{"id":63311,"date":"2015-08-14T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=63311"},"modified":"2015-08-13T16:41:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T20:41:30","slug":"caps-mentoring-guys-retreat-focuses-on-sportsmanship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=63311","title":{"rendered":"CAP\u2019s Mentoring Guy\u2019s Retreat Focuses on Sportsmanship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mentoing-Guys-Retreat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-63312\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mentoing-Guys-Retreat.jpg\" alt=\"Mentoing Guys Retreat\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mentoing-Guys-Retreat.jpg 450w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mentoing-Guys-Retreat-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mentoing-Guys-Retreat-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mentoing-Guys-Retreat-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Pictured are John, age 14 from Oneida and Zackary, age 15 from Canastota.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Madison County, NY \u2013 Aug. 2015) Community Action Partnership\u2019s Mentoring Program held its annual Guy\u2019s Retreat activity for its 7<sup>th<\/sup> year on July 22.<\/p>\n<p>Boys from the Mentoring Program along with mentors came together for a night of fun, food and friends.\u00a0 Kicking off the night (seriously) was a set of activities as the boys played Bubble Ball Soccer, had challenges in Sumo Suits and learned about cool science tricks that were hands on. As the boys engaged in these activities, they were learning how to work together and work with sportsmanship.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Dennis Hoover, one of the Program Supervisors, stated, \u201cIt was so great to see these boys, each so different from each other and from different backgrounds working together and being so supportive of one another.\u201d\u00a0 After the different activities, all the boys joined together for a tug of war challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Special guest, John Murray, a graduated senior from Chittenango High School, spoke with the boys about tips for succeeding in school and participating in extracurricular activities.\u00a0 The boys were encouraged to do their best and make great memories for their school years.<\/p>\n<p>The boys then capped off the night with food cooked over a campfire followed by s\u2019mores.<\/p>\n<p>Each boy received a gift bag and the chance to \u201cshop\u201d with some items to add to their bags.<\/p>\n<p>CAP Mentoring Program has been in existence since 2003.\u00a0 If you think you might have an hour or more a week to \u201cmentor\u201d a youngster aged 8-15, please call Dennis Hoover or Jessica Ginney at 697-3588. Mentoring can be a rewarding experience for the child and the adult.\u00a0 Just think about it \u2013 who mentored you in your life?\u00a0 The following funders make the program and activities possible. Department of Social Services, Madison County Youth Bureau, OPWDD,\u00a0 United Way of Greater Oneida and may other contributions throughout Madison County.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured are John, age 14 from Oneida and Zackary, age 15 from Canastota. (Madison County, NY \u2013 Aug. 2015) Community Action Partnership\u2019s Mentoring Program held its annual Guy\u2019s Retreat activity for its 7th year on July 22. Boys from the Mentoring Program along with mentors came together for a night of fun, food and friends.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}