Volunteer Opportunity: Adapted Sports Day at JMU

JMU Adapted Sports Day is looking for student volunteers who love sport and love to make a difference. This upcoming semester, on February 7 and 8, they are hosting an Adapted Sports Day for middle school and high school students with physical disabilities. Our goal is EMPOWERMENT through SPORT. The event will feature basketball and volleyball where students from Virginia can come for 2 days and experience sport as well as college life. Friday, Feb. 7 will include a meet and greet session and attendance at the JMU women’s basketball game. Saturday, Feb 8, students will spend the day going through the basketball and volleyball clinic, lunch on campus and will have a chance to compete in games in the afternoon. Check out the links below to see examples of what we will be doing.

Example of sitting volleyball:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V66iwMfOj5A

Example of wheelchair basketball:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30nV5jySi3o

We are looking for volunteers to help us make the event possible. Volunteers will have a variety of roles including:
- Lead groups of students in game play
- Interact with participants and their families by sitting with them, talking to them
- Set-up
- Clean-up

Volunteers need to be able to commit to either 4-9 p.m. on Friday and/or 9 a.m.-4 p.m.on Saturday for the whole day. No prior experience is needed.

If you are interested in volunteering please email Richelle Villa at villa2ra@dukes.jmu.edu.

If you have any other questions about the event please contact, Dr. Joshua Pate at patejr@jmu.edu or Dr. Thomas Moran at morante@jmu.edu.