At Up2Us Sports we are thankful for all of the sponsors who make our work possible.  Because of your gifts, we are able to train coaches to mentors and place them in communities where kids need them the most. This week, we want to highlight some of the people and local sponsors that have helped us grow and expand to new communities in the last year.  

In just one year, we at Up2Us Sports have provided thousands of youth with a coach they can turn to in a tough situation.  We partnered with Gatorade, expanded under AmeriCorps and began to train law enforcement to mentor youth. 

Claire Perry knows a thing or two about being a great coach. The Philadelphia native grew up in a household of five where she was not only the youngest, but was also expected to keep up. Perry dedicated her life to basketball at an early age, playing on an all-boys team while being coached in the sport by her father. She credits her parents and siblings for the person she is now—a coach, a mother and Mid-Atlantic regional director (Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington DC regions) for .Up2Us Sports, a non-profit organization that improves the lives of vulnerable youth by training coaches to inspire children through sport and life.