Child Safety Organizations
Join in the STOP Sports Injuries movement and become an official participating child safety organization by downloading a brief agreement and filling out the form below. This form signifies that your organization meets the designated criteria and that your organization will promote the activities to help address sports trauma and overuse prevention.
There are many other ways that child safety organizations can be involved in the campaign, but the outlined participation agreement provides a basic foundation upon which professional health organizations can promote athletic safety as part of their activities. Review the starter list of involvement activities and ideas and then develop additional ways to promote injury prevention as a part of youth sports
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Current Child Safety Organizations
Click on the links below for more information on the child safety organizations that have joined our team to become advocates for youth sports safety:
Choreohealth
Dance is a high-level physical activity known to incur a large number of injuries; but, sadly, dancers often do not enjoy access to specialized care or health guidance. Choreohealth™ is committed to providing dancers in all dance genres with high quality wellness and healthcare information. We especially emphasize working with dancers of high school age and younger, along with their parents and teachers. Our efforts focus on teaching dance wellness seminars at dance studios and schools, offering musculoskeletal assessments to dancers (including pre-pointe evaluations), and developing and promoting educational resources. Choreohealth™ unlocks the mysteries of how science relates to the art of dance and dance wellness, thus helping dancers understand their bodies and giving them hope for a healthy future in dance.
Choreohealth™ is based in Orange County, California. Further information about us is available at www.choreohealth.com.
National Alliance for Youth Sports
The National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) is America's leading advocate for positive and safe sports and activities for children. NAYS believes that properly educating those involved in youth sports programs helps ensure that each child has a rewarding and memorable youth sports experience. NAYS offers programs and services for professional administrators, volunteer administrators, volunteer coaches, officials, parents and young athletes.
NAYS programs are provided at the local level through dynamic partnerships with more than 3,000 community-based organizations, which include parks and recreation departments and independent youth service groups throughout the country, as well as military installations worldwide. NAYS is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in West Palm Beach, Florida. For more information visit www.nays.org or call (800) 688-KIDS (5437).
National Cheer Safety Foundation
The National Cheer Safety Foundation (NCSF) is dedicated to injecting science into cheer safety to reduce injury, disability and death from cheer injuries through research and education of parents, cheerleaders, coaches and administrators. Founded by the parents of injured cheerleaders, it is the only independent safety organization in the cheer industry. For more information visit www.nationalcheersafety.com or contact us at 800-596-7860. To report cheer injuries go to www.cheerinjuryreport.com.
Newcastle All Sports Association
Newcastle All Sports Association is a non-profit, community sports organization that promotes the character and physical development of our youth. Our mission is to provide a quality experience for our players and their families. Through proper guidance and exemplary leadership Newcastle Youth Sports programs assist youth in developing the qualities of citizenship, discipline, teamwork and physical well-being. By giving the virtues of character, courage and loyalty, the Newcastle Youth Sports Little League program is designed to develop superior citizens as well as superior athletes. Our goals are to promote the values of teamwork, sportsmanship and fair play and, of course, to teach our youth the great games of Baseball, Football and Basketball.
In an effort to promote these goals, we seek out parents, guardians, coaches, and donors to get involved in any way they can and serve as role models for the great youth of the Tri City area. The objective of the youth Athletic programs offered by N.A.S.A. is to offer a rich year-round schedule of participatory athletic activities that teach our players the proper skills for Football, Baseball, Basketball and more importantly, for life. N.A.S.A will provide a solid foundation so that area youth may be challenged to succeed to their highest potential in the sports programs they choose, led by an exceptional, caring staff, in a safe and positive environment enhanced by our community support..
The Orthopaedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles
The Orthopaedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles was created as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose primary mission is to develop and encourage research and education concerning minimally invasive orthopaedic surgery and advancements in musculoskeletal diseases. Our aim is to discover new modalities for the treatment of orthopaedic injuries and musculoskeletal disease, to promote injury prevention, and to explore minimally invasive treatments that guarantee shorter recovery time and faster return to daily activities.
