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2025 Poster Session C

C63 - Recess for Champions: Promoting Sports and Play through a Collaborative Partnership between Social Work and Athletics for Local Youth

Recess for Champions is a community-based project developed and implemented through a collaboration between the Sport, Play, Action, & Resilience Collaborative (SPARC!), Miami University Intercollegiate Athletics, and a local Elementary School.

2025 Poster Session C

C63 - Recess for Champions: Promoting Sports and Play through a Collaborative Partnership between Social Work and Athletics for Local Youth

Recess for Champions is a community-based project developed and implemented through a collaboration between the Sport, Play, Action, & Resilience Collaborative (SPARC!), Miami University Intercollegiate Athletics, and a local Elementary School. The program is based on the principles of sport-based positive youth development, community-based programming, and interprofessional collaboration. Recess for Champions makes an impact through using sport and play to teach life skills and promote well-being among community youth while also promoting community connection and leadership among volunteers.

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