Shooting Touch Sabbatical
2010-2011 Sabbatical Grantee Tome Barros
From July,2010- April 2011, Tome was in Senegal, Brazil andCape Verde...leaving his footprints of change along the way. Feature on Cape Verdean TV can be seen HERE !
Please see the AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHS below he is taking and read about the positive impact he left behind.
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"Shooting Touch’s
Sabbatical Program
is an outstanding
way for students to
use their passion for
basketball and
channel it into a ten
month mission of
changing and
impacting lives.
It's the opportunity
of a lifetime for
these folks and an
incredible program.
All students who are
fortunate enough to
win the grant,will
undoubtedly return
home a more
mature, enriched
and passionate
person."
Coach Bob Hurley,
St. Anthony's
High School, NJ
"Never doubt that a small group of citizens can change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead
"Be The Change You Wish To See In The World". Mahatma Gandhi
The Shooting Touch Sabbatical Program, referred to as “The Basketball Peace Corps”, grants graduating college seniors the opportunity to travel the world and partake in a 10-month international work program using the platform of basketball to help foster education and influence positive social change in third world communities.
The Grant:
Each grantee will be provided with a stipend of $25,000 to fund the entire journey. Each grantee is responsible for managing the budget and allocating all costs throughout the 10-month journey.
The 10-month work program:
Each selected grantee will follow the mandatory guidelines below in designing his/her own work program:
(5) months spent in a country of the Grantee's choice. We provide the list of countries to choose from.
(5) months spent in a country of our choice.
(2) weeks spent working with the NBA's Basketball Without Borders Program, location determined by NBA.
The HELP Curriculum
The HELP Cirriculum must be taught by each Grantee throughout the 10-month program. Each Grantee will be presented with the HELP Cirriculum information prior to departure that includes the following four themes:
H - Health promotion and disease prevention
E - Education in gender equality and leadership
L - Learning basketball on-court skills as well as strength conditioning and nutrition
P - Providing places of play (building courts, outdoor spaces, community enhancements).
Shooting Touch, Inc. is partnering with world renowned organizations and institutions in order to provide accurate, up to date information on all (4)themes.
Legacy:
Each grantee must develop a follow-up plan for each country they work in ensuring that the positive impact made will be carried on and built upon by the local community.
Eligibility:
Applicants from colleges and universities of all levels are welcome to apply. Each student application includes a detailed mission statement and outline of the goals each applicant would like to accomplish throughout the 10-month program. Upon acceptance, all grantees will be awarded a stipend of $25,000 to fund their experience. Interested American students, graduating in December of 2011 or Spring of 2012, are welcome to purchase the application online via our store. For any questions, please contact Shooting Touch, Inc. at lkittredge@shootingtouch.com. The deadline for applications is 1/31/12.
Past & Current Grantees:
The 2010 Sabbatical Grantee, Tome Barros, traveled to Dakar, Senegal, Rio de Janiero, Brazil and the islands of Cape Verde teaching Senegalese, Brazilian and Cape Verdean youth basketball and leadership skills, HIV and AIDS prevention as well as proper nutrition and exercise.
The 2011 Sabbatical Grantee, Leah Westbrooks, is currently in Capetown, South Africa working with Hoops 4 Hope in education African youth on basketball and leadership skills. On 9/1/2011 she will travel to Johannesburg, South Africa to work with the NBA's Basketball Without Borders Program. After, she will spend the remainder of her 10-months in Zimbabwe working with Hoops 4 Hope and The Matilda Program, working with HIV/AIDS families and bringing the joys of basketball to their community.
About:
2010 - Tome Barros Sabbatical Program : Senegal, Brazil and Cape Verde
Shooting Touch, Inc. has overseas affiliates across the globe, including The Kossengwe Foundation in Nigeria, the NBA’s Basketball Without Borders Program in Africa, Hoops 4 Hope in South Africa, CUFA in Brazil and the NBA's Eurocamp in Treviso, Italy.
Shooting Touch, Inc. recommends that the Sabbatical nominees consider and reach out to of these affiliates while designing his/her work program. However, it is important to stress each individual has the flexibility to use his/her own entrepreneurial spirit to design their own (3) month leg of the journey and program. His/her main goal is to use the sport of basketball as a platform to influence positive social change in each country.
