HD Woodson Softball

FCA Rep Kayla met the HD Woodson softball coach this spring at a high school game. After exchanging information and sharing details on the camp, four softball girls made the trip to FCA camp for the first time.

They were joined by six other HD Woodson athletes from football (5) and baseball (1). Four of our football boys have graduated and will attend Virginia State University in the fall.

While we do not currently have an FCA group at Woodson, we hope this camp will catalyze leadership on the campus.

A Great DC Turnout for Basketball

Coach Konde (teacher at Eastern High School and FCA DC Board Member) and Jimmy (FCA DC Summer Camp Coordinator) served as coaches for boys basketball this year. It was their first year at camp.

The DC basketball boys represented eight different schools including Banneker, Cornerstone, Eastern, Jackson-Reed, Kelly Miller, Kipp DC, McKinley Tech and Perry Street Prep. Out of the nine, eight were first time FCA campers. All are excited to return next year. Each of these boys found out about camp in a unique way and applied for a scholarship.

Banneker High School

At the FCA DC Celebration in March, we met Coach Berger. He is a teacher and the Head Girls Basketball Coach at Banneker High School (a top DC school in Shaw). He expressed his interest in volunteering with FCA.

At a partnership camp in May, Coach Berger and our staff met Raysean (on the left) who will be a freshman at Banneker this fall. Coach Berger also invited two of his athletes to camp. Basketball player Ranielle said, "Some things I liked about camp... new friendships I made and learning how I can play basketball for God and not myself."

DC Coaches in the Cafeteria

Pictured: Coach Jules (Catholic U / Kelly Miller), Kayla, Coach Matos and Ivan (Cardozo), Coach Konde (Eastern), Coach Berger (Banneker), and Jolee.

At a different softball game this spring, Kayla met Coach Matos from Cardozo High School. He had never heard of FCA and expressed interest in learning more. To give him a vision for FCA, we invited him and his assistant to join us for a day at camp. They helped with practice, experienced a meeting with coaches and stayed for chapel that evening. Coach Matos was blown away and excited for what FCA might be able to look like Cardozo this fall.