I wanted to share this with everybody because so far it's cost me $500 which I thought was covered under the scholarship. My boys are passionate about basketball and I saw that the Orlando Magic had a basketball program after Thanksgiving. While reading the information of the program, it looked like it would totally qualify under a sports training program. Basketball is their primary physical education. So I signed them up them it was a 2-day program where I take them at 9:00 a.m. and pick them up at 4:00. In the meantime, they had Orlando Magic trainers working with them on their basketball skills. They liked it so much that I signed them up for the clinic after Christmas. Same thing took him in the morning. Picked him up at the end of the day.
When I submitted the invoice and proof of payment they declined because on the invoice it said Orlando Magic basketball camp. I can totally understand why a camp would not be included and I did a search of what is the legal definition of a camp. To me it's a place where you stay and eat there.
This was not a camp. It was a clinic so because of one word they denied me the refund for their physical education training. Whoever administers this scholarship needs to understand the essence of the program and not a word.
Does anybody know if there's a way to appeal or if there's a way to go above the people you talk to on the phone who tell you is not refunded because it says camp on the invoice.
You can definitely appeal. Explain that it was an intensive training, not a stay over camp. If you have a detailed description of the program from the flyer or website to provide, that might help.