SILENT AUCTION RUNS UNTIL TUESDAY, MAY 8 at 10 PMThe online silent auction to raise funds to help offset our two-year deficit and to increase the funds in our scholarship program and our elementary school book donation program runs until Tuesday, May 8 at 10 PM. Click here to get to the auction. Here are some of the items:
- Monster Beat Turbine Headphones
- Two pair of Smith Optics sunglasses
- A $45 gift certificate to the Charles David Hair Salon
- A pair of Reebok shoes
- Three hypnosis therapy sessions
- A Red Sox history book and autographed baseball
- A set of drink mixes
- And more...
Bid now and help us raise funds! Thank you — John Wilpers and Nicole Hayward
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We build girls' self-esteem, athletic skills, and sense of belonging in a supportive, fun-filled, non-competitive environment
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THE HOT SHOTS APPROACH:
Hot
Shots is unlike any sports program you have ever experienced.
We
use puppets, parachutes, pillow fights, flying stuffed animals, and other unique tools to help
girls enjoy trying new and difficult things. We play
unique, often silly games that appeal to the girls' imaginations and
demonstrate that learning can be fun while also kinesthetically reinforcing very specific soccer skills. (Scroll down to "The Hot Shots Story" to learn more.)
IT'S EASY TO REGISTER: The 2012 Hot Shots season began Sunday, Jan. 22, but it's never too late to register (just come to the session of your choice and sign up -- we never close registration!).
We run for ten Sundays over eleven weeks (no session Mar. 11), ending on April 1. The fee is $80 for the first child, $135 for two, and $195 for three girls in the same family.
You can register in person at one of our sessions OR you can download the registration form and mail it in.
To download the registration form, click on the link below ("Document Library") to download the form. Or click on the "Register" tab on the left for more detailed registration information.
Mail the form to: Hot Shots Soccer, c/o John Wilpers, 248
Highland St., Marshfield, MA 02050
Questions? Call or text Hot Shots Director John Wilpers at 617.688.0137, or e-mail me at hotshotssoccer@aol.com.
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Hot Shots receives Boston College "Heights Award"
The award honors
"individuals who have made significant contributions to the
development and advancement of women's sports and who, through
influence or personal achievement, inspire girls and women." Here is the story; here are photos from the ceremony at a BC women's basketball game.
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Hot
Shots is unlike any sports program you have ever experienced. We build
girls self-esteem, athletic skills, and sense of belonging in a
supportive, fun-filled, non-competitive environment while providing
parents a rare opportunity to play, learn and bond with their daughter.
We
use puppets, parachutes, pillow fights and other unique tools to help
girls enjoy trying new and often difficult things. We play
unique, often silly games that appeal to the girls' imaginations and
demonstrate that learning can be fun. Girls pretend to be boa
constrictors, thieves, or alligators -- all in the course of learning
soccer skills.
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There is no
competition. No one is ever placed in a situation where their skill
level might embarrass them or one of their friends. The only "competition" is within each girl. Each week, we challenge each girl to
push herself to try something new to improve her skills.
We also strive to build a sense of belonging and of being special.
At the beginning and end of each session, we sing a Hot Shots song and
introduce several girls, learning about their "favorite things" and
shouting out their names. The colorful Hot Shots T-shirts also create a
pride of membership. Every girl's name is on the front of the shirt and
one girl's soccer drawing is on the back. (On the fourth Sunday, all
the girls draw soccer pictures that are voted on by the girls in each
session of each age group. The winners are imprinted on that group's
T-shirts.) The shirts are distributed at graduation along with a medal.
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To create a
culture of pride, we use strong women role models as coaches, including
college and high school varsity soccer players.
Hot Shots also supports reading and giving back to our community. In 2009, we purchased 1,300 used children's books for our new Hot Shots "library" so girls can take 2-3 books home to read every week (since then, parents have donated hundreds of their used books, too). The
sale of Hot Shots souvenirs funds our "Reading Is A Kick" program that
has donated over $7,000 worth of books to Marshfield's five elementary
schools. The girls sign the books' inside covers, and we hold
ceremonies at each library with the girls from each school giving
the books to their librarian and principal.
Hot Shots is so special to girls that some postpone birthday parties to
attend our graduation party. Hot Shots is so effective that coaches
marvel each spring at our graduates' growth. Above all, Hot Shots is
fun. Where else can girls play soccer to their favorite tunes and learn
skills using puppets and pillow fights?
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Numbers tell
the story: Since 1996, more than 4,000 girls have graduated from Hot
Shots. Most girls return year after year, and many come back to coach
after they're too old to play.
At a time when our daughters are subjected to so many confusing and
demeaning influences, Hot Shots strengthens girls' self esteem and
self-image, helping to arm them for the challenges that lay ahead.
-- John Wilpers, Founder and Director
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If you have any questions or comments, please fill in the fields below
and hit "Send." I will get back to you ASAP. Or feel free to cal me at
617.688.0137. Thank you for your interest in Hot Shots. -- John
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