A Holiday Gift from Washington, DC: Youth gives time and resources for Cameroon

Skyler Weisskopf is a senior at The School Without Walls Senior High School in Washington, DC. He began playing soccer at the age of four years. As a youth he played for a traveling soccer club and continued his career throughout his high school years. He will tell you "Soccer has made me the person I am today".

Upon the start of his senior year, like many of his peers, Skyler was tasked to complete a "Senior Project". While many high school seniors would see this as another mind-numbing hurdle in the race to graduate, Skyler found it was a great opportunity to help under-privileged soccer players far from his home. So he began to collect soccer gear.

In a few short months, he had accomplished his goal! Thanks to his fellow students at The School Without Walls Senior High School and players from the Stoddert Soccer League of DC, Skyler was successful in collecting 62 jerseys (mostly team sets), 56 shorts (team set), 53 pair of socks (team set), 10 sets of shin-guards, 12 soccer shoes, and 12 brand new soccer balls.

Skyler's report will focus on stressing the importance of soccer in conflict resolution and building community: the power of the game to deter kids from engaging in delinquent activities in their neighborhoods and keep them in school. He found activities of CFDP to in sync with his view of the game.

Upon graduation, Skyler intends to study International Relations at the University of Vermont. He wants to pursue a career in diplomacy, as he has always found much interest in other parts of the world.
On behalf of the youth in Kumba and the local leaders of CFDP, we wish to extend a great "Thank you" to all who made this possible – especially you, Skyler! All of this equipment will be transported to Cameroon THIS SUMMER and included in our activities to reward outstanding young players and institutions that work with CFDP in our mission to empower youth and provide them skills to achieve great success.