Southeast Springs Soccer Initiative, or SeSSI, is a Rush Pikes Peak R.E.A.C.H. partner operating in Southeast Colorado Springs neighborhoods.

SeSSI uses soccer to promote positive choices, leadership, hard work, enjoyment, and community connections for at-risk youth. Rush has been affiliated with the program since 2014 and has had four SeSSI teams play as Rush Pikes Peak recreational and competitive teams since then.

The program has backing from Senate Bill 94 and receives critical supprt from leaders in law enforcement, education, the juvenile justice system, and local community, in the hopes of bridging the poverty gap and breaking down barriers that restrict access to soccer.

For information about SeSSI, contact Matt Stelmaszek at [email protected] or Sarah Sherwin at [email protected].

The SeSSI video from 2014 - 2015, compiled by Liz Rhee-Henderson, shows some of the wonderful impact the SeSSI program is having on youth in the community. Take a look:

To support SeSSI, please follow this link to the "Buy 1, Give 1" soccer ball program. For every soccer ball purchased, American Outlaws, the United States National Soccer Teams' Supporters Group, will donate a soccer ball to be re-shared in the Southeast Springs community.