Chittenden East Youth Football Association is a Vermont not- for-profit organization founded in 1999 to offer football to our area youth. CEYFA pl ayers are from the Chittenden East School District (Jericho, Underhill, Richmond, Bolton, Huntington, and Westford). The program’s missi on is to build character and self-esteem in our community’s youth through the experience of football. CEYFA coaching and administration emphasizes a safe, positive, and personally rewarding environment for all participants. CEYFA is a member of the not-for-profit Northern Vermont Youth Football League (NVYFL), an organization of 16 youth football teams from northern Vermont towns. The league has a tradition of enthusiastic competition between youth teams, and offers an excellent venue for young athletes to experience football. CEYFA’s motto is “Intensity with Integrity”, and our program prides itself on teamwork, sportsmanship and fun. Opponents and officials have commented on the positive behavior displayed by our players and coaches. Many players volunteer in our community in the name of the Wolverines. CEYFA believes that completing a season of football provides young men and women with leadership and friendship skills that will last a lifetime. CEYFA also encourages parents to research medical facts and injury statistics on their own and will hopefully feel better about allowing their children to play not only youth Football, but any team sport that places such a high emphasis on safety. We also encourag e skeptics to ask families who have been a part of the Wolverine program what their experien ce has been. If you have ever been to Mills Riverside Park and watched a Wolverine Football practice or game you know how special it is and the value it has for our community. Safety and risk of injury playing Football –Our sons and daughters are the most precious possession we have. We always want them safe and free from harm. Then why allow them to play football or any sport that exposes them to risk of injury? Our answer is that the certain benefit can offset the risk of serious injury. Youth Football builds confidence, responsibility, camaraderie, leadership, understanding how cooperation and teamworkis applied and promotes healthy living. No doubt, Football is one of the sports that have a higher risk of injury than some, yet it is behind bicycling and basketball for emergency room visits according to the SAFE KIDS Campaign and the American Academy of Pediatrics for children ages 5 - 14. Parents can have a perception that their children will be required to consistently tackle and be ta ckled by kids twice or three times their size - th at is rarely true. We have three levels of playat CEYFA; grades 2-4 participate in the flag program and do not tackle, grades 5 & 6 age children are introduced to tackle and play other 5th and 6th grade players and 7th and 8th grade age children play each other. At practice, we match kids up by size and experience to work
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