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Athlete Support
Athlete Assistance Program
The Athlete Assistance Program (AAP) is a program of financial assistance provided by the Saskatchewan Soccer Association (SSA). The goal of the AAP is to provide identified high performance soccer players with financial support to assist in their continued development and ensure high performance programming is as accessible as possible to talented and dedicated athletes with financial barriers to participation.
The intent of the AAP is to provide support to athletes in the Training to Train and Training to Compete stages of the Long Term Player Development (LTPD) Model within the SSA High Performance Stream, who are participating in High Performance Stream competitions such as the High Performance Showcase League, Multi-Sport Games, or training in the SSA Regional Excel Centre (REX), or a SSA-sanctioned High Performance Training Centres (HPTC's), or Dedicated Player Programs (DPP's).
Should you need further information or have questions regarding the Athlete Assitance Program, please contact Joan Nash at j.nash@sasksoccer.com or by phone at 306-975-0862 in the SSA Technical Office in the SaskTel Soccer Centre, 150 Nelson Road, Saskatoon.
Adopt-an-Athlete
The Adopt-an-Athlete program provides athletes with an opportunity to collect sponsorships and donations in support of their participation in SSA programs.
Adopt-an-Athlete Program Information Package: included in this package are suggestions for the types of information athletes should provide when approaching potential sponsors or donors. Athletes may want to consider approaching individuals or organizations in their home communities and/or the communities where they currently live.
The following are a few suggestions of whom athletes might approach to request sponsorships/donations:
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Businesses where they previously worked or currently work;
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Businesses where they have contacts;
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Local Recreation Departments;
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Local Municipalities;
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Local community groups such as Kinsmen, Lions Club, Legion, Rotary Club, Shriners, Kiwanis
Through a partnership with the National Sport Trust Fund, eligible donars may be entitled to a charitable tax receipt. For more information on the NSTF and their Guidelines and Procedures for donations please review the National Sport Trust Fund Manual
Should you have further questions about the Adopt-an-Athlete program, please contact Doug Pederson on d.pederson@sasksoccer.com
Last updated October 17, 2019