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National Youth Sports
Program (NYSP)
This free 5-week summer program serves over 300 New Haven youth
each year. NYSP has created positive opportunities and strengthened
the connection between the Yale and New Haven communities.
The children participate in daily schedules that consist of
sports activities and educational classes. They are transported to
and from Yale each day, receive a hot breakfast, a hot lunch and
interact with Yale Student-Athletes that work the camp. NYSP
promotes the value of athletics, while still teaching life skills
that can assist participants in making a successful transition to
adulthood through positive youth development.
NYPP (New Haven Board of
Education/Yale/PAL/Parks and Recreation) Basketball
League
The League runs from January until March followed by an awards
banquet after the championship game. Approximately 125 boys
and girls from the New Haven area participate in the league, and
clinics are run by Yale student-athletes.
Fall Youth
Day
Fall Youth Day is an annual event that occurs at a Yale home
football game. Student-athletes conduct clinics for approximately
300 children who are transported round-trip to the Bowl for
free. The clinics are followed by a BBQ and free admission to
the football game. New Haven Middle Schools and Shoreline
Youth Football Teams get a chance to play a game in the Bowl in
front of friends and family before and after the varsity game.
Spring Yale
Olympic Youth Day
A date is picked in April for children of New Haven to participate
in clinics followed by a BBQ and free admission to all of the
athletic events going on that day out at the Bowl.
Bulldog Buddies Mentor Program
This mentor program matches Yale student-athletes with boys and
girls from New Haven's Vincent Mauro Elementary School. Mentors
visit Vincent Mauro School at least once a week to play games, help
with homework and read books. In February, students and mentors are
invited to attend a Yale Men's Basketball game in Payne Whitney
Gym, as one of many special events.
Big Brothers/ Big Sisters
Program
This mentoring program connects Yale students one-on-one with
children in the New Haven community. Mentors and children meet
individually on a weekly basis in an activity of their choice, like
a trip to the park or watching a movie. There are also planned
gatherings for all mentors and children to join together, including
Yale athletic events and pizza parties.
New
Haven Tennis Outreach
NHTO provides free year-round tutoring, tennis lessons,
and mentoring to selected Vincent E. Mauro Elementary Magnet School
students. Students also receive a full scholarship to all four
weeks of the Blue & White Championship Tennis Camps held at the
Yale tennis courts during the month of July. Through the
combination of athletics and academics, a bond is formed between
students and mentors (Yale varsity coaches, varsity & club team
members) that positively influences the direction of students'
futures.
School Visits/Hospital
Visits
School/Hospital visits take place throughout the academic year as
Yale Coaches and Athletes visit and speak with various elementary
and middle schools around New Haven along with Yale New Haven
Hospital.
Sports Clinics, Assemblies and School
Visits
Yale Teams put on clinics throughout the year for the local Youth
of New Haven. Student-athletes and coaches volunteer to visit local
youth organizations, schools, and community organizations to talk
about academics, athletics, college life or to demonstrate sports
skills. Visits to schools are made very frequently. The
participating organizations and schools are also invited to attend
a Yale athletic home competition in the hope of maintaining the
connection between athletes and community groups.
NCAA Girls Sport Clinics
Clinics take place throughout the academic year, and are conducted
by Yale coaches and athletes of non-traditional sports (Squash,
Crew, etc), to expose youth to sports they would not otherwise be
exposed to.
Think Pink At
Yale
- The month of February marked the kickoff of nationwide awareness
for Breast Cancer and many of Yale's teams supported the cause by
hosting auctions and sporting pink jerseys. The women's
basketball team's affiliation with Think Pink is especially
meaningful at a time when the Smilow Cancer Center at Yale-New
Haven hospital is being constructed just a few blocks from Payne
Whitney Gym, as Joel Smilow '54 established the coaching endowment
for women's basketball and most recently has turned his
philanthropic attention to cancer research.
The women's basketball team helped raise
awareness by participating in "Think Pink", an initiative created
by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. The Bulldogs
supported the endeavor by raising money for the Smilow Cancer
Center's breast cancer research through the sale of tee-shirts and
other merchandise.
At Ingalls Rink, the women's ice hockey team
showed solidarity for those suffering from the disease by
participating in the "Pink at the Rink," a branded partnership
between the ECAC and the American Caner Society. All ECAC
Conference teams, including the Bulldogs, wore specially designed
pink jerseys when they played at home during the weekends of
February 8th and February 15th. All of
the jerseys were auctioned off on eBay following the match-ups.
Community
Rowing
Program
The Community Rowing program at Yale began 10 years ago through an
endowment established by the Gilder Family. Since then, over
1,000 youth from the Valley and New Haven areas have been
introduced to the sport through the guidance of Jamie Snider, an
assistant crew coach and director of the program. The Yale
Community Rowing program has countless benefits for individual
participants, providing opportunities for personal growth that
extend far beyond the discipline as they listen to coaches explain
the rowing technique before practicing it themselves. Participants
are shown videotape of themselves rowing so that they can continue
to improve. This process of hard work and improvement, as
demonstrated by actual videotape, allows the children to experience
the sense of accomplishment that comes with gradual progress toward
a goal.
Squash Haven
Squash Haven is a year-round after-school enrichment program for
New Haven youth. Its mission is to promote academic,
athletic, and personal growth through a program of squash
instruction, and community service. Twenty-eight fifth and
sixth grade students from John Martinez and Edgewood Magnet Schools
come to Yale's Payne Whitney Gym a total of five to six days a week
throughout the year. Three hour weekday practice sessions
include squash instruction with the Yale teams, fitness, homework
help, and academic enrichment. Team members also participate
in ten hours of community service throughout the year, compete in
squash matches and tournaments, and participate in additional
community and cultural events.
Squash Haven is a member of the Nation Urban
Squash and Education Association, joining like-minded programs in
Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere. As a
member, Squash Haven is subject to rigorous programmatic standards
and attends the annual national urban squash tournaments, which
were held this year in Philadelphia and Williamstown, Mass.
Squash Haven will add ten new 5th grade team members in the
fall of 2008 while continuing to serve existing team members.
Sportsometry
This new program uses sports to teach New Haven youth math and
science. In addition to tutoring, mentors teach lessons
explaining the math and science behind the sports kids love to
play.
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