Up2Us Sports marks 15 years of empowering youth through sports and unveils a rebrand to expand its impact.
AmeriCorps announced that Up2Us Sports would once again receive critical funding for our national service coach program. Since 2009, AmeriCorps funding has allowed us to train and support over 3,900 coaches to significantly impact the lives of nearly 100,000 young people.
Welcome to a momentous occasion as we celebrate 14 incredible years of Up2Us Sports! Since our inception, we have been committed to empowering young people through the power of sports, national service and mentorship.
We hope you will read our latest Annual Report and we thank you for your support in helping us provide underserved youth with a coach who cares about them. This report covers our 2021-2022 program and fiscal year.
The Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children's Mental Health Innovation Awards—an initiative that aims to identify and fund mental healthcare solutions for children and young adults across the United States—honors a 2022 winner, Up2Us Sports.
At Up2Us Sports, we take pride in celebrating our coaches and their impact on and off the playing field. Our coaches have their own unique stories that inspire us all and our Coaches’ Corner gives us a chance to showcase just that. Today, we have the pleasure of meeting Jada Cooper who is serving at Harold Hunter Foundation in New York City.
Great mentors have often had great mentors and role models of their own. Up2Us Sports alum, founder of City Athletics Philly, and president of the youth development nonprofit City Athletics Community Partners, Curtis DeVeaux observed the power of a caring, community-oriented presence early in his life.
1-on-1 With Up2Us Sports is a virtual series hosted by Up2Us Sports where we sit down and speak with athletes, coaches, partners and others about interesting topics related to our work in the Sports-Based Youth Development field. Episode 1 was with Up2Us Sports Ambassador and Las Vegas Aces Assistant Coach Sugar Rodgers.
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