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Challenger Sports Announced as a 2022 BMS Youth Sports “Pioneer of the Year Award” Recipient
BLUE SPRINGS, MO: FEBRUARY 24, 2023. Challenger Sports, located in Lenexa, Kansas has been announced as one of BMS’s 2022 inaugural youth sports “Advocate Pioneer of the Year” award recipients. The 2022 honorees were recently announced by theBMSproject.org’s President, Larry Lauvetz. The annual award will be presented to community leaders, businesses and youth sports organizations that exhibit exemplary dedication and commitment to safe and positive youth sports.
Challenger Sports is the largest organizer of youth soccer camps in North America. Challenger Teamwear offers high quality sports apparel, including uniforms and spirit wear.
The BMS Project, Inc. – operating as a dba, theBMSproject.org – is a recently formed nonprofit
501(c)(3) organization with the stated mission to assist youth sports advocates to create positive, safe competitive environments; as well as to promote mental health awareness and contribute to suicide prevention for young athletes and their families. Its motto is: Together… here for our youth!
TheBMSproject.org’s Founder, Bob Martin, shared that, “Challenger Sports/Teamwear has been incredibly helpful as they greatly assisted our team’s efforts to begin pursuing the goals upon which The BMS Project was founded. We are very appreciative of their continued support as we forge forward in 2023 and beyond.”
About The BMS Project:
The BMS Project is a nonprofit, diverse organization made-up of community leaders, business people, philanthropists and mental health professionals located across the United States. Upon request by parents The BMS Project will offer an advisory menu of available mental health services and resources to assist parents in navigating first steps to address concerns they might have regarding their child’s emotional well-being. Future BMS plans include providing financial assistance to financially distressed families in conjunction with securing mental health services. The pilot being tested will be conducted with the Missouri Chapter of The BMS Project. “BMS” stands for body, mind and spirit.
Contact: Laura Adler, President, A&G Marketing Group, Inc.
“R U/We Okay 2Day?” Survey System Pilot Tested in Blue Springs
KANSAS CITY, MO: NOVEMBER 2, 2022. TheBMSproject.org, a dba of The BMS Project, Inc. (“BMS”) and The Blue Springs Girls’ Softball Association recently concluded a pilot test of a player wellness/satisfaction, behavioral health program referred to as the “R U/We Okay 2Day?” survey. The survey incorporates marketing research for the participating organization; along with a “Life-Psych” component to gauge the enjoyment level and emotional satisfaction being derived by athletes of all ages engaged in sports and other competitive activities. The limited test was deemed a success by the league and theBMSproject.org. Future tests of the R U/We Okay 2Day? survey are being contemplated for 2023 by BMS.
The Blue Springs Girls’ Softball Association has served the community of Blue Springs, MO for decades by providing opportunities for girls to play softball. “BMS has helped our organization by introducing a process for collecting feedback from our players and families.” said League president Kevin Simbeck, adding, “More importantly, the organization is able to help youth during times when they might face challenges they aren’t always able to articulate. By making communication during this part of their journey easier, it could save a life. We recommend theBMSproject.org and the services they provide.”
Bob Martin, Executive Director of BMS, commented, “We are very grateful and appreciative that the Blue Springs Girls’ Softball Association participated in this first test of what we believe will become an important program. We highly respect the role of parents to determine what is best for their children. Our top two priorities are to ensure that every player’s self-esteem is nurtured and we encourage parents to remain vigilant and talk to their children about their feelings.”
Formed in January 2022, BMS has developed and is presenting a behavioral health training program for the Royals’ Kansas City Urban Youth Academy. It is further actively engaged in aligning and affiliating with various youth organizations throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area providing no cost, early-step behavioral health programs to organizations involved with youth competitive activities. Its innovative programs and resources are designed to support youth sports advocates. TheBMSproject.org works through leagues, youth organizations, business, other non-profits, as well as with mental health service providers.
