The Soopah Team has finished its training this spring for the BMX track and will begin racing on June 5th! We have been working on getting the kids safety gear and one item they needed was gloves. Meckwear is an upcoming apparel company which donated gloves for the Soopah Team! Even though the company is in the startup phase the company’s owner, Brent Mecklenburg wanted to help out. The gloves have great hand protection and are very comfortable. The kids will keep the gloves and be involved in getting feedback to the company so they can improve the design.
Some might call 1,000 youngsters a handful. At Triple Threat, we call it fun.
So on Saturday, August 14th, from 12 – 4pm, Triple Threat will team up with the City of Aurora, area churches, non-profits and volunteers to offer the annual urban festival for youth called Celebrate our Children. Last year, about 2,000 people filed into East Aurora’s McCarty Park to enjoy the free event that features live entertainment and special attractions, rides, carnival games, prizes, community booths and more. Plan now to volunteer and join the fun. Stay connected to our Facebook and Twitter accounts for more details and we hope to see you there!
Green thumbs. Green life. The newest Triple Threat Mentoring program combines gardening while at the same time helping people in Aurora.
This program will teach gardening and knowledge of the environment as it effects plant growth. Harvested vegetables will benefit the kids involved as well as the community through a free food market.
This program will meet in two sessions. The first runs from May 17th until July 5th. During those dates, the program meets on Mondays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The first session of the program focuses on getting the garden started, planting, upkeep, and some harvesting.
Starting on July 17th and running through September 4th, the program will meet on Saturday mornings. This second session focuses on upkeep, planting and harvesting.
Mix food together with sports and games. Sprinkle in more than a hundred people. What do you have?
Intersection 2010.
Triple Threat Mentoring partnered with North Central College recently for Intersection 2010, an event chock full of athletics, academics and arts for residents of Jericho Circle.
Youth came from Jericho Circle to nearby Westwood Park to partake in a number of activities. Whether it was flipping around in an inflatable jump-house or learning the 50 states through a puzzle, kids had a bevy of activities to keep them busy all day.
We want to send a big thank you out to all our volunteers and friends at North Central for their hard work and making Intersection 2010 a great success!
With an uncharacteristically hot April sun beaming, middle school students from Jericho Circle summoned all the energy they could. They poured out their remaining energy in the waning moments of a recent Accelerate program.
Accelerate is Triple Threat’s twice-a-week running and fitness program that prepares middle school students for other sports while improving their endurance.
So what separates Accelerate from any other after-school youth fitness program? A lot, actually. Most importantly, the kids in the programs aren’t even training for a specific sport. Instead, they’re looking out for their own fitness to prepare for upcoming sporting seasons. To accomplish that, Accelerate draws from a number of activities, including Nike Sparq training, ultimate Frisbee and a number of other running tasks and activities.
Endurance isn’t the only thing improving. So too is their character. Triple Threat’s athletics programs place a strong emphasis on growing character and leadership skills.
Triple Threat’s Birp program recently dropped off donated bikes at an Aurora women’s shelter called Mutual Ground Inc, which provides services for women who are victims of domestic violence.
Youth in Birp, which stands for the bicycle repair program, fixed up donated bikes for Mutual Ground.
Here’s a quick video of the drop-off.
If you have a bike you would like to donate for the next trip, email Nate at nate@triplethreat.org.
The Soopah Team is a BMX riding skill development for 5th to 7th graders. To ride with the Soopah team, youth must first complete the Birp program as a participant and again as a leader.
Once completed, they are part of the Soopah team and get to ride their custom bikes at BMX tracks in Illinois and Indiana.
Fourth and fifth graders from Gates and Krug elementary schools will learn many lessons in Triple Threat’s basketball program.
Sure, they’ll learn to shoot the ball.
And their dribbling skills will surely improve.
That’s not entirely what the basketball program is about, though. While on-the-court skills are a building block of the program, off-the-court character is just as important.
With the help of East Aurora High School basketball players and other volunteers, Triple Threat seeks to build leadership skills in the youth it serves in this program.
The program meets at Krug Elementary on Mondays at 2:45 p.m. and Gates Elementary on Tuesdays at 2:45 p.m.
With an uncharacteristically hot April sun beaming, middle school students from Jericho Circle summoned all the energy they could. They poured out their remaining energy in the waning moments of a recent Accelerate program.
Accelerate is Triple Threat’s twice-a-week running and fitness program that prepares middle school students for other sports while improving their endurance.
So what separates Accelerate from any other after-school youth fitness program? A lot, actually. Most importantly, the kids in the programs aren’t even training for a specific sport. Instead, they’re looking out for their own fitness to prepare for upcoming sporting seasons. To accomplish that, Accelerate draws from a number of activities, including Nike Sparq training, ultimate Frisbee and a number of other running tasks and activities.
Endurance isn’t the only thing improving. So too is their character. Triple Threat’s athletics programs place a strong emphasis on growing character and leadership skills.
