With the Dream Big Foundation, Jorge Flores is making competitive soccer more accessible for kids in underserved communities across the St. Louis metro

Reported by The STL

Standing on the field at Energizer Park at halftime, looking out at the crowd filling the stands, Jorge Flores couldn’t stop thinking about all the kids who were watching. As the soccer coach answered a few questions about the mission of the Dream Big Foundation, which was being recognized by St. Louis CITY SC’s Exceptional Neighbors program honoring St. Louisans who are making the city a better place to live, he knew how meaningful that moment would be for the kids his organization serves. 

“It just felt like this moment of, ‘Wow, the parents are watching, the kids are watching to see what their coach says about them,” he says. Read more here.