Voted Best LGBT Sports Team in Dallas in the Dallas Voice’s Readers Voice Awards, the Lost Souls Rugby Football Club is not only a hard-hitting, scrum-loving team that loves to ruck, but also a fraternity of men who are dedicated to community service. Rugby, a fast growing sport in the U.S., is called a “hooligan’s sport played by gentlemen.” If you have ever seen the Lost Souls on the pitch (field), you will know the hooligan part is true. It’s after the game at the third half and serving our community when you discover the other description fits them as well.
The Lost Souls Rugby Football Club is a 501c3 not for profit, sponsored by Hank Henley Photography and The Round-Up Saloon. The team has just completed their second annual school supply drive, benefitting Mi Escuelita Preschool and gathered in twice as many donations as last year.
Each year, the Lost Souls run a very successful toy drive for Children’s Medical Center, as well as volunteering to serve at the Thanksgiving Dinner hosted by the Resource Center. The Club’s can goods drive also benefits the Resource center at the same time of the year. And it doesn’t stop there! They volunteer at various events in Dallas to help where they can: Texas Bear Round Up, the Gay Softball World Series and more.
The Lost Souls is an all-inclusive rugby football team, teaching the sport of rugby, the value of integrity and the spirit of camaraderie, regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation. It doesn’t matter who you are or how you define yourself. All that matters in sport is your ability, attitude and effort. Rugby is a wonderful, unifying glorifying sport.
If you are interested in playing, supporting or just watching the Lost Souls, find all the information about them on their Facebook page, Lost Souls Rugby Football Club or their website, LostSoulsRFC.org. For more information or content for this article submission, please contact the Club’s president, David Whitehead at jdkwhitehead@gmail.com.
