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Hi everybody my name is Dom, I live and work in New York City but i am originally from England. I work for a non profit youth organization company (www.playrugbyusa.com) that uses rugby as a anti obesity tool and as a charcter and youth development program focusing on team work, honesty, discipline, respect, leadership, sportsmanship. A lot of the schools we work in are from underserved areas and most of them had never even heard of rugby before they started playing. As NYC is so urban, we often use gyms, basketball courts and hard tops for classes so we play non contact flag rugby, all classes are co-ed. We are looking to set up some of the schools we work in with other schools from rugby playing nations (AUS, NZ, South Africa, France, Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales or anywhere else)to become pen pals and discuss not only how and where they play rugby but also find out about each others culture and the differences in where they live. We have set up an interactive teacher moderated website for this purpose - more details on request. If any teachers think they would like their students to join a pen pal scheme with schools based in NYC please get in touch. I personally think it could be a great experience for both schools, teachers and all students. |
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