(NAPSA)—Good newsfor many parents: A new online destination wascreated to celebrate and serve as a resource for the extraordinary family manager so often known as mom. The nation’s largest youth sports organization, US Youth Soccer, joined forces with the Dial Corporation to found TeamMomUSA.com for moms everywhere. It’s filled with tips on how to keep households in order, ideas for easy-to-use products, recipes and expert advice on daily issues faced by busy moms juggling a full and hecticlife. The corporation is also teaming ) vf photo credit: Mike Stalschmidt > \ CT) up with the “ultimate soccer mom,” Joy Fawcett, 37, who knows all about life’s demands. In 2004, ward to the resource it will provide to our soccer moms every- National Soccer team, Fawcett became an Olympic Gold Medalist time management, life balance, family nutrition and soccer train- my three young daughters, caring for my husband, training and trav- Baldridge and Tracy Lyn Molandis as a mother of three and starting defender for the US Women’s for the second time. “Nurturing eling with the national team was truly a juggling act,” she says. “TeamMomUSA.com is a site I wish I had as a resource to help manage everythingthatlife brings my way. I’m gladit’s here now.” A great way to celebrate the lives of moms everywhere may be the “Team Mom of the Year” contest. Visitors to the Web site can nominate a mom—their own or anyone’s—by answering a few quick questions. Fourfinalists will see their stories shared and celebrated on the Web. One grand-prize winnerwill receive a 2005 Mercury minivan, adidas shopping spree, a palmOnepersonal data assistant, maid and laundry service for a year, and a soccer ball autographed by Joy Fawcett. The contest runs through September10, 2005. “We are very excited about TeamMomUSA.com and look for- where,” said David Messersmith, President of US Youth Soccer. The site tackles topics including ing. Expert advice from authors Joy also available. Soccer-specific con- tent comes from US Youth Soccer, and Fawcett and her daughters Katelyn Rose, 11, Carli Jean, 8, and Madilyn Rae, 4, lend tips and tricks of their own in the Ask Joy section. “The Web site is a destination for the family manager—the per- son who handles everydaylife,” says Fawcett, who remains one of only four players in U.S. soccer his- tory to appear in more than 200 international games. “It’s useful and light—the kind of stuff that keeps me going back when I’m at the computer by myself or with the girls. Moms everywhere should put the site on their favorites list and check TeamMomUSA.com often to learn, share and celebrate.” For more information about youth soccer, visit www.USYouth Soccer.org. For more information about The Dial Corporation, see www.dialcorp.com.
