Wow for Y-Teens Registrations!!

The Y-Teens membership registrations for this school year are coming in! If you haven't done so already, fill out your Y-Teens Membership Registration Form Online to get:

• Invites to all Y-Teens events
• Special Y-Teens volunteer opportunities
• Social Events
• And more!

Sign Up for Sunday!!

The first Y-Teens Sunday of the Fall is next weekend!! We'll be making plans for the year and Tracia Cloud is going to come and give us tips on stress & time Management! Email Mary Alice Varga at mvarga@ywcaknox.com to sign up!

Tracia Cloud

Volunteer Opportunity with the Special Olympics

Note from the East Tennessee Special Olympics Coordinator...

I'm looking for at least 2 people to help referee the Special Olympics Regional Flag Football event on Sept. 11 at Mayor Bob Leonard Park in Farragut. We have 9 high school and adult teams registered to participate. The entire event will be from 10:00 am - approximately 3:00 pm. If someone is only available in the morning or afternoon we could use you, but I am particularly looking for assistance in the afternoon. Since flag football is a new sport for Special Olympics, the morning will be conducted as scrimmages with the emphasis on training rather than competition. In the afternoon, teams will be divisioned and play actual games.

We have a lead referee for each field but the expected assistance has not materialized. Even if you are not a referee but have played flag football, understand the general rules, and are willing to help out, I'd like to hear from you. If you haven't played flag football but understand football, can move up and down the field with the play, and are interested I'll send you the rules so you can look them over and decide if you can help.

Special Olympics plays 5 on 5 and uses a 40 x 25 yd. field, plus the end zones.

If you can help, please let me know.  Even if you can't volunteer for the event, come out and support the athletes on September 11.

Terry

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Terry Brewer
East Tennessee Coordinator
Special Olympics Tennessee
2117 Cottage Row Lane, Knoxville, TN  37922
(865) 966-8286 (h)
(865) 604-1551 (c)
(865) 966-8254 (fax)

Be a Part of Big Read!

The YWCA Knoxville is excited to be participating again with The Big Read Program, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts to inspire more reading in our communities.

Over the years, Y-Teens have participated in The Big Read by reading the selected book and hosting Discussions, volunteering for events, etc. If you or your club or interested in being a part of The Big Read program, check out the YWCA Knoxville Big Read website and email Mary Alice Varga at mvarga@ywcaknox.com for more information and updates!

Y-Teens Team for Race for the Cure!!

Join the Y-Teens team for the Race for the Cure! Click here!!

 

SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT

The Tennessee Economic Council on Women will offer six $1000 scholarship, two from each Grand Division of the state, in October of this year at the Tennessee Women's Economic Summit.  Three of the Scholarships will be given to 2011 high school seniors and three will be given to women who are re-entering college.  The guidelines and applications are online at  www.womenseconomicfoundation.org.  

Application deadline will be September 27, 2010.  Questions should be addressed to tecscholarship@comcast.net.

Thanks to our Y-Teen Hostesses!!

Yay for Y-Teen Hostesses at the YWCA Tribute to Women event last night!