A Great Day For Suzdal!
After months of intercontinental problem solving via 3 am Skype calls, consistent unforgiving weather, and countless challenges that tested SHCAB’s very guts, I am proud to say that the multipurpose sports court is finished!!! Of course the project’s full completion would fall on the very day, September 12th, that the abstract of this project was first pitched to Professor Olga Partan as a mere vision to help children in the rural towns of Russia, where so many of the Holy Cross Russian department faculty are from. I am delighted at the success of this initiative and truly humbled by the Suzdal community’s ecstatic response. As you can see in the photos below, the multipurpose cover has been installed to protect the asphalt and make the surface more suitable for the younger children that will be using it. The red lines mark a full size basketball court and the white a full size volleyball court. In the photos the retractable volleyball net is set up to display the sports court fully equipped.
Today I can say that all of the project’s objectives (and then some) have been fully realized and that the overall form has been executed within the thorough strategy of sustainability, feasibility, and effectiveness. The school principle writes that the kids are in complete shock. He says that they just stare at it like it’s a painting and that the first day of gym class on it, which was only supposed to be a half an hour, went for 2 hours straight! The concluding line of the principal’s latest email reads, “This is a great day for Suzdal!”
Project achievements included:
• Raising $25,000 in funding for the initiative
• Constructing a multipurpose sports court complete with basketball hoops and a volleyball net
• Clearing a half-size soccer field and assembling soccer goals in the schoolyard
• Providing over 50 soccer balls and basketballs, jump ropes and pinnies to the school
• Creating, preparing and distributing 12 anit-alochol, anti-smoking and anti-drunk driving posters throughout the school and community
• Working collaboratively with the school's principal and faculty to plan and implement the new sports and wellness program for all students
• Leading a 2 week sports camp for the community's children
• Promoting an environment of cultural acceptance and exchange with the children, families and local government of Suzdal
Today I can say that all of the project’s objectives (and then some) have been fully realized and that the overall form has been executed within the thorough strategy of sustainability, feasibility, and effectiveness. The school principle writes that the kids are in complete shock. He says that they just stare at it like it’s a painting and that the first day of gym class on it, which was only supposed to be a half an hour, went for 2 hours straight! The concluding line of the principal’s latest email reads, “This is a great day for Suzdal!”
Project achievements included:
• Raising $25,000 in funding for the initiative
• Constructing a multipurpose sports court complete with basketball hoops and a volleyball net
• Clearing a half-size soccer field and assembling soccer goals in the schoolyard
• Providing over 50 soccer balls and basketballs, jump ropes and pinnies to the school
• Creating, preparing and distributing 12 anit-alochol, anti-smoking and anti-drunk driving posters throughout the school and community
• Working collaboratively with the school's principal and faculty to plan and implement the new sports and wellness program for all students
• Leading a 2 week sports camp for the community's children
• Promoting an environment of cultural acceptance and exchange with the children, families and local government of Suzdal
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