Hello, my name is Sarah Peppers,
and I pleased to be joining the Seattle SCORES team!
I am working as Coach Across America Member through the AmeriCorps
Corporation for National and Community Service.
I
would have been interested in any program combining youth, sports and service
learning, but when I saw the Seattle SCORES position listing, that the sport was soccer,
and they incorporated poetry into the program, I fell, with my ten years of
soccer and my B.A. in Literature, head over heels!
I am excited to be joining the America SCORES Seattle team because I love what the program is about. I love reading the students’ poetry. I have been blown away and touched by their creativity, depth, vision and general fun in their writing. The number of mentions, for that matter all out odes, to sportsmanship, being a good teammate and the value of play over winning or losing has also made quite an impression. The Poetry Slam I have been excited about, telling my friends how cool I think it is that SCORES (the kids and the program) put on such a cool event and how impressed I am that the students put themselves out there! I really value community and am eager to get involved in our schools and neighborhoods!
