Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Just a quick bit of info before you meet with Jessica on rec programs for
the Latino kids: there should be money available for low-income kids (and
there are plenty in town who are not Latino as well)  who want to
participate in recreational sports programs through Park City Rec or Basin
Rec. If you'll pardon me for adding my two bits, I'm up to speed on this one
because the topic was part of our family activities for a few years. As a
personal service project, my older son, who is now 17, spent several years
setting up a youth sports scholarship fund that he arranged for Basin Rec to
manage. He initially raised $5,000 to start the fund, and a year or so ago,
completed a second fundraising effort through corporate and individual
sponsorships, raising $62,000 to sustain the scholarships for a five year
period. He then negotiated with the Summit County Commission and Park City
Manager Tom Bakaly, and they each agreed to fund youth sport scholarships as
a line in their annual budget at $5,000 from each governmental entity for a
total of $10,000 yearly. So, there should be money in that account. If they
are using all of that, of course, that is great news! Then the question
would be whether or not they need additional funds to meet the greater
demand, and that could become a class project if the Flavors decide that's
something they want to focus on. Also, many of the club sports (soccer,
lacrosse, etc.) have some scholarship funds available (though they always
need more), so that's another option for families. Educating families about
these options is a definite need, as is encouraging people to take advantage
of them. 

Just some more info for the ideas and discussions!

Lisa

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