Our Mission

Kicks for Kids WUSAY seeks to provide life-changing opportunities for youth development through soccer, physical fitness, behavioral awareness, healthy practices, mentorship and community service, as the basis for success throughout their lives.

We recognize that children and youths become the future adults who will lead and shape our communities. Kicks for Kids WUSAY endeavors to reach them while they are young, and in their formative years, in order to impart some important and beneficial skills and values that will help them become good and model citizens.  

Through the game of soccer, mentoring, community service and teaching about health, wellness and personal responsibility, participants in our programs will have the requisite skills for success and confidence to become agents for positive change throughout their lives.

Kicks for Kids WUSAY focuses primarily on training, mentoring and educating children and youth. Participants are recruited for enrollment from various places, including schools, recreation centers, and by word-of-mouth. 

In addition to our own goals and objectives, we can assist community organizations who desire to expand their program offerings through collaboration. For example, we offer the   KICKOBESITY program, which has helped to educate and empower youths and families to make healthy nutrition and lifestyle changes towards their goal of a healthy and productive life.   

We focus on the following:

--Soccer Training and Fitness

--Youth Mentorship

--Academics (Tutorial)

--Teamwork and Leadership

--"KICKOBESITY" Awareness

--Youth Diabetes Prevention

--Building Self-esteem

--Including children with special needs

--Strengthening families

--Building strong communities

--Community Collaborations

Kicks for Kids WUSAY, lnc. was established as an Ohio nonprofit in 1997 and subsequently received 501(c)(3) tax exemption from the Internal Revenue Service. It is governed by a board of directors and led by Rev. Merv A. Brereton who serves as the chief executive officer and head coach/mentor for soccer and related programs.

The organization has nonprofit bylaws and holds meetings, accordingly, to receive updates, ensure compliance and discuss policies, regulations, programs, funding, and planning of events. 

Prior to Kicks for Kids WUSAY's incorporation, in 1997, it was informally organized, in 1995, with the help of Bible Missionaries Fellowship (BMF), in Columbus, Ohio. At the time, BMF was looking for ways to reach out into the community to identify and address community needs and support church growth. Among the most challenging issues affecting local communities were youth violence, truancy and destructive behaviors. So, BMF sought to develop church-school relations, as a means of providing afterschool alternatives and opportunities for positive engagement.  

BMF's initial concerns and efforts became the catalyst for forming Kicks for Kids Worldwide United Soccer Assoc for Youth, Inc.