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Engage Rugby, Weatherford, OK (2026)

03/19/2020

Unfortunately, Engage Rugby’s first season (April 7-May 28) will be postponed due to concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19. We are so disappointed to have to postpone, but we feel like it is necessary at this time. The community support has been fantastic and encouraging! Please keep sharing this page and contact us if you are interested in getting involved!

03/16/2020

Have you shared our page yet? One way you can help this program be successful and reach the youth who may benefit from it, is to share!

03/13/2020

Engage will be launching its first 8-week season of the program Tuesday April 7, 2020. The program will take place on the flag football fields at Rader Park in Weatherford every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 6-8pm.
We have been encouraged by the overwhelming positive feedback received by the community since the program was announced to the public just this past Wednesday. We’re excited that so many have reached out to us to inquire how they could support the program. What we need most are more volunteers to serve as adult mentors. Our mentors will be playing right alongside the youth participants so we’re seeking positive adults who enjoy physical activity and aren’t afraid to get out and run around with these kids. We’re asking the mentors to commit to either every Tuesday, every Thursday, (or if you want to commit to both nights that’s great.) We need adults who are young at heart, possess a strong moral character, and are eager to interact with young people.
Ideally, the adult mentors will be playing alongside the youth so we need adults who have the physical capabilities to do that, but for those who cannot, they are still welcome to mentor from the sideline. If you’re interested in learning more about how you can become a mentor, call or text Chris Walker at 405-368-3206.
If you’d like to get involved but cannot serve as a mentor, we also need donations of bottled water and a first aid kit.

03/11/2020

Welcome to Engage! We are excited about this new mentorship program in Western Oklahoma! Below is some information about the program. If you have any questions, message us. We would also love for you to share this on your page!
From the Engage Program Director, Chris Walker, Juvenile Justice Specialist for OJA:
I have been working with youth and their families for nearly 20 years in various capacities. I feel my calling, or purpose in life, is to create a positive impact in the lives of the young people I have been charged to work with and to promote change where it is necessary.
In my childhood, no single factor (outside of my household) had a greater impact on the development of my world view than my involvement in athletic programs. The lessons I learned, not only from participating in athletic competition, but also from the relationships formed with the adult coaches, volunteers, and mentors, still impact my life to this day.
🏉About the program:
Engage is a mentoring program for at-risk youth in which Touch Rugby will be used as a vessel to cultivate the mentoring relationship. The adult mentors will be participating in the game of touch rugby alongside the youth participants. It is our vision that the youth who participate and successfully complete the 8-week program will have:
- Developed a positive relationship with at least one of the adult mentors
- Experienced the acceptance which comes from being a member of a team
- Adopted a sense of pride and self-confidence
- Received recognition for an accomplishment
- Discovered an effective anger management technique through physical activity
- Awakened ambitions to pursue other organized activities

We believe Touch Rugby is the perfect activity because it is virtually unheard of in western Oklahoma. Many of the juveniles whom we regularly encounter have grown disenchanted with the concept of organized sports. Simply put, if we were proposing to develop a program based on any of the traditional inter-scholastic sports, we would likely be facing an adverse response from many of those whom we hope will participate. Touch Rugby offers a “clean slate” to work from which is free of any predispositions that participating juveniles may have of organized sports.

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Weatherford, OK
73669

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+14053683206

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