2023 Safe Sports Social Program
Welcome to the 11th annual Safe Sports Social! It is hard to believe that this event has been held annually for more than a decade! It’s equally hard to believe how many kids YOU have helped keep safe and thriving! Tonight is about a look back at all of the kids you have helped and a look forward for all of those who continue to need your support. If we learned anything through the pandemic - and we certainly learned a lot - it is that sports are an incredibly important part of the social and physical well-being of our children. The need to stay safe and thriving through sports is present everyday. It doesn’t only live with the major, season-ending injuries. Instead, kids need your support every day - to stay in the game, literally and figuratively. On behalf of our Board of Directors, I would like to Thank you for being part of the Safe Sports Team and making a difference every day! Yours, James Vailas, MD
Welcome to the 11th annual Safe Sports Social! It is hard to believe that this event has been held annually for more than a decade! It’s equally hard to believe how many kids YOU have helped keep safe and thriving! Tonight is about a look back at all of the kids you have helped and a look forward for all of those who continue to need your support. If we learned anything through the pandemic - and we certainly learned a lot - it is that sports are an incredibly important part of the social and physical well-being of our children. The need to stay safe and thriving through sports is present everyday. It doesn’t only live with the major, season-ending injuries. Instead, kids need your support every day - to stay in the game, literally and figuratively. On behalf of our Board of Directors, I would like to Thank you for being part of the Safe Sports Team and making a difference every day!
Yours,
James Vailas, MD
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Student Ambassador <strong>Program</strong><br />
<strong>2023</strong> Laura C. Decoster Award Recipient<br />
Margaret Sheehan<br />
Bishop Brady High School<br />
The Laura C. Decoster award is awarded to<br />
a <strong>Safe</strong> <strong>Sports</strong> Student Ambassador who has<br />
gone above and beyond in promoting sports<br />
safety in their communities. The recipient<br />
must be a very active member within the<br />
Student Ambassador for <strong>Sports</strong> <strong>Safe</strong>ty<br />
program, as well as a leader among their<br />
peers and within their communities.<br />
The Laura C. Decoster Award is given to a Junior<br />
or Senior Student Ambassador that embodies<br />
key characteristics of the organization’s founding<br />
executive director, Laura Decoster. Laura spent her<br />
career in service to the young athletes in Greater<br />
Manchester. The recipient of the award must embody<br />
the same spirit and beliefs.<br />
Margaret has accumulated over 40 volunteer hours<br />
over her two years as an extremely active member of<br />
the Student Ambassador for <strong>Sports</strong> <strong>Safe</strong>ty <strong>Program</strong>.<br />
She has held leadership positions on the executive<br />
council and is a consistent “go-to” person for any last<br />
minute events and projects that arise. She can always<br />
be counted on to lend a hand or a voice, whether it<br />
is to fill a last-minute need at concession stands or<br />
creating various videos.<br />
Margaret is also an effective advocate for sports safety<br />
at Bishop Brady HS. She is very active around the<br />
athletic training facility and happy to help in whatever<br />
way she can. Although she is a quiet leader, she is a<br />
FANTASTIC role model for the other members of<br />
our program. She truly understands the <strong>Safe</strong> <strong>Sports</strong><br />
mission and what it means to be an ambassador and<br />
a leader.<br />
Congratulations, Margaret!<br />
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