"Just Like That, Now Don't Move!" Earlier this season the Hornet soccer players got together after practice and put on a soccer clinic for the children of faculty and staff here at the college as well as a group of kids from Kalamazoo east side neighborhood. These kids are frequent visitors to the Peace House.
The Peace House is the vision of four alumni. Jen DeWaele, Mike DeWaele, Jerry Mechtenberg-Berrigan, and Molly Mechtenberg-Berrigan. The good friends are all members of the class of 1997 and have been working at creating to create a two-house learning- and-play-centric community that is very grassroots. As well as renovating the two houses that sit side by side the property also includes gardens, a incredible playground, and green space. In the areas where these additions sit was most recently an abandoned lot and too say that it was overgrown was just a little bit of an understatement. A year ago the women's soccer team helped clear brush (the day of the chainsaw) and applied close to 15 gallons of primer to interior walls of one of the houses. If you ever get a chance to stop by the Peace House, it's a trip you won't regret. The address of the Peace House is 313 and 321 Phelps Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49048.
The players were responsible for the soccer activities and the coaching staff and training staff (Thanks Again Trainer Megan!) were responsible for preparing the picnic. The decimation of 80 hot dogs and 2 gallons of ice cream was one impressive feat! Special thanks go out to Rob Passage for helping transport the kids and Laura Furge for helping fill lemonade cups and serving as the clinic photographer. Included below are a couple pictures from the day.
Pre-Game Pep Talk
"Don't All Gang Up On Me"
"You're It"
"Why is the ball almost as big as my leg?"
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