We are happy to announce that the Safe Sports Network is once again the beneficiary of the BASC Santa Claus Shuffle on Saturday, December 2nd!
Safe Sports knows how important sports are in the lives of our kids and how participation in sports contributes to their success - now and in the future. The benefits sports provide - both physical and mental - are tremendous. We also know that sports participation has risks. It is our mission to promote and provide a safe sports environment for kids - preventing injuries when possible and providing high quality care when injuries do occur. Sports-specific physical and mental health care are important in keeping kids engaged and returning them to the sports they love as quickly and safely as possible.
Our organization is funded in part by the generous donations from our community. Can you make a donation to help keep young athletes safer and on track for success?
Thank you!
The Safe Sports Team
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Santa Claus Shuffle
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 marks the 13th running of the BASC Santa Claus Shuffle. The shuffle is a 3-mile out-and-back course that starts and finishes at Veteran’s Park in downtown Manchester.
THE CAUSE
Imagine: A young athlete has collapsed on the field and isn’t moving. What happens in the next few minutes could make the difference between life and death. Is this something you want to leave to chance?
Safe Sports uses proven tools to help reduce the risk of sports participation. That’s our mission: to keep kids safer by promoting and providing a safe sports environment. All services provided free for over 6,000 students per year, including:
- injury care on site at high schools and an injury evaluation clinic in downtown Manchester;
- emergency action plans created and practiced for over 100 teams per year;
- CPR and first aid training;
- athletic health care on site at practices and games
- comprehensive concussion management programs;
- education on sports medicine topics.
Our athletic trainers work under the direction of Jim Vailas, MD who has been the Safe Sports Network Medical Director since its inception. Coordinating the daily operations is Program Director Dawn Belmore, MEd, N.H.LAT, ATC.
In the 2021-2022 school year, Safe Sports athletic trainers evaluated 1,200 new injuries, provided over 17,500 treatments at no charge to the athletes, and provided care at more than 250 appointments through our injury evaluation clinic. In partnership with ExpressMed we have performed approximately 10,000 free sports physicals over the last 3 decades.
For more information go to www.safesportsnetwork.org.