2012 Mustang Football Summer Camp (grades 3 – 9)
2012 Mustang Football Summer Camp will be held July 16 through July 20. There will be three sessions to encourage participation of younger age levels. There will be camp for athletes 3rd & 4th grade, 5th & 6th grade and 7th and 8th grades. There will also be a Mini Camp for incoming freshman so they can meet the Varsity staff and prepare for Varsity camp. All session will be held on the practice field at the Eldon Middle School. This is a great opportunity for younger athletes to work with varsity staff and interact with varsity players. The coaching staff will introduce fundamental skills to each age level and provide the athletes with team building activities. There will be individual and team competition each day with awards presented at the conclusion of the camp.
Registration form here: 2012 Summer Camp
2012 Mustang Football Summer Team Camp
2012 Mustang Football Summer Team Camp will be held Monday through Friday, July 23 through July 27. This camp will be for all, freshman through senior, to prepare for the upcoming season. The camp will be structured to give each player an opportunity to show their skills to the varsity staff. All sessions will be held on the varsity practice field at the Eldon Middle School.
Registration form here: 2012 Summer Team Camp
PAVE AmeriCorps Receives $1Million in 2012-13 Funding
Eldon, MO – The Corporation for National and Community Service and the Missouri Community Service Commission have recently announced over $1,000,000 in 2012-2013 funding to support National Service programming through PAVE AmeriCorps. PAVE AmeriCorps is an Eldon School District initiative engaging National Service Members as tutors and VISTAs in 6 communities and over 4 Missouri counties.
AmeriCorps funding of approximately $212,000 awarded by the Missouri Community Service Commission will be utilized during the 2012-2013 school year for 17 full-time tutors in the Eldon School District. AmeriCorps Members provide academic interventions for at-risk students, mentoring support to students, and engage in community service projects.
VISTA funding of over $800,000 awarded by the Corporation for National and Community Service will support up to 27 full-time VISTA Members and over 45 Summer Associates in Eldon and surrounding counties, and in the Joplin Area. VISTA Members build capacity of organizations and agencies to expand services or provide additional programming. Summer Associates provide short-term support over the summer to summer school, summer food service programs and community service projects.
Full-time VISTA Members are currently assigned to the following projects in Eldon: Eldon Farmers Market, Mustang Packs – the weekend food pack program in the Eldon School District, Lunch Buddies and other volunteer initiatives, Eldon Alumni and Veterans Project, Eldon Community Foundation, and Eldon Chamber of Commerce. VISTAs are also placed with Miller County Emergency Management department and the Community Foundation of the Lake.
In response to the terrible tornado tragedy in Joplin last year, PAVE AmeriCorps offered to place PAVE AmeriCorps VISTAs there to support recovery efforts. Currently VISTAs have been placed through the Bright Futures program in Joplin, Carthage and Carl Junction. Additional VISTA placements are planned in this community.
Matt Davis, Superintendent of Eldon Schools, expressed gratitude for the funding. ‘This summer, over 70 people are serving in PAVE AmeriCorps funded positions. We are grateful for the increasing support we receive to operate these programs. AmeriCorps funding allows us to provide extra help to students and to do things in our community that no one else has the resources to accomplish. We are happy to extend these opportunities to surrounding areas and especially to help out in a time of need in Joplin.’
Recruitment has begun to fill AmeriCorps tutor and VISTA slots. Additional support grant funding will allow for one full-time VISTA supervisor. For information on this National Service program, contact Daphney Partridge, Program Director at 573.392.8060 X517 or go to www. my.americorps.gov.
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