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I created this initiative in 2007 to encourage youth exercise, youth leadership, academic excellence and accountability, and the pursuit of collegiate scholarship.
The reasoning behind my wanting to provide this incentive has roots in my own upbringing. I can recall often times in my own youth that the cost of sports equipment caused much strife and tension in my house. While my parents always had the intention of supporting my athletic endeavors, sometimes the cost of the equipment would deter me or prohibit me from pursuing a new sport that I wanted to play. I felt that perhaps the incentive to give away these gloves to kids as an incentive to bring their grades to honor roll levels. I felt like this would be a good way to encourage some kids who may not be playing sports, to give it a shot now that they have the equipment. At the same time this gives the kids who are athletic already, but don't put the same effort into their studies some incentive to be complete student athletes. All the while giving their parents a break on some of the equipment costs!
The process and rules are simple. Each student must maintain all A's and B's at the end of the semester. No C's…No exceptions.
2008 WINNERS - CRESTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL
Batting Gloves;
- Anna Gravely (8th softball)
- Kelsey Wetherall (7th softball)
- Alex Levine (7th baseball)
- Mitchell Disler (7th baseball)
Football Gloves;
- Trung Pham (8th)
- Kevin Kidwell (8th)
- Jonah Meredith (7th)
- Kenny Hagins (7th)
- Marco Gibson (8th)
- Devar Ferhadi (8th)
- Nick Taylor (7th)
- Will Holtzinger (7th)
- Lucas Salina (8th)
- Ian Tucker (8th)
- A.J. Avellan (7th) Gloves +sleeves
- Cory Connelly (8th) HIGH HONORS – Gloves, chin strap, eye black
- Darnell Henry (8th)
- Cameron Miles Butler (7th)
- Marcus Anderson (7th)
*A thank you goes out to Entrix Sports as well as Dwayne Mandrusiak of the Edmonton Eskimos for helping out with this initiative.*
Reading and creative writing are two of my true passions in life, and every chance I get I try to encourage young people to read and write as much as they can. Reading and writing can open their imaginative horizons to new worlds and possibilities, so with that in mind I'm conducting an essay contest for kids through grades 6-8. Check below to see how to participate.
- Open to students in grades 6, 7 and 8.
- 500 word minimum
- Winning essayists will have their choice between:
- (2) Tickets to an Edmonton Eskimo game
OR
- (1) Autographed Kamau Peterson #8 Jersey
- Runner-up will have their choice of the following:
- (1) Edmonton Eskimo Hat autographed by Kamau Peterson
OR
- (1) Edmonton Eskimo T-shirt autographed by Kamau Peterson
The topic for this essay is "The impact of sports in our society"
Please email all final drafts to gr8grabcontest@kamaupeterson.com along with a short bio that outlines the following;
- Your Name, Grade, City and school name
- Your favorite Sport and team
Contest will run through Deadline extended until September 16th, 2008 at which time the winner will be notified and his/her essay posted on the website.
Have fun with it kids...and good luck!
Kamau
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