Support Event

Community Service Foundation Summer Olympics

August 02, 2019

08:15 AM - 04:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC Platoon

Event overview

This event is in coordination with the Community Services Foundation. We will be assisting with putting together this youth activity for about approximately 470 kids. These children will be a mix of different ages and backgrounds. We need volunteers willing to be assigned a community as a team lead/coordinator. They will be responsible of their teams rotating through activities with the property staff. There are at least 27 communities participating in this event. Utilizing 3-4 soccer field size areas. 1st Platoon is really needing volunteers that can assist with children. We need people for set up, coaches, and safeties. There will be 3-4 courts with activities on all courts. The venue is inside a climate controlled building, Total Soccer, 8400 Ardwick Ardmore Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20785). This event will require volunteers to report by 0800 for safety brief, set up and assignments. Looking for extremely motivated team members having a chance to mentor these amazing children. This is the preliminary schedule of events for 02 August 19. To include a stretching and warm up prior to starting events. 8am Set-Up We will be setting up tables, chairs and materials for each field. We will need Mission Continues Fellows to set up the fields per your instruction · Tables · Chairs · Materials for activities Cones Masking Tape to “draw lines” 8:15am – 9:30am Volunteer Briefing Mission Continues will brief volunteers of activities and demonstrate how each activity is to be conducted 9:30am – 9:45am Early Arrival for some youth Mission Continues Staff to do warm ups and drills 10am – 10:55am 1st Group Tug of War (2 on each field) High Jump (2 on each field) While half of the group in each field is playing tug of war, the other half will be doing High Jumps Ropes Masking Tape to “draw lines” Tall Ruler Chart Stickers for marking where youth jump 1st Place Ribbon 10:55am – 11am Transition for New Activity 11am – 11:55am 1st Group Obstacle Course Youth will do a relay obstacle course that will consist of: Sprint Low Crawl Crab Walk Sprint While one youth is going everyone else will be cheering them on to wait their turn in the relay Cones Masking Tape to “draw lines” 11:55am – 12noon Transition to Lunch 12noon – 12:55pm Lunch for 2nd Group and Departure of First Group First Group will receive their lunch boxes and backpacks, board their buses and the second group will arrive to eat lunch. We will need volunteers to help with ushering the youth in and out. 12:55pm – 1pm Transition from lunch to fields 1pm – 1:55pm 2nd Group Tug of War (2 on each field) High Jump (2 on each field) While half of the group in each field is playing tug of war, the other half will be doing High Jumps Ropes Masking Tape to “draw lines” Tall Ruler Chart Stickers for marking where youth jump 1st Place Ribbon 1:55pm – 2pm Transition for New Activity 2pm – 2:55pm 2nd Group Obstacle Course Youth will do a relay obstacle course that will consist of: Sprint Low Crawl Crab Walk Sprint While one youth is going everyone else will be cheering them on to wait their turn in the relay 2:55pm – 3pm Departure of 2nd Group Youth will receive their backpacks and board the bus. POC for Community Service Foundation will be Dawn Fowlkes 301-925-1460

Type

Support Event

What To Wear

Comfortable workout clothes

What to Bring

Positive attitude

Inclement Weather

N?A Indoors

Event Contact

When and where

Date

August 02, 2019

Time

08:15 AM - 04:00 PM (EDT)

Location

Total Soccer Arena

8400 Ardwick-Ardmore Road
Landover, MD 20785

Parking Information

Plenty of onsite parking

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