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The Fairfield County Sports Commission is the one-stop resource for the sports community. The Commission is a county-wide organization that connects all those active in the local sports scene, and offers access to area experts in the fitness, health and sports worlds throughout the county. The Commission's vast relationships with youth sports organizations, school systems, area colleges, the media, the business community and all sports related organizations provide county residents with support services and Commission-developed programs to serve their wide-ranging needs. Learn more >
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In this section we have timely articles and website suggestions for keeping up on all the latest going on in the worlds of youth sports and fitness. Many will be targeted specifically toward one of the three primary audiences we are trying to reach – student athletes, parents and coaches. Others will be informative for all. Click on each section to learn more about what’s happening in all parts of the sports scene.
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To continue to provide all our programs and services we need help from everyone in all our county communities. We have received terrific financial support from many corporations and organizations, and in-kind services and volunteers from many more. We would appreciate the opportunity to speak and meet with you about how the Sports Commission can work with your group in a mutually beneficial arrangement. Please contact us to learn more, or click here to see all that the Fairfield County Sports Commission can do for you, as well as view a list of local businesses that have already become key supporters of the Commission.
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Special News & Announcements
2008 Was a Year of Giving Back
For the Sports Commission
JAN 29,2009
While much of 2008 was a trying time for many as economic conditions challenged all of our communities, the Fairfield County Sports Commission helped to meet those challenges by donating $17,000 back to youth organizations throughout the area. The year-end grants to these outstanding non-profit groups will hopefully get their programs off and running in 2009 to give their youngsters more opportunities to stay fit through an active, healthy lifestyle.
The donations were announced by the Commission at its 4th annual Sports Nigh
t awards dinner in late October. For the first time as part of the 2008 Sports Person of the Year ceremony, where a local person or group is recognized in each of the 15 towns the Commission oversees for their positive impact on their sports community, the Commission donated $1,000 in the Sports Person’s name back to a youth organization in their town.
And also for the first time, $2000 was donated to the Chelsea Cohen Memorial Scholarship Fund, which was established by her parents 
and friends to help area youngsters reach their full potential. Cohen was the recipient of the first Courage Award, which was subsequently named in her honor following her passing from a long battle with a rare form of nervous system cancer. The Commission teamed with the Forever Young Foundation, the charitable entity of NFL Hall of Famer and Greenwich native Steve Young which now sponsors the Courage Award, to make the joint donation.
Here is the list of youth organizations and their programs that will be supported by the $1000 donation to each of them from the Commission:
Bridgeport - Boys & Girls Club -- Scholarship Funds
Darien -YMCA- Financial Assistance Program
Easton - Boys & Girls Club -- Scholarship Funds
Fairfield - Wakeman Boys & Girls Club -- After-School Programs
Greenwich - Boys & Girls Club -- Sports Leagues Assistance
Monroe - Ron Wallisa Memorial Scholarship Fund
New Canaan - YMCA-SNAG Golf Program
Norwalk - Norwalk Grassroots Tennis-- Junior Program Teaching Staff
Shelton - Lower Naugatuck Vallet Boys & Girls Club-
Power Hour After- SchooL Homework Program
Stamford - Boys & Girls Club- Health & Fitness Programs
Stratford - Sterling House Community Center- Athletics Scholarship Funds
Trumbull - Trumbull Loves Children- Recreation & Sports Enrichment Programs
Weston - Weston High Captain's Circle- Build a Bike Program
Westport - Westport PAL- Sports Leagues Assistance
Wilton - YMCA- Financial Assistance Program
Greenwich
Sports Commission, Forever Young Foundation Join Forces For Chelsea Cohen Courage Award
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Steve Young |
NFL Hall of Famer, Greenwich Native Steve Young's Charity To Be Presenting Sponsor of Award at Sports Night
Fairfield Prep graduate Mike Myers-Keitt Is 2008 Recipient
Release Date - July 29, 2008
The Fairfield County Sports Commission and the Forever Young Foundation, the charitable giving entity of Greenwich native and NFL Hall of Famer Steve Young, today announced that Forever Young will be the presenting sponsor of the Chelsea Cohen Courage Award at the Commission's Sports Night awards dinner on October 20. Forever Young, which has agreed to a multi-year commitment, is donating $10,000 this year to the Commission to support its fundraising efforts in promoting fitness and an active, healthy lifestyle and personal development through sports in the county.
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Mike Myers-Keitt |
This year's Courage Award winner is Mike Myers-Keitt, a Fairfield Prep graduate and basketball standout who is set to attend Monmouth University. Myers-Keitt, who is a Norwalk native now living in Waterbury, suffered traumatic injuries in a fall on the court in 2006. A cracked right side of his skull, broken bones in his inner ear and considerable nerve damage to the right side of his face left him unresponsive and doctors not sure if he would walk again. The 6-foot-7 Myers-Keitt recovered over a two-year period and has earned a scholarship to Division I Monmouth.
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Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2008 Inductees
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Tom Penders |
Release Date: June 24, 2008
STAMFORD, CT - The Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame announced its fourth class of inductees today, naming six prominent sports figures into its three wings. The Hall of Fame, which is overseen by the Fairfield County Sports Commission, Inc., will recognize the newly elected Hall of Famers with an induction ceremony at the Commission's 4th Annual SportsNight awards dinner, Monday, Oct. 20 at the Greenwich Hyatt. With the six new inductees, the Hall of Fame has now honored 27 county sports legends.
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Ralph King |
Two Hall of Famers were selected in each of the three HOF Wings: Jackie Robinson Professional, James O'Rourke Amateur and J. Walter Kennedy Community Service. In the professional category, the new inductees are CHRIS DRURY (Trumbull) and TIM TEUFEL (Greenwich). The amateur wing selections are GARY LIBERATORE (New Canaan) and LOU SACCONE (Bridgeport). Community service winners are RALPH KING (Norwalk) and TOM PENEDERS (Stratford).
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