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Challenger Soccer Program Accepts Registration

Township-run program is for special needs children.

The following was submitted by the Jefferson Township Recreation Department. Have an announcement you'd like to make? Post on our "Announcement" board here.

The Jefferson Township Recreation Department is accepting registrations for its seventh fall season of the Challenger Soccer Program for special needs children.  Parents of boys and girls age 5 – 18 (or the completion of high school) with physical or mental challenges are invited to join this program. Scott Luker, a resident of Jefferson Township, will return to manage the league.

The games will be played on the field of Camp Jefferson located at 81 Weldon Road in Lake Hopatcong with the first game scheduled to take place on Sept. 14 at 10 am.

This program offers players the chance to participate in one of the most popular sports worldwide.  

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Participants will play with the same equipment and by the same rules as in any soccer game with the exception that they have the option to use the “buddy” system for assistance. Every player on the roster plays in the game, and no score is kept. Once again, thanks to fundraising efforts, the registration fee (jersey, cap, and award) will be waived for this season.

Registration forms to play, manage, umpire, assistant coach, serve as a team parent, or become a “buddy” to a player are available at the Jefferson Township Recreation office located at Camp Jefferson, 81 Weldon Road as well as in the lobby brochure racks at the Jefferson Township Municipal Building and the Jefferson Township Public Library.  

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Registration forms will be distributed throughout the Jefferson Township school district as well and can be downloaded from www.jeffersontownship.net – Residents tab to Forms Center to Recreation Department.

If you would like a registration form mailed or e-mailed to you, please contact the Jefferson Township Recreation Department at973-663-8404 or CPUNTURIERI@jeffersontownship.net or Scott Luker at 973-270-8356 or at slairforceone@optonline.net


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