Boston Chargers Young Scholar Program
As we begin the recruiting process for the upcoming Pop Warner football and cheerleading season, we would like to touch base with each family about our Young Scholar Program.
The idea of the Young Scholar Program is to guide each student athlete through their academic school year. We will be hosting several workshops from mental health, financial literacy, self-care/awareness classes for both genders and a student study session which will take place during the season. Each student athlete that's 10 and up will be enrolled in our program as a part of youth awareness.
The team's goal is to begin the workshop program during our strength and conditioning session up until the season ends. Our first workshop will be financial literacy. This is a three-part workshop which will include:
1. Introduction to finance: Discussing banking that includes the use of ATM debit cards and saving accounts. With the approval of each parent/Guardian, each student/athlete will sign up for a bank account, if they do not already have one.
2. Investing: The terms crypto currency and NFT have been tossed around a lot. So, we want to give everyone a breakdown on what are stocks, NFTs and cryptocurrency and how to invest. We will be simulating trades and giving everyone a hands-on look on how to trade.
3. BYOB (Be Your Own Boss): Everyone will be grouped in teams. They will come up with a business idea and a name. With donations from our supporters and sponsors, we will be funding each team as a startup. The funds will be used for their materials, products, as well as profit for their own pockets. We will host a “Pop Warner pop-up shop” prior to the opening season.
We also would be touching on mental health issues for young adults. We will be splitting up this workshop between the boys and for those who identify as he/him as well as girls and for those who identify as her/she. It will be an open circle, judgment free time, and give them time to also ask questions, and to learn about self-care. Everyone will have a personal self-care kit at the end of the session.
