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Somer athletes raising awareness for CODA

Number of Participants: 175

Hours Donated: 20

Value of Time Served: $29,575

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Event By: Team Up 4 Community

Event Type: Health & Safety

Sport: Team

School: Somers Senior High School

Date: May 26, 2021

Location:
Somers High School
Primrose Street, Lincolndale
NY

About:

We have a club at Somers High School called S.A.A.S.A. which stands for Student Athletes Against Substance Abuse. Our club is made up of all athletes and work to raise awareness for a healthy lifestyle with a focus on harmful substances (alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, etc.). I am the Advisor for the club and also the Student Assistance Counselor for the high school. The club members focus on various themes throughout the year and CODA was a priority for messaging this year.

 

The harris project focuses on providing education, resources, and awareness to CODA which very much falls in line with the mission of our club. Stephanie Marquesano, the Founder of the harris project, presented to our athletes in the fall and truly resonated with students, several in particular. The club members who were so passionate about it wanted to share with their athletic community in the high school and also with the family members of those participating in sports.

 

In history, CODA games have been an avenue for awareness and has occurred in various communities throughout Westchester County, but was new to Somers this year. Three students (all seniors) who were passionate about the message decided they wanted to have multiple CODA games to further spread their message, despite restrictions that have been in place due to COVID.

 

The students discussed ways to utilize the colors of the harris project (green, black and white) and decided on green masks, streamers to decorate, hair ties with ribbon for girls’ teams, balloons and materials provided by Stephanie Marquesano which included stickers, bracelets, pins, informational material, and additional streamer and balloons.

 

The students retrieved the number of team members from each sport, created a letter and sent to coaches requesting their participation, created bags for each of the teams participating with materials, decorated on site of game day, assisted with communicating the importance of the information to multiple teams, and spoke to spectators which were mostly family members of team members. The students also took pictures of the teams and game shots to advertise participation.

 

The students did an amazing job and we are very fortunate to have an Athletic Department that is conscientious of not only our students’ physical health, but their mental and overall well-being as well.

 

Six teams participated altogether (JV and V Volleyball, Cheerleading, Freshman Football, JV Football, V Football) and approximately 10 Coaches were involved, 175 students and 75 spectators throughout the five games.

 

Overall – I would say the seniors contributed about 20 hours between planning, organizing, decorating, speaking to spectators, taking pictures, and cleaning up after each event.

 

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From

stephanie marquesano

founder & president of the Harris project:

Nicole and Roman have done so much to provide an opportunity for their student athletes to lead the way in spreading Co-Occurring Disorders Awareness (CODA) during a time of incredible challenges and concerns about the mental health and wellness of our youth. Working with SAASA and the student athletes has been such a bright spot! From prevention to early intervention to navigating to resources, they all stayed true to our hashtags #CODAconnects (each of us has the power to connect with and support one another) and #BeTheLink (proactively thinking about who I would link to if concerned about myself or a friend).
Prior to the pandemic we were making tremendous strides in CODA through athletics.
I hope that the Somers Seniors and entire athletic department are recognized for their commitment to CODA! I am optimistic that there will be an exciting Fall of CODA games in Somers and throughout Westchester County.

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