| | | |  | | The Buffalo Bills and The Barnes Firm teamed up this season to give away over $21,000 in scholarships in the Classroom Scholarship Program. Each week during the regular season, including the bye week, five Western New York classrooms were awarded a $250 scholarship to help purchase supplies and project materials. More> | | |  | | | | |  | | The USA Football Coaching School presented by the Buffalo Bills is set for Saturday, March 17, 2007. Join the Buffalo Bills and USA Football for a coaching clinic designed exclusively for youth football coaches. Learn effective ways to develop and organize your team, teach the proper fundamentals, implement drills and communicated with players, parents and other coaches. To register visit usafootball.com or call the USA Football Coaching School at 1-877-5-FOOTBALL or download flyer (PDF)>> | | |  | | | | |  | | The Buffalo Bills Youth Foundation Grant Application is available! The Buffalo Bills Youth Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that primarily supports charitable organizations that emphasize improving the quality of life for youth and young adults in Western New York. The Foundation issues grants to organizations, which qualify for tax-exempt status under Internal Revenue Service code 501(c)(3) that are not private foundations. Download application>> | | |  | | | | |  | | To all high school football players, coaches and fans! Nominate your high school football coach today for the NFL High School Football Coaching Summit. The NFL will host its seventh annual High School Coaching Summit on July 24-27, 2007, in Canton, Ohio, where more than 100 coaches will participate in three days of clinics and seminars led by football experts and NFL greats. Coaches may nominate themselves, or others may do so on their behalf. All travel and hotel expenses of the participants will be paid by the NFL. The deadline for application is February 28, 2007. Nominate Your Coach Today> | | |  | | | | |  | | For over 20 years the Buffalo Bills have honored high school football in Western New York with a special ?Salute to High School Football? ceremony during a December home game. That tradition continued as the Bills honored McKinley High School (Harvard Cup City League Football Champions), Cardinal O?Hara High School (Monsignor Martin League ?A? Champions), Bills Coach of the Week winners & Coach of the Year, and the All-Western New York High School Football Team on Sunday, December 17, during halftime of the Dolphins vs. Bills game. Photos>> | | |  | 
| I?d challenge the kids to go out and actually play the sports. They may know the sports with the stats and fantasy leagues but a lot of people today do not know how to participate.
Instead of having a fantasy team put an actual team together and go outside and play the game.
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| I challenge kids to get outside and be more active. Today there are some many different types of sports for kids to choose from. You see it everywhere, how kids are becoming more indoors with computers and video games. When I was growing up there weren't too many video games so we always did things outside.
Sports and activities were always a big part of my upbringing. Sports and athletics-anything that keeps you going physically- keeps you out of trouble too. You get the right sports and the right group of kids you have a much better chance of getting good grades. Without good grades you can't be on the field or court.
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| I would challenge kids to get outside and ride their bikes rather than sit at the computer. Bikes are good because they get outside and see things they never would before.
So maybe the next time they want to get on the computer, I challenge them to go outside and ride their bike somewhere. | 
| I have a challenge for kids that I used to do in school when I was younger: When you start this fitness program, I want you to see how many pull-ups, sit-ups, and chin-ups you can do in a minute. I also want you to see how fast you can run one mile. Set these numbers and time as your benchmark and set goals for yourself.
When you set the goals, really challenge yourself and aim to increase the number of pull-ups, sit-ups, and chin-ups you do. Try to imagine running that mile even faster than you have ever thought you could. Try to beat all your numbers and break all your records.
Also, the best thing you can do is just get away from the TV and the computer and just get active!
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