The Foundation is also committed to initiatives that educate individuals of all ages who are passionate about a healthy and active lifestyle, helping them to Stay in the Game... for Life.
Orthopedic Kneed Foundation
MISSION STATEMENT
It is the mission of the Orthopedic Kneed Foundation to provide orthopedic medical care to injured young athletes and youth in the greater San Antonio area who are either under insured or have no coverage by health insurance. All services including surgeries provided by Dr. Peter Holmes and his team of professionals are for free. We are 501(c3) status and all donations are deductable.
Our vision is to facilitate optimal care and recovery by covering the following costs with your donations:
- • Operating room expenses
- • Emergency room expenses
All other services are provided in kind;
- • Diagnostics
- • Clinical office visits
- • Physical therapy
- • Rehabilitation
- • Orthopedic braces and equipment.
We especially target athletes in high school who are headed for a college scholarship or financial assistance based upon their athletic performance. We also serve others in need who, without our financial and professional help, would not be able to return to their pre-injury life. It is our goal to see them through full recovery and increase their chance for success.
Please go to our website to learn more.
www.kneedfoundation.org.
SAFE Kids USA
Safe Kids USA is a member of Safe Kids Worldwide, a global network of organizations whose mission is to prevent accidental childhood injury, a leading killer of children 14 and under. More than 450 coalitions in 16 countries bring together health and safety experts, educators, corporations, foundations, governments and volunteers to educate and protect families. Safe Kids Worldwide was founded in 1987 as the National SAFE KIDS Campaign by Children's National Medical Center with support from Johnson & Johnson. Safe Kids Worldwide is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Washington, D.C.
Ski & Snowboard Club Vail
Ski & Snowboard Club Vail was founded in 1964 to provide training and competition programs for aspiring young ski racers. Today, the organization remains true to their roots by instilling the values of character, courage and commitment in more than 500 kids of all ages, abilities and interests who participate in on-snow winter sports programs of Alpine, Freeskiing, Freestyle, Nordic and Snowboarding. SSCV is one of the Vail Valley's oldest non-profits and continues its mission to provide youth the opportunity for character growth and excellence through athletics.
Cole Performance Systems
THE CPS MISSION STATEMENT:
CPS is dedicated to providing the client the most elite, ethical and up-to-date performance athletic strategies available to allow your athletes to train and compete at the highest-level possible. Our goal is to decrease injury risk, increase performance and longevity in sport and life. CPS is committed to educating our clients (coaches and athletes alike) so that they can utilize high-level athletic strategies in an independent environment. At CPS, the focus is on the client and their results-based goals in all facets of summer and winter sports performance.
It is important to note that the CPS system was built on injury prevention first, performance second. At CPS, it is our goal to try to isolate the "injury-prone" athlete before, the injury might occur. Using movement screens and non-invasive strength and cardio testing, we have created a program that gives our athletes a plan that is easy to follow and, more importantly, allows the coach less time on strength and conditioning program design.
Please visit our Website at: http://www.coleperformancesystems.com
McBride Foundation
The McBride Foundation is a public 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to combat crippling bone and joint disease via education, prevention and research. Founded by leading orthopedic surgeons in the state of Oklahoma, the McBride Foundation offers free public education seminars on arthritis, joint replacements and other bone and joint related diseases. The Foundation funds high-quality, peer-reviewed grants to researchers studying juvenile arthritis, as well as to resident doctors pursuing research in fields related to orthopedics.
In the spring of 2011, the Sports Injury Prevention program was developed by the Foundation to lead the effort in Oklahoma against youth sports injuries. As a preventative program, the education provided to sports organizations and K-12 schools will be an initial step towards educating Oklahomans on the importance of youth athletes playing safe and injury free. Our goal is to Prevent Injury, Protect Athletes and Preserve Greatness.
For more information about the McBride Foundation visit http://www.mcbridefoundation.org/ or call 405.486.2558.
NeuroSpine Institute Foundation
About the NeuroSpine Institute Foundation:
The main goal of NSIF is to promote youth sports, while educating how to stop all types of preventable injuries from occurring including concussions and spinal cord damage. We at NSIF are committed to encouraging young athletes to participate in all types of sports, while striving to educate coaches and volunteers on how to limit the number of risks involved and how proper nutrition can also play a vital role in optimal health for our growing athletes.
