one of our sites in greenville nc just wrapped up their season. received an awesome email yesterday with a few highlights:
As far as success stories…I wish you could actually hear things parents say about the program.
- One Dad said his 11 year old son told me he was sad the program ended. His son was very active when he was younger and as time went on he decided he didn’t want to play sports anymore and this was the first sport/organized physical activity he had done in 3 years.
- One the last day the program met before the 5K a mother told me how her 9 year old daughter had been experiencing problems with lashing out and not getting along. After seeing a behavioral therapist and them recommending daily physical activity they enrolled her in Ready, Set, Run! Once starting the program is gave her an outlet for her frustration and throughout the time of the program she did not experience any problems with lashing out.
- In a program satisfaction survey sent to parents at the end of the program parents said:
· “My daughter now has a greater understanding of goal-setting.”
· “My daughter liked all the games that were played. They made the program enjoyable to her versus just running.”
· “This program got my child excited about running.”
· “I liked that the activities and games offered were not about running but also build endurance.”
· “I liked the fact that my son ran, he didn’t have to remember any plays or anything else, he just ran.”
certainly the best part of the job for me :) they are excited to offer the program again this fall! thanks greenville! any other sites out there want to bring this dynamic to their program selection come fall? let's chat! klake (at) nays.org
