Each year, the Martensville Maddogs Football organization hosts a variety of winter camp options to players looking to hone their skills through the winter months; however, this year, all camps have been cancelled due to a lack of volunteers.
“Our organization is completely operated by volunteers, and as their own players age out of our program, most parent volunteers move on to the next level to help out, and with no one stepping up to fill those gaps over the last couple years, things like our camps are drastically affected,” the Maddogs stated via social media.
The Maddogs have been a part of the community for the past 20 years, and throughout that time, there have been a wide array of talented local youth that have started their football careers representing the Martensville Maddogs and continued to have success on the field after receiving scholarships for post-secondary school based on their on-field talent.
Without volunteers for coaches and helpers, this organization will be unable to continue to be successful.
The Maddogs will be announcing their Annual General Meeting in the near future, and are urging members of the community to attend and learn more about what the program offers youth, and find out how you can help ensure the Maddogs continued success by contributing time as a board member, a coach, or both.
“We need more volunteers to keep going and being a successful youth football program for 20 years now, it would be terrible to see the kids in this community lose the opportunities, skills and life lessons our program is known for teaching.”
For more information, visit maddogsfootball.ca, the ‘Maddogs Football’ Facebook page, or contact martensvillemaddogs@gmail.com.