NeuroSpine Institute Foundation
About the NeuroSpine Institute Foundation:
The main goal of NSIF is to promote youth sports, while educating how to stop all types of preventable injuries from occurring including concussions and spinal cord damage. We at NSIF are committed to encouraging young athletes to participate in all types of sports, while striving to educate coaches and volunteers on how to limit the number of risks involved and how proper nutrition can also play a vital role in optimal health for our growing athletes.
Taylor Hooton Foundation
The Taylor Hooton Foundation was formed in memory of Taylor E. Hooton, a 17-year old high school athlete from Plano, TX. Taylor took his own life on July 15, 2003 as a result of the use of anabolic steroids. This Foundation was founded by the parents, family and friends of Taylor after his death when the founders became aware of the magnitude of a growing problem among high school and college students across the US and Canada--the illegal use and abuse of anabolic steroids as an appearance and performance enhancement drug in addition to the abuse of other APEDs by our kids. They discovered that this is a serious problem among young athletes and non-athletes, and learned that young people and their parents are generally ignorant of either the prevalence of or the real dangers of these powerful drugs.
The mission of the foundation is to raise awareness about the widespread use of steroids and other appearance and performance enhancing drugs (APEDs) by the youth of America. Further, our purpose is to educate youth and their adult influencers about the dangers of steroids and other APEDs.
Alexandra's Playground
Alexandra's Playground is a nonprofit committed to facilitating opportunities for safe healthy play for children. Our mission is to improve the lives of children through promoting safe and healthy play throughout childhood. We do this by raising awareness about the importance of childhood play, creating opportunities for children to be physically active and socially interactive and creating programs the help to promote safe and healthy play.
Jacksonville Sports Medicine
Jacksonville Sports Medicine is a not for profit community health care coalition striving to make Jacksonville a safer place to play.
Gridiron Alliance
The mission of the Gridiron Alliance is to help student athletes and their families through catastrophic sports injuries and to advance school sports safety.
The Gridirion Alliance is pleased to collaborate with STOP Sports Injuries because we can work together toward common goals, building greater awareness, gaining more momentum, and making a difference in the lives of more student athletes and their families.
HeartSmart, Inc.
We offer specialized CPR/Sport Medic First Aid certification of coaches, ATCs, parents, and school staff. Project Play with Heart is our new program where we do cardiac screening for children. Kick Start My Heart is our Foundation where we help schools and athletic teams implement AED programs where we fund and train responder teams to use them in a cardiac emergency. These two programs are both primary prevention (screens) and secondary prevention (AEDs) to maximize children's safety.
Youth Sports Doc Foundation
Youth Sports Doc Foundation is an organization that educates the youth on sports safety, health, and staying in the game. Youth Sports Doc Foundation is involved with a number of teams and organizations in South Florida that are making a real impact in youth sports.
Agency for Student Health Research
The Agency for Student Health Research is dedicated to improving the environmental conditions affecting students within youth organizations. We create a community focused on helping children reach their absolute potential, by evaluating limiting factors and implementing positive change to promote success and health. We believe every child has the right to participate in a positive youth sports environment, without fear of injury or mistreatment.
Our Injury Prevention Network was created to meet the needs of parents, coaches, athletic trainers, and youth sports organizations as a way to monitor injuries as they occur within a specific sports environment. By creating a comparison between your team's Rate Of Injury (ROI) and all other participating teams in our network, parents gain piece of mind that their child is playing on the safest team in the area. For more information, contact A4SHR by email at info@a4shr.com or visiting us online at www.a4shr.com, www.facebook.com/TheA4SHR or @Thea4shr.
