Goals for Gold - Doing Something

Believing Beyond -- The Nolan Weber Foundation was recently presented with a BIG Check from some boys with a HUGE heart. The SEMO Elite Bening Mazda Bombers (a U10 soccer team from Southeast Missouri), held a fundraising event last September in honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and the late Nolan Weber. The event titled Goals for Gold, was a great success. The players collected pledges for each goal that the team scored over a tournament weekend in September. The team scored an amazing 23 goals in four games over the weekend to raise a total of $1,050.00 for the foundation (www.believingbeyond.org). Nolan's parents were honored to share a little of Nolan's spirit and love of soccer with them when they presented the check recently. The team was excited to learn that the money they raised benefited a family battling childhood cancer. The team is planning to make this an annual event.

Picture:

Bottom Row left to right: Will Dodson, Bryce Sides, Nolan McGuire (holding picture of Nolan Weber and Frank Lampard (Chelsea F.C.), and Collin Huffman.

Middle Row left to right: Paul Kaufmann, Hunter Wendel, Caden Marx, Josh Kinder, Charlie West and Rachelle Weber (Nolan's mother). Players not pictured: Mark Panagos, Braedon Thoma, Tyler Amos and Will Thurston.

Back Row left to right: Dean Weber (Nolan's father), J.P. Sides (Coach), Assistant Coach not pictured: Nathan McGuire.

The Foundation has several activities coming up for 2015. A youth baseball tournament over Memorial Day weekend, the 2nd Annual 5K on September 12. More information can be found on these events and others on the website (www.believingbeyond.org).