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Chicago Bears Youth Football Camps
Junior Bear Tackle Football League- Bears Inner City Flag Football
- Bears After School Flag Football
- Bears Flag Football
- Bears "Coach of the Week" Program
- USA Football Coaching School
- Junior Training Camp
- USA Football Month
- NFL Flag Football
- NFL Punt, Pass, and Kick
- US Army All-American Bowl
- Chicago Park District Youth Football
- NFL Grassroots Program
- Equipment Donation Program
.gif) Chicago Bears Youth Football Camps, the official youth camps of the Chicago Bears, provide age appropriate skill lessons through station-based training for kids between the ages of 6 and 14. These week-long camps feature safe, non-contact football instruction and athletic development, as well as instruction about good nutrition, proper hydration, and rest and recovery. Camps are led by professional educators with high school, college or professional coaching experience. Bears Heroes, men who earned their living wearing the Chicago Bears uniform, provide supporting instruction at all Camp locations. Bears Heroes are fathers and family men who understand the dynamics of communicating with young people. Chicago Bears Youth Football Camps will take place in numerous locations throughout the greater Chicagoland area during the summer of 2010, and door-to-door bus transportation will be available. To sign up or for more information call (312) 226-7776 for more information, or visit BearsCamps.com. |
The Junior Bear tackle football program is a free, tackle football league serving over 700 boys and girls, ages 8-13, at 17 different parks throughout the city. Participants compete in either the 8-10 year old “PeeWee” Divison or the 11-13 year old “Varsity” Division against kids their own weight and age. Junior Bear teams are coached by park district staff as well as volunteers. 
The Bears Inner City Flag Football program is designed for boys and girls, ages 9 to 12, who live in Chicago Housing Authority developments or scattered site housing. The league is administered by the Park District in partnership with the Chicago Police Department and the Chicago Housing Authority and sponsored by the Chicago Bears and the National Football League. Teams are coached by community volunteers recruited with assistance from the Chicago Police Department (CAPS). Park staffers assist the volunteer coaches and accompany teams to and from games as well as conduct practices and make space available at the park. The program is free to all participants.
The Bears After School Flag Football program is run through the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago. The league consists of two divisions, 9-11 and 12-14 year-olds with a total of over 260 participants. The league consists of an 8 week regular season and one week of playoffs. The Chicago Bears contribute financially to help the league with transportation costs, jerseys, equipment, and other fees.
The Bears annually host a 34-team flag football league for high schools in the Chicago area that offer flag football as an intramural sport. There are Chicago Catholic, Chicago Public, Suburban Catholic, and Suburban Public schools that participate. 
The 2009 "Coach of the Week" winners were recognized during the Bears vs. Rams game on December 6 during a halftime ceremony. Honorees attended a Bears practice and “chalk-talk” with Coach Smith. The Chicago Bears made a $1,500 contribution to the football program at each winning coach’s school.
The Chicago Bears hosted the USA Football Coaching School at Halas Hall, the Chicago Bears Training Facility, in Lake Forest on Saturday, May 16. This coaching clinic is designed exclusively for youth football coaches. Coaches will learn effective ways to develop and organize their team, teach the proper fundamentals, implement drills and communicate with players, parents and other coaches. For more information, please visit 
The Gatorade Junior Training Camp is a grass roots, community outreach program designed to teach youth, ages 7-14, football-related skills in a non-contact environment. The program is a complimentary camp that gives kids the chance to participate in a series of games and activities involving passing, receiving, and running. 
The Bears vs. Browns game on Thursday, September 3 helped celebrate “USA Football Month” at Soldier Field. The Chicago Bears provided several hundred complimentary tickets to different youth football leagues throughout Chicagoland. Youth football players from the Junior Bear Tackle Football league and Inner City Flag Football league joined Bears players on the sidelines for the National Anthem and scrimmage during halftime.
NFL FLAG is the National Football League's premier youth football program for kids 6-14 years old. Available nationwide, including in all 32 NFL markets, NFL FLAG is a community-based turnkey program that provides all youth the opportunity to play in an organized NFL non-contact football league. Get involved and start an NFL FLAG League today! For more information, .gif)
This grass roots skills competition for boys and girls ages 8-15 is offered at Chicago schools, through the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, several Chicagoland park districts, and school physical education classes. Children compete against their peers in punting, passing, and place kicking. The top five first-place scorers in each age group from the pool of Sectional Competition champions advance to the Team Championship, which is held at the Bears practice facility in November. 
Congratulations to Chance Carter from Loyola, CJ Fierdorwicz from Johnsburg, Christian Lombard from Fremd, and Kyle Prater from Proviso West for being selected to play in the 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. .gif)
The Chicago Park District operates three youth football programs that are supported by the Chicago Bears through donations of equipment, player support, and various programs for the youth participants. In addition, Bears Care, the charitable beneficiary of the Chicago Bears, makes an annual donation to provide financial support of these youth football programs. 
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