October 2022 Newsletter

Hello VanU Members!

Fall has finally arrived after an extended 6 weeks of warm weather. It is definitely inevitable that we dig out the rain gear! We hope everyone has been enjoying their season so far. Here’s the latest at VanU:

Get Your Merch On! VanU Holiday Club Store

Order before October 31^st to get your items before Christmas. All items have a limited quantity available, so order yours now! 

To preview what we offer: 

Adidas Sizing Chart: 

To order, log into your PowerUp account, then click on the purple “Clubwear” icon:

Photo Day Volunteers-Thank You!

VanU’s Photo Days were held over 2 weekends on September 24^th & 25^th and October 22^nd & 23^rd. We managed to get over 100 teams’ photos taken and close to a few thousand individual photos! We want to thank our volunteers that helped to make these photo sessions run smoothly. A sincere thank you to Aerin, Elaine, Ludmila, Adrian, Jean, Effie, Jenny, Tiffany, Uwe, Catherine, Annie, Jonathan, Viara, Stuart, Lan, Promita and Shannon. A special thank you to Mimi and Darrell who volunteered on 2 separate photo days! 

Mark Your Calendar! Last Sessions Before the Holiday Break

Monday Academy (Goalie, Small Sided Games, Technical Skills):

Last Session - December 5^th (If we need any additions, we will use Dec.19^th)

Striker Academy:

Last Session - December 9^th (If we need any additions, we will use Dec.16^th)

Second Kicks:

Last Session Tuesday participants December 6^th (we cancelled a session due to AQ)

Last Session Wednesday participants December 7^th (we cancelled a session due to AQ)

Last Session Thursday participants (one team) Saturday December 3^rd (no cancelled sessions)

First Kicks:
U4/U5 UBC - November 5^th (no sessions cancelled)

U4/U5 Hillcrest - November 12^th (Day 1 was cancelled due to AQ)

U6 - U8 Chaldecott First Kicks:

Tuesday Participants - December 6^th (1 day cancelled due to AQ)

Thursday Participants - December 3^rd (no cancellations)

U6 - U8 Hillcrest:

November 13^th (Day 1 was cancelled due to AQ)

Divisional - Has been set by the District

U11 - U12 Division 3 teams - last session will be December 10^th and 11^th

All other Divisional teams will have December 10^th and 11^th as make up weekend or friendlies

Skill Centre - November 26^th and November 27^th

Food Bank Donation

VanU is pleased to be running our second annual Food Bank event this November. We will be accepting food donations (non perishable items) on Saturday, November 12^th at Trimble Park and Chaldecott Park and on Sunday, November 13^th at UBC Mini Field. Further details will be sent out in November. Last year we raised just over $4,000 and donated 30 boxes of food which was 529 pounds of food donations! 

We are also running our Virtual Food Bank Drive, which is open now through to the end of November, if you would like to contribute, please use the link below:

A4K Match Campaign

The A4K (athletics4kids) Match campaign has kicked off and will be running from October 17^th to November 29^th. Every donation will be matched, dollar for dollar, by corporate sponsors and the funds will provide financial assistance for registration fees for kids to play community sports. Our VanU Community donates generously each year and we are hoping it can continue. Below is the link for the A4K Match Campaign where you can find out more about the program and to make your donation:

VUFC DEI Advisory Board

VUFC is undertaking Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training for its staff and Board members. We are working with Inclusion Incorporated on this. Part of our work involves forming an Advisory Board from within our membership, so we are looking for up to ten people with diverse backgrounds who can speak to the idea of being marginalized and how that affects or affected them. This will help guide VUFC policies and practices going forward so the club can provide a welcoming and inclusive environment for all its members as much as possible.

For more information and to express your interest in joining the advisory board, please go here:

VanU Player of the Month

We’d like to get this feature going again! Please send us suggestions for your player of the month and we’ll look to do a profile on them in a future newsletter. Go here to submit your nominee:

Promote Your Business

We want to support our members in various ways. If you run or work for a local business and would like to get a promotional boost from the club, please go here and fill out this simple form. We’ll be including blurbs and links at no cost in future newsletters.

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Stay warm and dry if possible, have fun and play safe!

Thanks,

Gregor Young

Executive Director,

Vancouver United FC

www.vancouverunitedfc.com

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