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Quick Updates

October 25, 2011

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Sport in Society Co-ops have been working very hard these past few weeks meeting with Executive and Teen Directors from the YMCA’s of Greater Boston. After interviewing with each branch, we have collected their data and formed a power point presentation on our findings and recommendations for the senior VP of operations, Harold Sparrow. This meeting… [Read more…]

The John Carlos Story

October 17, 2011

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Last Friday night, Sport in Society co-hosted an evening with John Carlos as he gave a presentation and signed copies of his new autobiography, The John Carlos Story.  Four of Sport in Society’s co-op students attended the book signing eager to meet such an iconic Olympic athlete.  Their expectations were surpassed as Carlos spoke about… [Read more…]

The first steps…

August 23, 2011

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Working at Sport in Society has heightened my concern for the inner city youth in Boston. Unfortunately, a lot of these children do not have strong role models that they can look up and relate to. Im not talking about your typical star athlete role model, but someone who they can actually call if they… [Read more…]

Motivating Children

August 2, 2011

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Sport in Society had me observing the Wang YMCA this past week with my partner Tom Demers. We have over looked the entire program from toddlers to 12 year olds. During this week my biggest and main concern was not the program but the children involved. I was truly bothered by the lack of interest… [Read more…]

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