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The West Islip Soccer Club's involvement with it's community does not stop at the soccer fields.
Continuous Community Involvement.

West Islip Soccer Club Soccer Scholarship
Although a long supporter of the West Islip High School Scholarship program, in 2000 the Club sponsored the First Annual West Islip Soccer Club Soccer Scholarship. $350 scholarships were awarded to two Varsity Boys and two Varsity Girls scholar/athletes.
In June 2001 the Soccer Club continued to award $350 scholarships to two Varsity Boys and two Varsity Girls scholar/athletes.
In June 2002 the Soccer Club awarded (3) $500 scholarships.
2003 Varsity Scholarship Winners2002 20012000
Carissa StavrakosJessica DimolaJennifer CutilloNicole Gentile
Kristen ZeitlerMeagan CarrickKerri FinnDanielle Lillis
Robert OstremPeter GuglielminiKeith PaulKurt Schoen
Brian ThalhamerSteven FerranteJustin Brown

Elizabeth T. McNamee Memorial 5K Run
The Elizabeth T. McNamee Memorial 5K Run and One-Mile Fun Run/Walk was organized in 1999. The event honors a promising young law student from the community who died of heart disease in September 1998, and raises funds for research into hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a heart muscle abnormality, which took her life at the age of 24.
She was an integral member of the New York State Champion Varsity Soccer Team. She was a West Islip High School honors student before graduating and entering Harvard and, later, New York University.
McNamee had also been a player in the West Islip Soccer Club. The Soccer Club is a proud contributor to the Elizabeth T. McNamee Memorial Fund and encourages all Club members to participate in the 5K Run.
WISC members at McNamee run (2002)
Fitness
Hospice Remembrance Walk
The Good Samaritan Hospice Remembrance Walk is 24-hour relay walk fundraiser to help the Pediatric Hospice Program run by Good Samaritan Hospital. This 24-hour relay walk is designed to pay tribute to loved ones as well as heightening awareness of Catholic Health Service Hospice services for the young people of the community. It is also to raise funds to continue and expand the services to the community.
Walk
The first Remembrance Walk was held in June 2000. The West Islip Soccer Club was one of the few organizations that had full 24 hour coverage for the walk. In addition, The Soccer Club raised over $2,000 to help the Pediatric Hospice Program.
In June 2001 The West Islip Soccer Club once again provided full 24 hour coverage for the walk and was recognized as the only organization to have done so two years in a row.
Walk
In May 2002 the West Islip Soccer Club, for the 3rd year in a row had full coverage at the annual Remembrance Walk. In 2002 the club walked in special memory of 2 coaches: Gina Eiseman, who lost her battle with cancer and Terry McShane, hero firefighter killed on 9/11/01 while rescuing others.
And in 2003 & 2004 the West Islip Soccer Club completed it's fourth & fifth consectutive years of full coverage of the Remembrance Walk.

Lionheart Relief Fund Carnival
On October 13&14 2001, the West Islip Soccer Club hosted a Weekend Carnival with all proceeds going to the "Lions Heart" Relief Fund. The Relief Fund was established to benefit the victims and families of the World Trade Center Tragedy.
The Soccer Club was able to raise $6,500 which was presented to the Relief Fund. The Carnival was a success due to the extreme hard work and dedication of Board Members, Coaches, Parents and especially the CHILDREN of the Club.
Carnival Carnival Carnival

Always there to help, the West Islip Soccer Club Family is proud to be part of the West Islip community.