Change Through
Youth Sports
Up2Us is a national coalition of sports-based youth development providers united in their efforts to use sports to address the critical issues facing this nation's youth.
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Play It Forward
Up2Us Calls on Youth Sports Organizations to
Serve on MLK Day 2009
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On January 19th 2009, communities and nonprofits across the country are gearing up for a record number
of volunteers on the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal holiday. Up2Us is calling on youth sports organizations to get involved in this national day of service. Up2Us has a goal to inspire 100,000 athletes, coaches and volunteers to serve through sports on MLK Day 2009.
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Up2Us Member Spotlight: How Up2Us Members Are Playing It Forward on MLK Day 2009
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On Monday, January
19th 2009, Tenacity will honor the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr.
by working with 8th graders on their high school applications during the After School Excellence Program. Students will
spend the afternoon hours demonstrating their dedication to education by working
on high school admissions essays. Students will work with Tenacity staff and
volunteers to put together strong applications in an effort improve the
chances of getting into the top high schools in Boston. Tenacity
believes there is no better way to exemplify the message and vision of Martin Luther King Jr.,
than by guiding students through the process of opening doors to quality
education.
For more information on this event please contact: Gary Phillips at: GaryPhillips@tenacity.org
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Up2Us Member Spotlight:
E3Sports Plans 'Service Through Sports' Event in New York City
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On Monday, January 19th
2009, E3Sports will celebrate MLK Day 2009 and lead a day of service with the
students of PS 158 in New York City. 50
students along with volunteers from E3Sports will be painting a mural on a wall
in the schoolyard of PS 158. E3Sports will lead a warm-up for all
students and play interactive sports games that celebrate the concepts that Martin Luther King Jr.
believed in such as teamwork, respect, community, empowerment, and tolerance.
For more information
on this event please contact: Andrei Lloyd at: andrei@e3sports.com |
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Up2Us Member Organizations
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4-H (DC), A World Fit
for Kids! (CA), After-School All-Stars (CA), Algonquin Sports (NY), All
Stars Helping Kids (CA), America SCORES (NY), Arizona State University
(AZ), Asphalt Green (NY), Athletes for Hope (DC), Atlanta Youth Project
(GA), Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative (CA), Big Apple Sports (NY),
Boston Celtics Shamrock Fdtn (MA), Boston Youth Sports Initiative (MA),
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo (CA), Center
for Sports Counseling and Education (ME), Charlestown Lacrosse &
Learning Ctr. (MA), CityKicks (MA), cityWILD (CO), Coast 2 Coast (NY),
Compton United Soccer Club (CA), Connecticut College (CT), CYO
Athletics (CA), DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation
(DC), Downtown United Soccer Club (NY), E3Sports (NY), Edgework
Consulting (MA), Falconsedge Male Taskforce (DC), G-Row Boston (MA),
GetPsychedSports (MA), Gilmer County 4-H Youth Soccer (WV), Girls for
Gender Equity (NY), Girls in the Game (IL), Girls on the Run (NC), Good
Sports (MA), Harlem RBI (NY), Henry Street Settlement (NY), Hoops And
Leaders (NY), Husky Sport (CT), Indiana State University (IN), Inst.
For Athletic Coach Education (MA), Inst. for Sport Coaching (MA), Jack
London Aquatic Center (CA), Jamestown Community Ctr. (CA), Kansas State
(KS), Know Greater Heroes (UT), Lacrosse for Life (CA), Lamoille County
Court Diversion (VT), Loyola University (IL), Mass. Youth Committed to
Winning (MA), Mass. Youth Soccer Assoc. (MA), Mentoring Partnership of
Minnesota (MN), MetroLacrosse (MA), MetroSoccer (NY), Minneapolis
Public School Community (MN), Mobile AcroSports Training (CA), Mount
Hope Housing (NY), National Association for Girls & Women in Sport
(VA), National Association for Sports & Physical Education (DC),
New Heights (NY), Nike (OR), North Branch Community Education (MN), Old
Lion Karate Academy (NY), Partners of the Americas (DC), PEAR
Project/Harvard Univ. (MA), Pennsylvania State University (PA), Piers
Park Sailing (MA), Play Sports for Life (NY), Positive Coaching
Alliance (NY), Prescott Circus Theatre (CA), Project Coach (MA),
Project Joy (MA), Queens Community House (NY), Quicksilver Track Club,
Inc. (GA), Real Options for City Kids (CA), Right to Play (NY), SSA
Academy (GA), Soccer in the Streets (GA), SOS Outreach (CO), South
Dakota State University (SD), Sport in Society (MA), Sports & Arts
In Schools Foundation (NY), Sports4Kids (CA), Stoked Mentoring (NY),
Street Soccer USA (NY), Team-Up for Youth (CA), Tenacity (MA), The
After-School Corporation (NY), The Children's Aid Society (NY), The
Giving Back Fund (LA), The Youth Foundation (CO), Title IX Squared
(CA), Trips for Kids Denver (CO), Tucker Center/University of Minnesota
(MN), Ultimate Goal Ministries (TN), United Sports Youth League (NY),
University of Illinois (IL), Urban Dove (NY), Waynesville R-VI School
District (MO), West Virginia State University (WV), Wheelock College
Coaches Training Initiative (MA), UWANTGAME (NY), Women's Sports
Foundation (DC), YES! (ME), Youth Enrichment Services (MA), American Youth Table Tennis Organization (NY), Courageous Sailing Center (MA), Geriatric Career Development (NY), Girls for Gender Equity (NY), Henry Street Settlement (NY), LA84 Foundation (CA), Milwaukee Kickers Soccer Club (WI), Project READY (NY), Southeast Bronx Neighborhood Centers Inc. (NY), U.S. Soccer Foundation (DC), United Sports Youth League (NY)
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