Sports4Kids

Sports4Kids is a non-profit organization in the USA whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of children by increasing the opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play.

Sports4Kids works collaboratively with schools to provide lunchtime, recess and after-school sports activities. Their activities include playground sports and games, working with classroom teachers to facilitate physical education lessons, and an after-school program that includes homework help, inter-school play and sports. Their programs have a strong emphasis on youth development concepts.

A case study [http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/cgi-bin/hfrpdb3.cgi?10=Select+all&12=12&19=Select+all Harvard Family Research Project] of Sports4Kids by the Harvard Family Research Project found that Sports4Kids’ recess and other programs saw visible improvement in several key areas of youth development.

WebMD reports on CBS News that "In the Sports4Kids program, trained adults foster fun, healthy activities during recess at low-income schools. The grown-ups teach games to the kids and help them learn to handle conflicts without fighting." [Citation
last1 = Hitti | first1 = Miranda
title = Revamping Recess For Kids' Fitness, Report: Make School Recess a Priority So Kids Get More Physical Activity
newspaper = WebMD
date = 24 Jul 2007
year = 2007
url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/24/health/webmd/main3292474.shtml]

References

External links

* [http://www.sports4kids.org Sports4Kids]
* [http://www.americorps.org/ AmeriCorps]