All of America SCORES, both the National office and the Affiliates, gathered in our Nation's Capitol February 3 - 6 for the annual America SCORES National Conference. This year's conference was extra special as we celebrated our 10 year anniversary since the inception of America SCORES (15 years for DC Scores)!It was a time for old friends to reunite and catch up and for us newbies to meet everyone. It was an information packed couple of days, but we also had our fun with planned social events that included an indoor soccer game and the America SCORES Showcase series.
Outside of the opportunity for all of the offices to meet and come together, these conferences are great for everyone to discuss face-to-face what is working for their office and what is not. This year many of the sessions were focused on the fundraising aspect of our organization and how to maintain sustainability in the hard economic times that everyone is facing. It was great to hear some of the creative ideas and successful ways other affiliates are tackling fundraising avenues and garnering awareness for their programs.
The most talked about and anticipated portion of this trip was the 2009 America SCORES Showcase! If wanted, each office was asked to showcase their talent in relations to the program we implement. We had some wonderful performances by some of the affiliates that included a "Welcome to DC" skit, obviously performed by our DC office; "How many burgers can David eat" presented by the LA office (see pic below); the "SCORES Monologues" articulated by the Bay office; "Healthy Food" rapped out by the New England office that spotlighted Alex in a banana suit (see pic below); and lastly the National office acted out a skit that featured poems from SCORES poet-athletes and Nick Beckman in a robe and shower cap (wish I had a pic of this to show)!
Check out the photos below from our conference!
Left photo: LA office's "Showcase" consisting of ball jugglers Amy (left) and Dre (right) and the famish David (center)
Right photo: Duct tape skiing in Michelle's Writing for the Curriculum session!
Left photo: DC SCORES showing everyone how to do their dance moves
Right photo: The rest of America SCORES attempts the DC dance
And last but not least, the infamous banana suit performance!
Right photo: Duct tape skiing in Michelle's Writing for the Curriculum session!
Left photo: DC SCORES showing everyone how to do their dance moves
Right photo: The rest of America SCORES attempts the DC dance
And last but not least, the infamous banana suit performance!
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