Fresh Hudson Safety Initiative
Each year more than 30 million children participate in organized youth sports, which has become an excellent way for children to learn valuable skills such as leadership, sportsmanship, and competition. Unfortunately, the rate of sports injuries among youth is a troubling: 3.5 million youth athletes are seen annually in an emergency room for sports related injuries including 5,760 for sudden cardiac arrest and every 3 minutes a youth athlete is seen in an emergency department for sports related head injuries.
Founder Fresh Hudson working in the Nicklaus Childrens Hospital Tent (at the 1st Annual Marcus D. Hudson Football,Cheer, and Dance Camp) Passing out information on ACL prevention, Concussion Awareness cards and protocols for return to school and play.
Fresh Hudson
The Hudson and Hundreds Foundation plays a leading role in helping to build awareness around youth sports safety through programs it offers that impact youth, families and communities. As a former athlete, Athletic Trainer , and wife to former NFL Defensive Back Marcus D. Hudson, Fresh Hudson, knows first hand the value of athletics in youth development and the value of playing them safely.
PartnerSHIP WITH NICKLAUS CHILDRENS SPORTS HEALTH
In March of 2018 the Hudson and Hundreds Foundation will formally announce our partnership with Nicklaus Childrens Hospital Sports Medicine Department at the grand opening of their Pinecrest location. Our partnership will introduce the Fresh Hudson Safety Initiative Program, which will include Safety Fairs and Sports Camps to build awareness around important health topics concerning youth
Topics will include:
- Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) in Athletes: We will address through our partnership with Nicklaus Childrens Hospital by providing FREE EKG’s to all athletes participating in our program. In addition to FREE EKG’s we will also provide athletes, coaches, teachers, parents/guardians with educational material about cardiac issues among adolescents.
- Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI): We will provide information on concussion recognition and recovery, as well as, other brain injuries associated with playing sports.
- Injury Prevention and Care: We will address injury prevention with the help of Nicklaus Childrens Sports Medicine department.
- Nutrition and Hydration: We will discuss the importance of nutrition and hydration among athletics and awareness of certain conditions associated with them.
- Drugs and Alcohol: We will discuss how Drugs and Alcohol can affect athletic ability and career.
- Goal setting, life after athletics, and Social Media Responsibility: Fresh Hudson along with at least one professional athlete will talk to the youth about setting goals and having a plan for after athletics end.
2018 Grand Opening of the Nicklaus Childrens Sports Health center in Pinecrest, Florida
Above is the EKG Team at the 2017 1st Annual Marcus D. Hudson Football, Cheer, and Dance Camp.
A pARTNERship with results
Our partnership with Nicklaus Childrens Hospital Sports Medicine has greatly assisted the Foundations efforts to provide year around programming and information to educate youth, parents/guardians, coaches, and teachers about techniques and essential components of safe play and the importance of good health and wellness. In 2017, the Foundation offered our 1st Annual Football, Cheer and Dance camp where we had several of the athletes attending do a FREE EKG screening and was able to identify 3 cases of possible cardiac issues in participating youth. Because of this we will continue testing all of our campers at our June 16, 2018 camp, we will host our very 1st Health Fair June 15,2018 and we will bring awareness to as many children as we can throughout the year. with our workshops
