Sports, Fitness & Recreation

TRIPLE PLAY: A Game Plan for the Mind, Body and Soul

Triple Play is a dynamic wellness program that demonstrates how eating right, being fit and maintaining positive relationships promotes good health. The program seeks to improve knowledge of healthy habits, promote physical activity on a daily basis, help kids learn how to interact with others and develop positive relationships with family and friends.

Program components include:

• Healthy Habits Nutrition Curriculum
• Daily Challenges
• Sports Clubs
• Triple Play Games
• Social Recreation

The Major League Baseball® S.T.A.R. Award

The MLB® S.T.A.R. Award program recognizes members ages 10 to 18 for demonstrating Sportsmanship, Team spirit, Achievement and Responsibility in sports, fitness and social recreation programming. Clubs regularly acknowledge youth who demonstrate S.T.A.R. attributes. Each organization selects one outstanding youth who best embodies these characteristics to receive a trophy and become eligible for state, regional and national MLB® S.T.A.R. Award competition.

Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA

This national youth basketball initiative connects players, parents and coaches. The program was launched by the NBA and the WNBA, and is supported by an all-star advisory council, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and other national youth organizations. It provides a training guide curriculum that:

• covers subjects ranging from coaching advice from the first practice to the final game
• creates a positive and fun environment for playing the game
• offers a range of tips from skills to sportsmanship.