Fall River Youth Soccer held its annual banquet where they presented their awards of recognition.  Included in these awards were the Jordan Lopes Award and Michael P. Lima Award, both in memory of young men who purely loved the game of soccer and both of with whom I grew up.  I was actually the first recipient of the Jordan Lopes Award about 10 years ago when the tradition began…

Last night I attended the banquet, this time receiving a very different award.  Joshua Hetzler and I were named the Fall River Youth Socccer Asssociation’s Volunteers of the Year for our fundraiser to place an AED on FRYSA’s playing fields, as well as to voluntarily train the league’s coaches in CPR and AED use.  Shawn Cadime and Representative Kevin Aguiar of the Fall River School Committee presented us with citations.  It was a wonderful night and a great honor!