State University of New York, Youth Sports Institute
The institute’s evidence-based curriculum was developed specifically for non-school youth coaches by staff at SUNY Cortland. The YouthSportsNY™ training network consists of 30 SUNY college coaches, faculty and instructors working across SUNY ‘s entire 64 campus network while sharing services with a growing list of CUNY colleges. In 40 months YSNY has trained 14,000 non-school youth coaches for certification in 905 communities across New York State. Nearly 150 SUNY college coaches contributed published works helping us improve and elevate the understanding of non-professional youth coaches in safety, knowledge, practice and conduct. Through sport SUNY is making is making a direct impact on the children, families and communities across NYS - while promoting a culture of activity for all.
Dave Duerson Athletic Safety Fund, Inc.
Dave Duerson Athletic Safety Fund, Inc. is a continuous program to support and benefit the student athletes in the Muncie Community Schools and surrounding areas. The Fund's mission is to be a sustainable funding mechanism for the prevention and detection of head injuries of student athletes in the 5th through 12 grades. Initial activities include raising awareness of head injuries in student athletes, baseline testing (ImPACT) of the defined participating athletic groups, including post-injury testing and return-to-play evaluation when needed. The Fund continually seeks additional avenues in which to address its mission, such as subsidizing the purchase and maintenance of athletic head gear for the athletes.
Frozen Shorts
Frozenshorts is a youth sport’s consulting company dedicated to long-term athletic development, mental health, and the pure enjoyment of playing youth sports for fun. Its mission is to engage children through youth sports by having them play for fun with balanced excellence.
The Frozenshorts Training Method (FSTM) teaches youth organizations the benefits to children, coaches, and parents now participating in youth sports that participation and continued activity should be a primary goal of all youth sports.
We want to provide leadership for the development of theory, research and applied practice in sport, exercise, and healthy activity.
The Frozenshorts Training Method is a holistic approach to teaching and coaching kids. Not only do we teach kids the fundamentals of the youth sports’ games they play for fun, but we are continually finding ways to model positive behavior, the importance of community, accountability, humility, and manners.
We would like to work with you during this season on implementing some if not all of the many programs we have to offer. We have several training aides that you may want to consider as well, but we are also able to customize packages specifically for your organization, league, franchise or team.
Cleared to Play.Org., Inc.
Cleared To Play.Org, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit organization founded by Sean Lager, M.D.. Its purpose is to raise awareness of concussion prevention and treatment and provide appropriate medical support for local high school and college athletes. Through his Orthopedic Surgery Sports Medicine private practice, Gotham City Orthopedics, LLC, Dr. Lager and his associate, Dr. Orlando V. Gonzalez, work with several local high school and college teams. Both physicians are certified with ImPactTM, a proprietary neurocognitive testing company, which measures 8 different types of brain function. Using this test in the pre-season establishes each player’s baseline brain function. After a concussion has been diagnosed, the player retakes this ImPactTM test to determine how his/her brain function may have been affected, and is used as part of the criteria for assessing when the player has returned to pre-injury status and can return to play. Gotham City Orthopedics, LLC is a certified ImPactTM testing center and provides these testing services at their Jersey City, Englewood, and Clifton, NJ locations.
Rush for a Cause
Making a Difference in the lives of catastrophic injured student-athletes, raising awareness for the need and helping promote injury prevention.
The ultimate goal of our organization, through the generosity of donors and sponsors, is to provide a support system that helps the injured student-athlete to accept, cope, adjust and move forward in their lives in a productive way. We provide hope and solutions.
Inspired after learning about a nearby high school football player who was paralyzed during a Friday Night Football game, a 17-year old high school football running back turned his empathy into action.
He wanted to Make A Difference.
He founded the 501c)(3) charity where the concept is “Athletes Helping Athletes”. Athletes in any scholastic sport fundraise (i.e. running backs/quarterbacks collect pledges for every yard they “rush” or simply via donations) to help their fellow student-athletes who, as a result of a catastrophic sport injury, have had their world turned upside down. These injured athletes and their families’ lives are changed forever.
The reality is that life moves on, however, not for them, or at least as they knew it. They are left to cope and adjust physically, mentally, emotionally and socially.
Rush For A Cause reminds them that others have not forgotten and are there to assist them as they migrate through the journey and life of a catastrophic injured student-athlete.