Thursday afternoon was a special time for our Varsity Soccer teams and the whole Brookstone family . . .

You may have heard of Luma Mufleh. She was named one of CNN’s Top 10 Heros for 2016. Luma is an American-educated Jordanian woman who founded a youth soccer team (they call themselves the Fugees) to unify Clarkston’s refugee children and keep them off the streets. Her story was told in the book, Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference, written by Warren St. John. This book was selected as the Brookstone all-school read this past summer and Luma came to campus in early November and spoke to our student body. From that visit, the idea of a scrimmage soccer game between the Fugees and Brookstone was created. The scrimmage was held last night at the Fugees’ field outside of Atlanta and was a powerful experience for our students and faculty.