Date Set For JAMBOREE

America SCORES LA's annual JAMBOREE will take place on Wednesday, June 2 from 1:30-4:30 at Mar Vista Recreation Center. The JAMBOREE is a chance for poet-athletes to celebrate the end of their season with food, face-painters, bounce houses, a friendly game of soccer, and a chance to show off the community service projects they have completed this season.

There are many volunteer opportunities available for this event. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up here

*UPDATE* If you would like to help make JAMBOREE a success this year by donating, please see our JAMBOREE Wish List. THANKS!

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USC Trojan Scholar-Athletes 'Fight On' With LA SCORES

On Friday, three players from the USC Women's Soccer team came out to Game Day to support the poet-athletes of LA SCORES. The Trojans are a Pac-10 team and won the NCAA National Championship in 2007. They came to Game Day to share the values of teamwork, sportsmanship, and commitment that got them to where they are today. Their passion for the sport was felt throughout the park. Courtney, Samantha, and Ashley immediately jumped in with the kids and ran through a warm-up with the girls teams to get them excited and ready for their game. Once the whistle was blown to start the game the girls from Braddock, Charnock, and Palms were enthusiastic to show the USC scholar-athletes their skills. A lot of the girls asked questions at halftime with the most popular one being "who's better, UCLA or USC?" After the games were over the SCORES athletes lined up to get autographs from the players. From the warm-up, to juggling, answering questions and signing autographs, the Trojan scholar-athletes conveyed their determination, positive attitude, and dedication to soccer and their surrounding community.

Having successful scholar-athletes come to LA SCORES Game Day is a way to give the kids something to strive for. It connects our poet-athletes to a group of people larger than just their school and larger than the SCORES program -- helping them find their place in the greater athletic community that they are part of. The USC Women's Soccer team is going to send 3-4 players to two upcoming Game Days to continue this relationship. If you or your team are interested in coming to an LA SCORES Game Day please contact Lauren via phone at 310-204-64-55 or email at lsegars@americascores.org. On behalf of the athletes from LA SCORES, we say Thank You and 'Fight On' to the USC Women's Soccer team!

Middle School Tours Video Game Studio

Last week LA SCORES enjoyed the week off for Spring Break. Students from Palms Middle School kicked off their vacation on Monday with EA LA Day, a field trip to Electronic Arts. Electronic Arts is an international video game company located nearby that produces well-known games such as FIFA, Medal of Honor, the Sims, and Rockband for systems like Playstation, PC, Wii, and now the iPad . They were kind enough to host our students and teach them a bit about what it's like to create video games for a living.

The day started out with the students playing soccer on the field at EA with some of the employees. The group was split into four teams --girls and boys mixed -- and played a friendly but competitive round robin with each game lasting 10 minutes. In between games, students shot baskets on the basketball court next to the field or hung out in the shade to watch their friends play.

After the tournament, the students went inside for a tour of the studio. They got to walk around the office and see EA employees working at their desks on new games. Then the students got to go in to the EA store and choose one free game each as a gift from EA. After that there was a little bit of free time for the students to play video games on various systems like XBox 360 and Wii or hang out in the arcade room for old classics like pinball, Pacman, and Foosball.

EA staff concluded the day by showing the students a demonstration of a video game that has not yet been released, and then allowing them to ask questions about the industry and what kind of work goes into making a video game.

LA SCORES would like to thank EA and Aaron Kaufman for organizing this event and giving students such a wonderful opportunity!