14 Life-Changes Started on the Soccer Field
"Seven years after she started a soccer team for immigrant and refugee students, Lauren Mednick helped send a first batch of players to college—and prepared to help other kids follow.
Mednick announced that goal at a fundraiser this week for the not-for-profit she started, Elm City Internationals, a soccer program combined with after-school help.
For the past seven years, she has been working with a single group of 14 boys from eight foreign countries, supporting them through school and on the Elm City Internationals soccer team. Now all 14 young men are starting out college..."
