We are excited to award the first Early Bird grant of 2025 to Real Lansing FC. Real Lansing is a community-driven youth soccer club that provides no-cost soccer programs to Lansing School District students in addition to providing after-school academic support for players. 

Real Lansing will receive a $517 grant from the Early Bird fund, which is supported primarily by sales of the Early Bird Blend from Strange Matter Coffee, as well as donations from members of the community. For every bag of Early Bird sold, a portion of sales go to Lansing Common and we donate them to various non-profits throughout the year. 

Lansing Common helped Real Lansing get started in the spring of 2024 by donating jerseys for Real Lansing teams to wear during their first competitive season in the Capital Area Soccer League. 

We are excited to support the work of Real Lansing and partner to bring high-quality youth soccer programming to Lansing students at no cost. 

If you want to help LCFC support Real Lansing, pick up a bag of Early Bird at Strange Matter or online, or donate directly to the Early Bird Fund!