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Welcome to OUR house!
Elgin Pop Warner
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HELP US WIN $2500 FROM LIBERTY MUTUAL!
Liberty Mutual is awarding community grants worth $2500 as part of its
Responsible Sports™ program championing and celebrating responsibility in
youth sports.
Here’s how it works:
-Every person who completes the online Responsible Coaching or Responsible
Sports Parenting course and the 10-question review quiz earns one certificate. The twenty (20) organizations around the country that get the most certificates will earn a $2500 grant.
-Since we’ll only be competing against organizations of similar size, we have a great chance to win! Of course, the more people we get to take the course and quiz, the better our chance of winning the Community Grant.
-Let’s all work together – for the kids, and for the $2500 grant. Just think of the ways this grant could help us: equipment, uniforms, travel, practice field time – you name it!
For more information on Liberty Mutual’s Responsible Sports program, visit
ResponsibleSports.com.
Responsible sports.com
Pop Warner Facts & Information
Pop Warner football has been around since the inception of the league in 1929 by founder Joseph J. Tomlin as a four-team conference in Northeast Philadelphia. Since then, participation has steadily increased to today's record numbers. Over 240,000 youths participated in Pop Warner-sanctioned football programs in 2004, and those numbers are continuing to grow.
SAFETY FIRST:
Kids compete with kids of similar age and size. Pop Warner is the ONLY youth football program (local, regional and national) that sets and enforces a strict AGE & WEIGHT MATRIX that reduces the risk and reality of injuries.
Did you know that Pop Warner football is safer than soccer? Pop Warner football has 12% fewer injuries per capita among 5-15 year olds than organized soccer in the same age range! (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, NEISS)
WHY THERE ARE NO PERSONAL STATISTICS:
Pop Warner exists to use football, cheerleading, dance and a respect for education to develop strong, smart, responsible, healthy young men and women. We give them experiences that build their appreciation for and understanding of leadership, teamwork, and discipline.
While individual statistics may be more common, particularly among older football players, Pop Warner only recognizes the athletic accomplishments of the team, not the individual. We don't track personal tallies of touchdowns or yards rushing per game. We don't count sacks or blocked kicks. We applaud the athletic efforts of the team to reinforce the importance of teamwork, with each member.
We don't try to build stars. We don't want to over-inflate a young ego, nor do we want to risk injuring the self-esteem of a young person. Whether our kids have good days or bad, they are still an integral part of our team…and always will be.
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