Once a man was walking along a beach. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. Off in the distance he could see a person going back and forth between the surf's edge and the beach. Back and forth this person went. As the man approached, he could see that there were hundreds of starfish stranded on the sand as the result of the natural action of the tide.

 The man was struck by the apparent futility of the task. There were far too many starfish. Many of them were sure to perish. As he approached, the person continued the task of picking up starfish one by one and throwing them into the surf.

 As he came up to the person he said, "You must be crazy. There are thousands of miles of beach covered with starfish. You can't possibly make a difference." The person looked at the man. He then stooped down and pick up one more starfish and threw it back into the ocean. He turned back to the man and said, "It sure made a difference to that one!" 
 
Shamrock Charities is our way of throwing a starfish back!

David Bulliman
Executive Director 


The Shamrock soccer club was founded in 1977 from the Capitol Hill area in Seattle. We quickly became three teams, and then an informal club was founded. This club has always been based on soccer, friendships, and the families. We still have three teams playing in the (Greater Seattle Soccer League) www.gssl.org  the orginal team is still kick'n in the over 50 division.