Up2Us Sports is urgently calling on you to take a stand for AmeriCorps and the invaluable impact it has on our communities. 

Currently, both the House and Senate are considering spending bills that would significantly cut funding for AmeriCorps, jeopardizing the education awards and essential resources it provides.

The House FY24 Labor-HHS Appropriations bill proposes a drastic 50% reduction in AmeriCorps' total budget, the lowest level in 26 years. This move could eliminate tens of thousands of AmeriCorps positions, severely affecting community-based organizations and hindering their ability to address pressing local challenges.

Your voice is crucial in advocating for the preservation of AmeriCorps funding. We urge you click the button below to act now and follow the 3 simple steps we’ve outlined.

Our Founder & CEO, Paul Caccamo, penned a letter to representatives with our urgent call to Congress to invest in AmeriCorps. Read it below.

Dear Representative,

I am writing to urge you to support national service by fully funding AmeriCorps and its work across the country. I am the Founder and CEO of Up2Us Sports. Our organization recruits, trains and supports young adults to be coaches and mentors for kids in underserved communities. The mission of our organization is to use youth sports to help kids achieve their fullest potential.

As you probably know, too many children in most states don’t have the opportunity to partake in youth sports programming, which offers many physical, social, and emotional benefits and opportunities to develop life skills. We are changing this from coast to coast by providing youth with trained AmeriCorps coaches who engage them in sports programming every day in safe settings where they are able to learn and thrive. 

I can think of nothing more bipartisan than what we do across America: give every child in this country the opportunity to play, learn, and succeed.

On behalf of every child served by our corps of 5,000+ AmeriCorps service members throughout this past decade, I urge you: please fund AmeriCorps. Every dollar we receive from this federal government is matched by at least two dollars in private donations. The difference we make is arguably the most cost-effective example of government dollars in action. And while this multiplier effect is easily measured financially, you can never fully measure the difference it makes for a child to wake up in your state and say, “I have a coach who cares about me and wants me to succeed.”

Thank you for your support,

Paul Caccamo

Founder & CEO

Up2Us Sports