer play, fitness games, and special guest activities with the Lawrence Police & Fire and Stories in the Street. As part of our Youth Summer Jobs initiative, the Academy was staffed by 20+ Coach Mentors—mostly Beyond Soccer high school and college-aged players.
A special thank you to our long-time partners—New Balance Foundation, Commonwealth Motors, Greater Lawrence Summer Fund, Lawrence Summer Feeding Program, Blue Piano Fund, Enterprise Bank, MassHire, and more—for making this impact possible. Since its inception, the Academy has reached more than 3,000 youth!
The No-Cost Summer Nights Program... was a success thanks to DCR & other partners--above!
Summer Nights Highlight Video -- Coming Soon!
Another video put together by our Summer Enrichment Coordinator!
Almost every night in July & August, we played!
We had a great summer of Summer Nights, led by our team of Coach Mentors and spanning more than 150 hours of play across three locations. Director of Soccer Development Chris Marin and Summer Enrichment Coordinator Declan Murphy kept young people moving, playing, and engaged at every age.
This year’s activities built on past momentum with futsal at DCR Riverfront Park and the new SLE/Breen School courts, soccer at Pavilion Park for our female players, and cooking classes and game nights in Beyond Soccer’s enrichment space. These evening options proved especially valuable for families balancing work schedules, and thanks to another Summer Nights grant through DCR, the program reached more than 250 middle and high school youth.
Other Past & Returning Summer Programs & Partners
In addition to Summer Nights and our Annual Soccer & Wellness Camp, Beyond Soccer has run or sponsored the following summertime programs to make sure our kids have consistent opportunities throughout the summer for engagement and healthy activity:
- Soccer clinics with the Lawrence Recreation Department
- Beyond Fit
- Fuel for Performance
- Si Se Puede Soccer Clinics, run by our Summer Coach Mentors
- Lawrence Public School Program Partnerships
- Girls-in-Sports programs with Esperanza Academy
- Special group outings
- Movie Nights
- CPR & First Aid Training
- Job Training and Financial Literacy Programs
Through generous camp scholarship partners, hundreds of Beyond Soccer youth have enjoyed game-changing summer camp experiences in and beyond Lawrence.
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- Everyone’s A Player
- Boston College Lady Eagles Soccer Camp
- Francis Okaroh Overnight Camp
- Harvard University Crimson Soccer Camp
- Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy
- Vogelsinger Soccer Camp
- Central Catholic Soccer Camp
- MYSA GOALS Program
- YMCA Camps Otter, Nokomis & Lawrence
- Yarmouth Colts Camp
- Aztec Soccer Camp @ Governor’s Academy
- Merrimack College Soccer Clinic
