
Walk for Women

Jaime Dial, Ed.D.
Assistant Director of Secondary Education
St. Joseph School District
I have been involved in athletics
since I was a small child. I was fortunate to have parents who
instilled in me the desire to work hard and persist to lofty goals not
only on the playing field, but also in the classroom and now in the
workplace. As a member of the Missouri Western Tennis Team from
1996-1999, I recognized quite quickly that I was not only a member of
the team, but of a larger family of athletes at MWSU. The experiences
on the tennis court as a representative of MWSU as well as in the
University classroom set the stage for the life I now live today.
Now as the Assistant Director of
Secondary Education in the St. Joseph School District, a wife, and a
mother of two small children, I continue to reap the benefits of what
athletics taught me when I was growing up. I learned traits like
balance, leadership, and resilience as an athlete, but now I use them in
the workplace and in my personal life on a daily basis. Missouri
Western State University definitely gave me the start I needed to be a
successful wife, mother, and career woman. It is time to give back.
I invite you to join the University
that has made an impact on not only my life, but thousands of other
lives, in the 2nd Annual Women’s Walk for Athletics on
November 14, 2009. Proceeds benefit Women’s Athletics as well as the
YWCA Choices program which teaches middle school girls about setting
goals, identifying priorities and career options, being assertive,
respecting their bodies, and supporting one another in saying “no” to
tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. As an educator, I can say this is a
valuable program for our young teen girls and we need to do our part to
keep it going. I was fortunate to have older female athletes mentor me
when I was a teenager and it left a lasting impact on how I competed on
the field and in the classroom. Let’s give other middle school girls
the same chance by supporting this walk.
Women
of all ages will now have more choices thanks to the hard work of the
Women’s Athletic Department of Missouri Western State University and the
YWCA. The upcoming Missouri Western Walk for Women being held on
November 14th, not only will we be supporting women in athletics but
encouraging young women to make healthy choices in our community. So
many choices face the women and girls of today. We not only see this on
the playing field, but as role models, students, career women, wives,
future mothers, and community leaders. Make it your choice to join us
and walk this November. Not only will it be fun, you could make a
difference.
Location: Looney Complex - Missouri Western State University
Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009
Time: 8:30 am - 10:00 am
Rain or Shine
Second Annual Missouri Western Walk for Women
The Missouri Western Athletic Department understands that our student
athletes are not only representatives of their respective programs, but
of the University and Community as a whole. Our student athletes serve
as wonderful role models for area youth. Our female athletes understand
that self esteem and the ability to make good choices for themselves is
a challenge for young women today. It is in that sentiment that the
Western Athletic department has coupled with the YWCA Choices program to
raise funds to support the Women’s Athletic program and the Choices
program.
The middle school aged girls that attend the YWCA Choices program learn
about setting goals, identifying priorities and career options, being
assertive, respecting their bodies, and supporting one another in saying
“no” to tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. A portion of your
contribution will go toward funding for this worthwhile program. The
Missouri Western Athletic Department is committed to Choices and will
provide female athletes as Choices mentors.
Missouri Western Athletics has increased competitive opportunities for
women by fifty percent over the past three years. We want to provide the
necessary funding to support this exciting trend. Your contribution will
not only be enhancing the educational opportunities for our female
student-athletes, you will be promoting leadership, discipline, and
teamwork for the development of our leaders of tomorrow.
GRIFFON ATHLETICS HELD FIRST
ANNUAL WOMEN'S WALK
A good time was
had by all raising money for a good cause as Griffon Athletics hosted
the 1st Annual Walk for Women's Athletics Saturday, October 11th at
Spratt Stadium. Over 200 participants of all ages took part in the walk
which raised money for women's athletics programs at MWSU as well as the
YWCA Choices Program, a program which teaches middle school aged girls
about goal setting and making healthy lifestyle choices. In all, over
$5,000 were raised benefiting the causes.
Team captains were solicited for the event in which each captain
recruited team members with a goal of raising $500 per team. Individual
participants also took part in the walk for a donation as well as
Cyberwalkers (individuals who
couldn't make it to the walk, but made a donation toward the cause).
Each participant
also was eligible to win great gift baskets donated from area
businesses.
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