Double-Header in San Jose!

Got E-Waste?

SportsHopes is holding two ewaste fundraisers on the same day!

When: Sunday, January 22, 2012
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: San Jose double-header locations:
6982 Shearwater Drive, San Jose, CA 95120 (parking lot – Graystone Elementary School)



880 Wren Drive, San Jose, CA 95125 (parking lot – Canoas Elementary School)



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SUMMER 2011 – Build a Stadium – NCAA Hot Topic
Snapshots – Curtis Taylor’s Tips – Questions to Ask

Hello, Community!

The SportsHopes Summer 2011 Highlights newsletter is attached in pdf format.

Thank you very much to the following individuals and organizations for
sharing knowledge and having information available for this newsletter:

  • NCAA and USAToday
  • Student-Athletes and their Families
  • Martin Capron, Founder, Castro Valley Sports Foundation / San Leandro Sports Foundation, Inc.
  • Curtis Taylor, Head Coach, Laney Community College Track & Field and EOYDC.org Track & Field

Page 1: NCAA Hot Topic – Increasing the Value of Athletic Scholarships.
Pages 2-4: Photo Snapshots of local high school and community college student-athletes.
Pages 5-8: “Build a Stadium” by Jennifer Oliver.
Page 9: “Curtis Taylor’s Tips on Training” by Curtis Taylor
Pages 10-11: “Questions to Ask College Coaches and Colleges” by Jennifer Oliver.
Page 11: SportsHopes Updates.

The SportsHopes Highlights newsletter is published three times a year,
Fall, Winter, Spring/Summer and reaches over 7,000 individuals in
Sports, Education, Healthcare, Media and Community in the Greater
San Francisco East Bay Area, State of California, West Coast and
spanning across the United States.

SportsHopes is a high school to college pathway student-athlete support all-volunteer
nonprofit public benefit corporation organized for public and charitable purposes.

Assistance is provided to local student-athletes free of charge.

The mission of SportsHopes is to help high school and community college
student-athletes move forward to four-year colleges, play the sports they
are passionate about in college, stay in college and graduate from college.

Castro Valley – Hayward – San Leandro – San Lorenzo and
Neighboring Communities in the San Francisco East Bay Area

Sincerely,

Jennifer Oliver
Founder
SportsHopes

Click Here – Download Summer ’11 SportsHopes Highlights PDF

Winter 2011 – AB25 – Concussions
Curtis Taylor on Athletic Training – Title IX

Hello, Community!

The SportsHopes Winter 2011 Highlights newsletter is attached in pdf format.

Thank you very much to the following individuals and organizations
for their information and contributions that made this issue possible:

  • California State Assemblymember Mary Hayashi and staff
  • The National Football League – NFL
  • Dr. Lawrence D. Dickinson, Pacific Brain & Spine Medical Group, Inc.
  • Paula Daoutis, Administrative Director, Brain Injury Association of California
  • Jim Negri, Superintendent, Castro Valley Unified School District
  • Jo Loss, President, California Parent Teacher Association
  • Curtis Taylor, Head Women’s Track & Field Coach, Laney Community College
  • Elizabeth Kristen, Senior Staff Attorney, and Elizabeth Cukor, Law Clerk,
    Legal Aid Society of San Francisco – Employment Law Center

Pages 1-2: Sports-Related Concussions: California AB25 Co-Sponsored by the NFL.
Pages 3-5: Photo Snapshots of local high school and community college student-athletes.
Pages 6-8: “Athletic Training, Knowledge and Development” by Coach Curtis Taylor.
Pages 8-10: “Title IX Provides Equal Opportunities for Female Athletes”
by Elizabeth Kristen and Elizabeth Cukor.
Pages 10-11: SportsHopes updates and Title IX footnotes.

SportsHopes is a high school to college pathway student-athlete support all-volunteer
nonprofit public benefit corporation organized for public and charitable purposes.

Assistance is provided to local student-athletes free of charge.

The mission of SportsHopes is to help high school and community college
student-athletes move forward to four-year colleges, play the sports they
are passionate about in college, stay in college and graduate from college.

Castro Valley – Hayward – San Leandro – San Lorenzo and
neighboring communities in the San Francisco East Bay Area

Sincerely,

Jennifer Oliver
Founder
SportsHopes

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