St. John Sports Programs

On Friday, June 5, students from three St. John schools were recognized and received awards for their participation in sporting programs. The banquet highlighted the positive side of the sporting programs here on St. John in light of the recent cancellations of sporting programs on St. Thomas. There are a lot of individuals and groups making sure our kids have a safe and enjoyable time playing sports here on St. John. Many programs are now in place and more will occur during the summer months. Contact Lecia Richmond at 626-1871 for more info.

USFSC - using sports for social change, a local St. John group was in attendance and will distribute sporting balls to the three schools present. Nike, in conjunction with benefactor Dean Doeling, a senior design production artist for Nike, has been sending sporting balls and equipment to St. John for our local youth. The intent of this group is to assist any sporting programs that are all ready in place and to donate sporting equipment to them and our schools and to our youth. To date there have been over 230 sporting balls shipped to St. John, many are still en route. The first donation from USFSC was 20 baseball gloves to the Ruby Rutnik Softball Tournament this year, which afterwards distributed them to three various schools. Some fun events for our youth are also in the planning for early October. Please contact me, info below, or Dean Doeling at Nike, 503-532-6756, for further info.

Thank you and be well!

Luigi Costello
Cell: 340-344-5492
http://stjohnrunner.blogspot.com/
vioveg@mac.com