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Archive for August, 2010
Intern Highlight Profile: Nicole Walker
Posted in: News & Updates by Samantha Applewhaite on August 31, 2010
Hamilton, ON—As one of our Development Assistants, Nicole’s responsibilities include organizing fundraisers, networking with prospective donors, scheduling public engagements and increasing organization membership. Nicole was born in Oakville, Ontario and has lived around the Greater Toronto Area all of her life. She currently resides in St. Catharines, where she is going into her third year of Business Communications at Brock University. Read more…
Intern Highlight Profile: Samantha Applewhaite
Posted in: News & Updates by Andre Lau on August 19, 2010
Hamilton, ON—As one of our Communication Assistants, Samantha’s responsibilities include writing content for the Empowerment Squared website, expanding the social network reach of the organization through various social media tools, and assisting with brand control. Samantha was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario and is a recent graduate from Brock University with a Business Communications Major. She will be continuing her studies at Niagara College for Public Relations in September. Read more…
A dream come true
Posted in: News & Updates, United FC by Kate Weersink on August 17, 2010
Hamilton, ON—United FC arrived home to Canada on August 9, 2010 with big smiles on their faces. After a long, difficult journey to get there, they were reunited in England and had three final games to play as a full team. Read more…
An Update from Awer
Posted in: United FC by Awer Wel on August 8, 2010
Today is a difficult day because we lost the final. However, we are handling it well because we know it was a combination of things we couldn’t control. We had a good number of injuries and we were also unlucky in finishing our chances. Personally, I am extremely proud of this team. Knowing how well everybody supported each other and for the first time ever a Canadian team made it to finals. I am happy to be a part of the history. Read more…
An Update from Korha
Posted in: United FC by Korha Kpehe on August 7, 2010
Yesterday was amazing! We were in high spirits and everybody was feeling happy during our preparation to redeem Team Canada. With regards to the tournament, it’s been an amazing and tough experience every step of the way. We had to overcome a huge distraction and disappointment with the help of Canadians. Even when we got here, it just wasn’t the same knowing that our teammates were forced to play with two players short and no subs in the first two games. Read more…
An Update from Larry
Posted in: United FC by Larry Nasser on August 6, 2010
It felt better today because for the first time we were able to play as a full team. We knew we were tired but didn’t know what to expect. We were really tired, less running and movement off the ball because we were physically exhausted and the other team took advantage of the situation. I think we showed them too much respect and it took about 30 minutes before we really got ourselves into game mode. Read more…
