All-Manning And All-DaCosta Alumni Game-To Benefit Youth Crime Watch Jamaica (YCWJ)   Sunday November 13, 2011 Jamaica High School Alumni Sporting Network (JHSASN) will behosting its Annual Alumni All-Manning vs All-DaCosta Cup Tournament at the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival.  As loyal members of JHSASN we are giving your team members the opportunity to once again represent your Alma-matter in the spectacular match-up. Each Alumni Schools will have the opportunity to send 2 players to represent their High Schools. We asked that your first choice selection is consisting of previous players who played in the All-Manning and All-DaCosta Tournaments in Jamaica. The winner will receive the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival Cup, in addition former Jamaica International Football player Barrington “Cobra” Gaynor will be honored with JHSASN Memorial Plaque. The event will take place at Markham Park, 16001 West State Road 84 Sunrise, FL 33326 The soccer game will begin at 1:00pm sharp, however we asked that you prepare to arrive at 12:00 pm due to the excess traffic along State Road 84. Each player will receive a free ticket which will allow them to enjoy the great amenities the festival has to offer.   In our continued support to Youth Crime Watch Jamaica (YCWJ), JHSASN has committed to assist with the organization plans for building a Multipurpose Sports Facility @ the Melrose Park Junior High School in Kingston Jamaica. Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival will assist JHSASN in its fund-raising efforts, we will be hosting a raffle at our promotional tent and we asked that you encourage your friends and family to stop by and support this worthy cause and get a chance to win one of the many prizes being raffled. Please email your players name to alumni@jhsasn.com or call 954-673-1025   As always, please do not hesitate to contact us if you need any additional information.

June 2011   Sports for Life Programmed Expands its Objectives

One of the main objectives of the work being done by the YCWJ‐OSE is the development of strategic partnerships, which will allow its various stakeholders to build capacity to the ultimate end of being able to sustain their own operations. This approach has continued to bear fruit in light of the networks that have been created as a result of the Sports for Life program. After the launch of the program, there have been numerous developments that have taken place at the local level with community interests as well as those at the school level in furtherance o f the ideas embedded in the program. At the Sports for Life launch Warren Bloise, of the JJHSASN, had made some commitments towards ensuring that there were some tangible benefits to be gained from the program; in addition to the technical know‐how that the sporting fraternity would bee sharing with the communities and schools. This has born fruit in the form of plans for the Jamaica High School Alumni Sporting Network too erect a Multipurpose Sports Facility at the Melrose Primary and Junior High School. Additionally, personnel from the engineering department of the Ministry of National Security assisted with the drafting of the blueprint for the structure. With the blueprint know completed, the members of the JHSASNN team will begin their efforts to raise the needed funds to help with thee construction of the facility

Januarry 2011

JHSASN, Proud sponsor of YCWJ

YCWJ (Youth Crime Watch Jamaica. Youth Crime Watch of Jamaica (YCWJ) is one of the over 26 international affiliates of the Youth Crime Watch of America (NOW Ignitus Worldwide) head-quartered in Miami, Florida. It is a registered non-governmental organization which seeks to develop youth-led and targeted initiatives to combat issues of crime prevention, healthy lifestyle, positive life choices, self-esteem development, civic responsibility, employment and alternative livelihood, violence reduction within schools and communities.  The organization has its administrative base in the Office of Social Entrepreneurship at the University of the West Indies, Mona

The movement had its genesis in a core group of volunteers who enjoyed the support of Former Ambassador Sue Cobb in rolling out a mandate which sought to uplift Jamaican youth. Since its inception in 2004 and re-launch in 2008, YCWJ has embarked on several programs in communities across Jamaica. These include the development of action and strategic management plans for Community-based Organization and Community-Serving Non-governmental Organizations. The organization’s objectives include some main focal areas of Education and training; Site Implementation; Research and Documentation and Policy Coordination.

The team has also been able to continue to network with many of the partners and key stakeholders. These include the Jamaica Constabulary Force, USAID/COMET, UNDP, Stand-Up Jamaica and the National Centre for Youth Development. The Ministry of Education, with whom the team has been working in an unofficial capacity through the schools, has been involved in initial discussions with regards to an entrepreneurial activity. The work at the Junior High School and High school levels mirrors the life cycle approach which recognizes that there can be no meaningful engagement of youth without regard for the context of such engagement.

One of the main activities being carried out by the organization, in collaboration with the Office of Social Entrepreneurship, Department of Management Studies, is the “Saving Lives through Enterprise” Programs. This program seeks to develop a model of sustainable community development which prevents the formation of and entry into violent gangs and to transform existing gang members into partners for enterprise emphasizing the empowering of youth and women in entrepreneurship.

YCWJ (Youth Crime Watch Jamaica. Youth Crime Watch of Jamaica (YCWJ) is one of the over 26 international affiliates of the Youth Crime Watch of America (NOW Ignitus Worldwide) head-quartered in Miami, Florida. It is a registered non-governmental organization which seeks to develop youth-led and targeted initiatives to combat issues of crime prevention, healthy lifestyle, positive life choices, self-esteem development, civic responsibility, employment and alternative livelihood, violence reduction within schools and communities.  The organization has its administrative base in the Office of Social Entrepreneurship at the University of the West Indies, MonaThe movement had its genesis in a core group of volunteers who enjoyed the support of Former Ambassador Sue Cobb in rolling out a mandate which sought to uplift Jamaican youth. Since its inception in 2004 and re-launch in 2008, YCWJ has embarked on several programs in communities across Jamaica. These include the development of action and strategic management plans for Community-based Organization and Community-Serving Non-governmental Organizations. The organization’s objectives include some main focal areas of Education and training; Site Implementation; Research and Documentation and Policy Coordination.The team has also been able to continue to network with many of the partners and key stakeholders.

 These include the Jamaica Constabulary Force, USAID/COMET, UNDP, Stand-Up Jamaica and the National Centre for Youth Development. The Ministry of Education, with whom the team has been working in an unofficial capacity through the schools, has been involved in initial discussions with regards to an entrepreneurial activity. The work at the Junior High School and High school levels mirrors the life cycle approach which recognizes that there can be no meaningful engagement of youth without regard for the context of such engagement.One of the main activities being carried out by the organization, in collaboration with the Office of Social Entrepreneurship, Department of Management Studies, is the “Saving Lives through Enterprise” Programs. This program seeks to develop a model of sustainable community development which prevents the formation of and entry into violent gangs and to transform existing gang members into partners for enterprise emphasizing the empowering of youth and women in entrepreneurship.

JHSASN Director of Operations and YCWJ instructor made presentation at work shop January 2011 in
Kingston Jamaica. Event sponsored by Jamaica High School Alumni Sporting Network Inc. (JHSASN)