Project Winter Camp Jamaica 2016
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Every Jamaican Child Deserves a Little Playing Time.
You can see it in the eyes of Jamaican children: their country has a spirit, rhythm and pride like no other on earth.
But it also has many communities that are critically under-resourced and chronically under-served—environments that provide no models for success, safe out-of-school activities, or dedicated adult role models and coaches. That’s why many Jamaican children, unable to afford cleats and a ball, turn to alternative lifestyles for answers, like joining gangs, adding to the high rates of crime and violence.
What those children don’t lack is energy and passion. Given a chance—meaning a role model and a safe place to play—there’s no limit to how much they can learn, achieve and grow.
With Your Help, That’s What Project Winter Camp Will Give Them.
Athletic extracurricular activities, coupled with high-quality mentoring, can transform lives and communities. That’s why PWCJ sends specially trained coaches to conduct camps in the strategically selected Jamaican communities of Greater Portmore, St. Catherine, and Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland.
1. THE INCREDIBLE BENEFITS OF SOCCER
Working in collaboration with a local football club and primary school, we organize and conduct a high-impact soccer camp, teaching technical skills while emphasizing health and fitness.
2. POSITIVE FEMALE ROLE MODELS
Jamaica suffers from a deep-rooted stigma associated with female participation in sports. We help overcome that by providing female coaches who set positive, inspiring examples for boys and girls alike.
3. INVALUABLE LIFE SKILLS
In addition to emphasizing teamwork, leadership and commitment, we conduct Financial Literacy workshops (in collaboration with the JN Foundation) and Health & Nutrition workshops.
What Your Donation Means.
Along with our sponsors and partners, your generous gifts help us provide camp snacks, equipment, and even playing kits and certificates for each camper. They also helped us achieve the following goals at our December 2014 camps:
• Expanded presence: We served over 120 campers at the two locations, while also training local mentor/coaches.
• We welcomed four female coaches and 35 girls to the camps.
• 4 of our 10 volunteer coaches stayed on, and extended PWCJ to the rural community of Savanna La Mar, reaching 60 campers per day.
What Makes Our Model Sustainable.
PWCJ uses a “coach the coaches” program model, enlisting players from the regional football club and local youth coaches to serve as mentors and role models to the youth who look up to them.
Our coaches demonstrate how to run an effective camp—providing leadership and mentorship skills along with a proven, evidence-based curriculum. This enables successful camps and clinics in the future, ensuring sustainability after our departure and impacting more youth in need.
Who We Are.
Project Winter Camp was founded by Dean Lothian, a Chicago-based parent, coach and former semi-professional soccer player. Dean is NSCAA-certified and has been a Master Soccer Coach with America SCORES Chicago for over 12 years, working with at-risk youth and providing coaching education to over 100 coaches each year. He is one of the pioneer coaches for the US soccer Foundation Soccer 4 Success coach-training program and piloted the first urban soccer certification.
A native of Jamaica, Dean knows what it is to play soccer barefoot on dirt fields, sometimes even without a ball. He also knows how positive soccer can be in the lives of children.
Your generosity makes PWCJ possible—giving Jamaican children a place to play and skills that will take them far in life. Please consider donating!
You can see it in the eyes of Jamaican children: their country has a spirit, rhythm and pride like no other on earth.
But it also has many communities that are critically under-resourced and chronically under-served—environments that provide no models for success, safe out-of-school activities, or dedicated adult role models and coaches. That’s why many Jamaican children, unable to afford cleats and a ball, turn to alternative lifestyles for answers, like joining gangs, adding to the high rates of crime and violence.
What those children don’t lack is energy and passion. Given a chance—meaning a role model and a safe place to play—there’s no limit to how much they can learn, achieve and grow.
With Your Help, That’s What Project Winter Camp Will Give Them.
Athletic extracurricular activities, coupled with high-quality mentoring, can transform lives and communities. That’s why PWCJ sends specially trained coaches to conduct camps in the strategically selected Jamaican communities of Greater Portmore, St. Catherine, and Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland.
1. THE INCREDIBLE BENEFITS OF SOCCER
Working in collaboration with a local football club and primary school, we organize and conduct a high-impact soccer camp, teaching technical skills while emphasizing health and fitness.
2. POSITIVE FEMALE ROLE MODELS
Jamaica suffers from a deep-rooted stigma associated with female participation in sports. We help overcome that by providing female coaches who set positive, inspiring examples for boys and girls alike.
3. INVALUABLE LIFE SKILLS
In addition to emphasizing teamwork, leadership and commitment, we conduct Financial Literacy workshops (in collaboration with the JN Foundation) and Health & Nutrition workshops.
What Your Donation Means.
Along with our sponsors and partners, your generous gifts help us provide camp snacks, equipment, and even playing kits and certificates for each camper. They also helped us achieve the following goals at our December 2014 camps:
• Expanded presence: We served over 120 campers at the two locations, while also training local mentor/coaches.
• We welcomed four female coaches and 35 girls to the camps.
• 4 of our 10 volunteer coaches stayed on, and extended PWCJ to the rural community of Savanna La Mar, reaching 60 campers per day.
What Makes Our Model Sustainable.
PWCJ uses a “coach the coaches” program model, enlisting players from the regional football club and local youth coaches to serve as mentors and role models to the youth who look up to them.
Our coaches demonstrate how to run an effective camp—providing leadership and mentorship skills along with a proven, evidence-based curriculum. This enables successful camps and clinics in the future, ensuring sustainability after our departure and impacting more youth in need.
Who We Are.
Project Winter Camp was founded by Dean Lothian, a Chicago-based parent, coach and former semi-professional soccer player. Dean is NSCAA-certified and has been a Master Soccer Coach with America SCORES Chicago for over 12 years, working with at-risk youth and providing coaching education to over 100 coaches each year. He is one of the pioneer coaches for the US soccer Foundation Soccer 4 Success coach-training program and piloted the first urban soccer certification.
A native of Jamaica, Dean knows what it is to play soccer barefoot on dirt fields, sometimes even without a ball. He also knows how positive soccer can be in the lives of children.
Your generosity makes PWCJ possible—giving Jamaican children a place to play and skills that will take them far in life. Please consider donating!
Organizer
Dean Lothian
Organizer
Chicago, IL
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