PLEASE READ BEFORE PROCEEDING TO REGISTRATION LINK

Pre-registration forms along with registration fee (money order or cashier’s check made out to Morehouse College NYSP) must be returned to ensure a space for your child.

The registration fee will be $150.00 per child (NON-REFUNDABLE), which covers the entire four weeks of camp (June 2 through June 27, 2008). We will provide breakfast, lunch and a snack as we have done in the past along with the sports skill instruction and academic enhancement activities. Our hours of operation will remain 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. With this in mind, you are asked to complete the PRE-REGISTRATION FORM found on this site to reserve a space for your child. It is important that you complete the pre-registration form and return it by the deadline noted with the registration fees. For those parents with more than one child you will find attached the registration fee for each situation. Our program will only serve 250 children thus, it is imperative that you pre-register in order to reserve your child’s spot in this year’s camp. Our program will only run for 20 days.

• Registration will be on first come first serve basis
• Participants will secure the required physical examination on their own
• There will be only one schedule registration date.
• All registrations will be accepted on one specific day and time
• There will be no exceptions to any noted dates and times for the submission of the pre-registration form and other registration materials.
• The NYSP program serves children ages 10-16, both boys and girls
• PAYMENT IS NON-REFUNDABLE

Pre-Registration form link

NATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM @ MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

The National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) at Morehouse College is a summer day camp, which gives children from low-income disadvantaged families an opportunity to participate in group sports instruction and academic skill enhancement. This program has served thousands of boys and girls ages 10-16 ever since 1968.

WHAT IS MOREHOUSE NYSP

The Morehouse College NYSP Program has raised over one million dollars in-kind services from community contributions. Morehouse College itself has contributed in excess of 2.5 million dollars in-kind services with the use of institutional facilities, equipment, classrooms, and manpower over the last 39 years.

Our program is in two phases, the activity phase and the educational phase. During the activity phase, we offer instructional training in swimming, tennis, basketball, softball, volleyball, track and field and dance.

The other phases of our program have included Drug and Alcohol Prevention, Math/Science and Creative Writing.

  NATIONAL PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

• To utilize youth-centered instructional strategies in sports and educational activities.
• To create a nurturing environment in which every NYSP participant has the opportunity to enjoy learning life and sports skills.
• To increase effectiveness of NYSP personnel through staff development programs and through the provision of on-the-job training in sports instruction and administration.
• To increase public awareness of and involvement in NYSP at the local, state, and national levels.
• To expand opportunities for participants from low-income families to benefit from interactive sports skills instruction, engage in sports competition and improve their overall fitness.
• To help participants become better citizens and to provide them with information on career and educational opportunities; alcohol and drug abuse prevention strategies; and encouragement of a healthy life.
• To enable institutions of higher education and public and private agencies to participate more fully in community life and in the resolution of community problems.

Each participant will be provided breakfast and lunch daily. The NYSP Program is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children free of charge.  Children who are part of households that receive Food Stamps or benefits under the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) are automatically eligible to receive free meals as well as those who qualify for free and reduced lunches.

Any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against in any USDA-related activity should write or call immediately to:

USDA
Director, Office of Civil Rights
Room 326-W
Whitten Building
14th and Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250-9410
(202) 720-5964 (voice or TDD)

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Robert Wilson III at 404-215-2668.

Morehouse NYSP does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, disability, religion or national origin.