As a newly formed 501(c)(3) non-profit, theBMSproject.org is committed to assisting parents, coaches, mentors, officials and school counselors — to create positive environments and experiences for young competitors; and to promote mental/health awareness and contribute to suicide prevention. Keeping competition safe and fun is the motto of theBMSproject.org.
About BSGSA: Located in Blue Springs, Missouri, the league conducts recreational spring/summer and fall fastpitch softball seasons for girls ages 8 and under, up to 16 and under. The league endeavors to also include recreational teams from small surrounding communities.
About The BMS Project:
The BMS Project is a nonprofit, diverse organization made-up of community leaders, business people, philanthropists and mental health professionals located across the United States. Upon request by parents The BMS Project will offer an advisory menu of available mental health services and resources to assist parents in navigating first steps to address concerns they might have regarding their child’s emotional well-being. Future BMS plans include providing financial assistance to financially distressed families in conjunction with securing mental health services. The pilot being tested will be conducted with the Missouri Chapter of The BMS Project. “BMS” stands for body, mind and spirit.
Contact: Laura Adler, President, A&G Marketing Group, Inc.
THE BMS PROJECT, INC. & THE BLUE SPRINGS GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION ("BSGSA")
ANNOUNCE PLANNED PILOT TEST OF THE “R U/WE OKAY 2DAY?" SURVEY SYSTEM
KANSAS CITY, MO: SEPTEMBER 30, 2021. The BMS Project — a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide informed mental health and financial support resources to athletes and young people ages 10-23 participating in competitive activities — has announced its intention to conduct a beta test of a new, proprietary market research system called the “R U/We Okay 2Day?” Survey system with the Blue Springs Girls Softball Association (“BSGSA”). The test is planned to be conducted during the first quarter of 2022.
The BMS survey system is being developed to permit youth sports’ leagues and other youth organizations engaged in a variety of non-sports related competitive endeavors to garner information from their young participants and parents regarding their experiences with the leagues and/or organizations. Collecting and reporting this data will provide youth leagues and organizations with valuable parental and participant feedback regarding how the league is performing, while simultaneously soliciting parent’ opinions and recommendations. The survey system is intended to assist the leagues/organizations in providing a positive, healthy competitive environment for their young participants. The survey information collected will be used to improve organizations’ services and to assist involved volunteer coaches and officials, while contributing to provide healthy, nurturing, fun, competitive environments.
Importantly, the BMS pilot test will also incorporate a second, life-satisfaction, survey that will be conducted confidentially, with parents’ permission, to gauge young competitors’ mental well-being and enjoyment stemming from their participation in recreational, youth softball. The system is being carefully designed to ensure the privacy of parents and their children, while empowering parents to be in complete control of the entire process. Parents will be provided insightful, confidential feedback from The BMS Project regarding how their child appears to be enjoying themselves relative to their age-associated peers.
The BMS Project President, Bob Martin noted, “…we believe that this pilot test will be the first step in a series of steps to develop an invaluable, informative tool for both parents and youth organizations to be able to monitor and improve young participants competitive experiences.”
About BSGSA: Located in Blue Springs, Missouri, the league conducts recreational spring/summer and fall fastpitch softball seasons for girls ages 8 and under, up to 16 and under. The league endeavors to also include recreational teams from small surrounding communities.
About The BMS Project: The BMS Project is a nonprofit, diverse organization made-up of community leaders, business people, philanthropists and mental health professionals located across the United States. Upon request by parents The BMS Project will offer an advisory menu of available mental health services and resources to assist parents in navigating first steps to address concerns they might have regarding their child’s emotional well-being. Future BMS plans include providing financial assistance to financially distressed families in conjunction with securing mental health services. The pilot being tested will be conducted with the Missouri Chapter of The BMS Project. “BMS” stands for body, mind and spirit.
Contact: Laura Adler, President, A&G Marketing Group, Inc.