Downtown Soccer Toronto (DST) is Toronto’s first official LGBTQA+ recreational soccer league. Players enjoy the fitness and social benefits of playing soccer knowing they are in a safe, inclusive environment. Kelly MacKendrick, a sales rep with Sutton Group – Heritage Realty in Markham, Ont. is a team sponsor. Her donation pays for the team’s expenses for the year including their sweaters, which they donate at the end of the season to people in need.
MacKendrick has long been active in her community, especially supporting the interests of her three active sons.
“When my three boys went off to university, the volunteering slowed down so when my oldest son joined Downtown Soccer Toronto, an LGBTQA+ league, I jumped at the opportunity to sponsor his team with approximately $900 annually. It’s great to watch the games in Withrow Park, Toronto and support the players. It is also rewarding to meet new people. I never know if they will become a new friend, a client or both.”
LGBTQA+ is an acronym that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, asexual or ally and others.
