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The cost per student, per camp comes to approximately $600 per athlete.

We could not provide this opportunity without the support of our donors and you! \

Please consider making a donation to MOBALE at PayPal.me/MOBALEt (Please copy and paste this into your browser)

Thank you for your continued support!

Check this out!

Fresh off the Olympic Games, Brazil now hosts the Paralympic Games. Athletes from the Northwest are packing up this week to fly south to compete in sports such as wheelchair rugby, sitting volleyball -- and goalball. What’s goalball? The three-on-three game is played indoors on a volleyball-sized court and features a roughly three-pound medicine ball that has bells in it. That’s because these athletes are all blind or visually-impaired.

For full article and to listen to a radio show about the sport, click on link:

http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/sport-blind-thats-coolest-ballgame-youve-never-seen

2016 Special Awards!

We are certainly proud of each athlete and volunteer that attends Sports Education Camp! We have a few distinguished awards each year and MOBALE is proud of our 2016 recipients!

Athlete of the Year, Hailey
Spirit Award, Gavin
Volunteer of the Year, Cheryl
Organization of the Year, Maine Sight and Hearing

All Forms

Note: If forms do not load, please try copy and pasting the link to your web browser.

Athlete:

Application
https://drive.google.com/open?id=19_CTyUiPviV4i3AgxnpFpvENNpB7__kp-2davLpdLyQ 

Waiver
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KW6IfuututKDsflB_13lEicMldeynIVs8rWFaoZ_oqI

Medical
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TJlF3I09Wy-yU2h9s0JtACr1opmwAPPmqvr5RtpQpqE

Code of Conduct
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3jIvLsonznldmZQQXNwZUUtblk





Volunteer:


Summer SEC Application
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rxreJmh0d8Jt_gLLW0pOVcmOgn5Sf80JejV0pHZZ50Q

Winter SEC Application
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3jIvLsonznlVk4wY3dCOXFyZ0U

USABA Form
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3jIvLsonznlekl1Vmg5MG8zUUU






Other:

Camp Needs

Addresses for Camp:

Alfond Youth Center (Events)
126 North St.
Waterville, Me 04901

Camp Tracy (Housing)
302 McGrath Pond Rd.
Oakland, Me 04963

Waterville High School (Track & Field Events)
1 Brooklyn Ave.
Waterville, Me 04901

Please bring the following with you!

Things to be sure to bring with you:

A good attitude

Personal care items including a towel
*Note: Bathing it is expected that female athletes where athletic bathing suits NOT bikini's or other swim wear exposing their mid-drift.

Comfortable clothing including athletic foot wear

*Bedding including blankets, sheets, pillows, and/or sleep bag*

Personal medication, none will be available

No alcohol

There will be no soda provided

Are you interested in volunteering?
Do you have knowledge in specific sports or adaptations?
We'd love to have you!

PARENTS AS VOLUNTEERS
First, thank you for your enthusiasm and support! We are glad you want to be part of enriching our athletes experience during sports education events. Our expectation is that you will participate in a capacity you feel would benefit all athletes and allow your child to fully engage in each activity with the other camp participants and volunteers. This is a setting that allows athletes to meet others and connect with students who have different forms of vision loss.

If you have a specific skill set in a sport, we would love to utilize those skills in any way possible. If you do not wish to volunteer, we still encourage parents to participate in the cameo by dropping off their athlete, touring the facility and attending the competitions and award ceremony.

Please complete the attached document and submit a background check either by email or hard copy as soon as possible. Background checks are needed for overnight staff ONLY.

NOTE: A background check will need to be completed each year.


How to access a background check:
1. If your employer has an up to date background check on file, you can submit that to MOBALE.

2. Go to https://www5.informe.org/online/pcr/ and complete the online check. Cost is $31.00

3. If you are in thru Augusta area, you can go into the Department of Public Safety and complete a form,

ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST HAVE SUBMITTED A BACKGROUND CHECK PRIOR TO CAMP TO MobaleSports@gmail.com

Got P.E.?

One of the barriers we hear most is related to accessing physical education classes for students with visual impairments. Do you have questions? Does the teacher at your local school have an interest in engaging students who are blind or visually impaired more?

Reach out to us! We want to assist in any way we can to encourage full participation in a variety of physical activities, health and wellness training for your student!!

For more information, contact Michelle Mason at valhallatrailhead@gmail.com or Aisha Hixon at aisha.hixon@yahoo.com.