Inter Tribal Sports The Rattle 2018 DECEMBER EDITION UPCOMING EVENTS RINCON OUTREACH CHALLENGE December 3 5 Native Wellness Institute "Adults Working with Native Youth" Workshop December 13 ITS Outreach Challenge Pala December 14 2019 Basketball Team Registration & Uniform Order Due @ 12pm December 24 25 Christmas Break December 31 January 1 New Years Break January 5 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament @ Pechanga and Coaches Clinic January 19 Basketball Opening Day @ Pechanga January 21 Martin Luther King Day February 14 Valentine's Day February 16 Basketball Picture Day February 18 President's Day Rincon decided to accepted our challenge to a softball match, which we agreed to with much excitement. The ITS program staff then headed out to Ricon on Friday, November 9th to face off against their team. The game was highly competitive. Ultimately, the ITS team prevailed with a victory and received their third ITS Outreach Challenge win. This challenge is made possible by the Nike N7 Fund ( N7). 1st ANNUAL WINTER GATHERING OUTREACH On Friday, November 10th San Diego American Indian Health Center held their first Annual Winter Gathering, which they created to help bring the community together. Our site supervisors headed down to help out at different booths to contribute to the overall success of the event. There was delicious food, a youth craft corner, bird singers, and much more. Overall, the event was a success.
VIEJAS AWARD CEREMONY OUTREACH On Monday, November 19th our Program Manager, Raymond Santiago, went to Viejas to speak at their end of the year awards ceremony. Viejas participated in all sports that ITS offered this past 2018 year. The awards ceremony highlighted a lot of the personal and team successes many had in Viejas while participating in the ITS leagues. ITS looks forward to serving the kids of Viejas in the 2019 year! GROUP OUTING: N7 NATIVE AMERICAN NIGHT SDSU Men's Basketball partnered with Nike N7 as part of a special celebration on Tuesday, November 27th during Native American Heritage Month. Nike N7 is Nike's commitment to bring sports and all of its benefits to Native American communities. To show their spirit San Diego State made a departure from their traditional colors for the game, donning turquoise Nike N7 uniforms. ITS attended the Nike N7 Native American Night, where we had a special pre game mixer party that allowed everyone to come together and build community. This group outing also included bird singers from the Kumeyaay Nation as the SDSU campus resides on Kumeyaay land. The bird singers blessed hundreds with songs at the main entrance of the arena. DreamCatchers Cheer Our very own ITS DreamCatchers Cheer program partnered with the SDSU cheerleaders during the N7 Native American Night. Our cheerleaders had the opportunity to perform alongside the SDSU cheerleaders during halftime. The routine was executed at a high level and all that attended enjoyed the collaboration.
ANNOUNCEMENT ITS SPOTLIGHT: YESSENIA CERVANTES SAN PASQUAL BOARD MEMBER We would like to welcome our new ITS board member from San Pasqual, Yessenia Cervantes. She is in her second year working at the San Pasqual Education Department and her first year as the Program Coordinator. Being an ITS board member to her means being a voice for the children and their futures as not only athletes, but as individuals. Yessenia states, "Working with children has always been a passion of mine. Growing up, sports were always an outlet for me. Sports challenged me and ultimately transformed me into the woman that I am today. I understand the importance, as well as the benefits it has for children and I want to be there to provide a memorable experience to our youth through ITS." The most enjoyable thing about working at San Pasqual is simple; the children.the children are what make her leave work everyday with a smile on her face and with so much gratitude in her heart. Being able to make a difference, even if it s just in one child s life, means the world to her. Her involvement in many programs has created many impactful memories for Yessenia. One in particular stands out as she states, "My most memorable moment at San Pasqual would have to be our most recent ITS event, the SDSU N7 Night game. Coaching the San Pasqual Dreamcatchers is such an honor. Seeing how happy and proud my cheerleaders were after their performance brought so much joy to my heart. Moments like that are exactly why I am here." Yessenia looks forward to creating more positive involvement between the San Pasqual community and other tribes as she expresses how, "the more we come together, the stronger we get as a whole. I believe ITS is a great outlet to provide this form of unification, and through that involvement, I hope I can make an impact on many learning minds to come." ITS is excited and fortunate to have Yessenia join the ITS team and we look forward to seeing the huge impact she sets out to make!
Tribes, independent businesses, corporations, and individuals are invited to become sponsors of ITS! Your generous support directly benefits youth by allowing Inter Tribal Sports to continue to offer outstanding athletics and enrichment programs. For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact the ITS office. To become a sponsor, please complete and submit the following sponsorship agreement below to the ITS office. Select the link to view our Sponsorship Packages. ITS would like to announce and share that we have added a new sport into our program. Cross Country will be an official sport that will be offered to the ITS service area next fall in 2019! Our youth will now have the opportunity to participate in a great sport that offers many unique benefits that are different from our other sports. Cross Country will be the first ITS sport that features individual competition. All our participating tribes and organizations are encouraged to sign up their youth as there is no required number of athletes needed to join. For those coaches or volunteers that need a little extra help on how to coach and train your youth on cross country, please contact the ITS office. We are in the process of developing an outstanding coaches development program for this sport and we are excited to launch it next fall! Make sure to check out ITS social media and our Rattle for more news and updates about cross country. We look forward to offering this new sport next fall! TRIBAL SPONSORSHIP We would like to thank The Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Indians for their generous contributions to ITS. Their sponsorship helps ITS to continue to offer outstanding programs for Tribal youth in southern California. This includes providing uniforms, officials, game day support, camps and clinics, Rez Dogg Refreshments, administration, and much more. We are proud to serve more than 1200 children from 20 participating tribes and tribal organizations annually! The Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Indians is our second Platinum Sponsor in ITS history. In the past they have been donating to the ITS program as a Silver Arrow Sponsor for seven years! Tribes, independent businesses, corporations, and individuals are invited to become sponsors of ITS! Your generous support directly benefits youth by allowing Inter Tribal Sports to continue to offer outstanding athletics and enrichment programs. For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact the ITS office. To become a sponsor, please complete and submit the following sponsorship agreement below to the ITS office. The Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Indians is our second Platinum Sponsor in ITS history. In the past they have been donating to the ITS program as a Silver Arrow Sponsor for seven years!
UPCOMING EVENTS OUTREACH CHALLENGE ITS is challenging all tribes to any ITS sport for an ITS Staff vs Youth game. The prize is a pizza party for everyone who accepts the challenge and wins! Pala is the latest tribe to accept the ITS Outreach Challenge. The basketball match between our undefeated ITS team and their youth will take place on December 13th at 5:30pm. 2019 BASKETBALL SEASON December 14th: Team Registration & Uniform Order Due @ 12pm January 5th: 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament and Coaches Clinic @ Pechanga Games Every Saturday January 19th: Basketball Opening Day @ Pechanga February 16th: Picture Day @ Pechanga March 9th: Basketball Championship @ Pechanga Please don t forget to register your players online at our website: www.intertribalsports.org
SAVE THE DATE: GOLF TOURNAMENT FUNDRAISER: ITS would like to invite everyone to the 10th Annual ITS Golf Tournament Fundraiser. Participants will experience a great day of fun, food, drinks, and relaxation at the Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon nestled between the natural beauty of Beaumont's breathtaking mountain view. Your involvement, support, and generous donations will help benefit our native youth in southern California as 100% of the proceeds go back into the ITS youth programs! ITS would like to give a BIG thank you to The Morongo Band of Mission Indians for hosting this special event! Be sure to follow all ITS social media platforms to receive more details for this event that will be coming at a later date!