2008 Woodie Awards
Cardinal Key Society connects with alumni to host soccer clinic
Sara Horowitz
Issue date: 4/19/07 Section: News
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On Sun., Apr. 22, members of the Cardinal Key Society, in conjunction with the Eric Douglass Dettenrieder (EDD) Fund, will host a soccer clinic for disabled kids in the Allentown community on the College campus.
The Cardinal Key Society (CKS) was founded at the College in 1942 by six members of the class of 1942. Their main goal was to serve the College community and extend good will to its visitors. According to Traci Falco, Director of Development and Alumni Relations, the society "had a brief disappearance in the 80s but was reestablished in 1994." Members of the Cardinal Key Society work with the Office of Alumni Relations to inform alum of changes and happenings at the College and to develop current students as future leaders in alumni life. Applications are sent to first year and second year students who go through an interview process in order to become members. There are approximately 50 members who serve on CKS until the end of their senior year.
Every semester, the Society must hold a philanthropy event in conjunction with alumni. Matt Roessler '08, the Community Service Chair for the Cardinal Key Society, helped to plan this semesters philanthropy event. He got in contact with Paul Anderson '96, who is on the board for the EDD Memorial Fund to commemorate his friend and fellow classmate, Eric Douglass Dettenrieder. According to Anderson, "Eric was a very close friend of mine. When he died in a skiing accident in '97, his family and friends formed together and founded the EDD Fund to help disabled and disadvantaged kids experience skiing and the outdoors." Douglass was very athletic and loved working with children, so they combined his two passions to form a skiing clinic for disabled children. After a few years, the program has grown tremendously. Now the program offers Soccer, Basketball, Swimming and Tennis Clinics for young people with physical and developmental disabilities. Recently, the program has expanded to help soldiers who had received injuries in the war experience skiing with specialized instructors at Windham Mountain.
At first, most of the programs took place in Douglass' hometown in Oneonta, New York, but once an endowment was put in place, the clinics began to take place in six other states. Anderson said, "The Cardinal Key Society served as the interface between alum and the existing 'Berg community." Roessler noted that Anderson was a great help in bringing the Soccer Clinic to the campus this year. He said, "Our students are instrumental in organizing and staffing events with alumni and keeping in contact with the alumni. We are working with the EDD Fund because it is in memory of an alumni who died."
So far, 10 local kids have signed up for the program which will take place Sun., Apr. 22 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Stadium Soccer field. Anderson stressed the importance of re-establishing ties with the College Community in order to support and take part in events that will not only benefit alum, but members of the College, as well.
The Cardinal Key Society (CKS) was founded at the College in 1942 by six members of the class of 1942. Their main goal was to serve the College community and extend good will to its visitors. According to Traci Falco, Director of Development and Alumni Relations, the society "had a brief disappearance in the 80s but was reestablished in 1994." Members of the Cardinal Key Society work with the Office of Alumni Relations to inform alum of changes and happenings at the College and to develop current students as future leaders in alumni life. Applications are sent to first year and second year students who go through an interview process in order to become members. There are approximately 50 members who serve on CKS until the end of their senior year.
Every semester, the Society must hold a philanthropy event in conjunction with alumni. Matt Roessler '08, the Community Service Chair for the Cardinal Key Society, helped to plan this semesters philanthropy event. He got in contact with Paul Anderson '96, who is on the board for the EDD Memorial Fund to commemorate his friend and fellow classmate, Eric Douglass Dettenrieder. According to Anderson, "Eric was a very close friend of mine. When he died in a skiing accident in '97, his family and friends formed together and founded the EDD Fund to help disabled and disadvantaged kids experience skiing and the outdoors." Douglass was very athletic and loved working with children, so they combined his two passions to form a skiing clinic for disabled children. After a few years, the program has grown tremendously. Now the program offers Soccer, Basketball, Swimming and Tennis Clinics for young people with physical and developmental disabilities. Recently, the program has expanded to help soldiers who had received injuries in the war experience skiing with specialized instructors at Windham Mountain.
At first, most of the programs took place in Douglass' hometown in Oneonta, New York, but once an endowment was put in place, the clinics began to take place in six other states. Anderson said, "The Cardinal Key Society served as the interface between alum and the existing 'Berg community." Roessler noted that Anderson was a great help in bringing the Soccer Clinic to the campus this year. He said, "Our students are instrumental in organizing and staffing events with alumni and keeping in contact with the alumni. We are working with the EDD Fund because it is in memory of an alumni who died."
So far, 10 local kids have signed up for the program which will take place Sun., Apr. 22 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Stadium Soccer field. Anderson stressed the importance of re-establishing ties with the College Community in order to support and take part in events that will not only benefit alum, but members of the College, as well.