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.
Moving when you’re 12 years old is hard. Moving at any age is hard, but especially when you’re 12. Moving over 5,000 miles to a new country with a new language, to a town that most Americans can’t pinpoint on a map - that’s more than hard. That’s a 12 year-olds worst nightmare. Sally Nnamani did it when she was 12 and she survived. She overcame the nightmare. How, you ask? Basketball.
In honor of Presidents Day, we wanted to take a look at a different side of some of those that have served in the Oval Office. We can all assume that serving as Commander and Chief requires a lot of time, dedication and commitment, but let’s also assume that it takes many other attributes to succeed in this role.
This week, Up2Us Sports has announced the addition of Nikita Whitlock to their group of athlete ambassadors. The versatile player has been called to play on both sides of the ball and special teams for the 2011 Super Bowl champion New York Giants.
Up2Us Sports and its Coach Across America are dedicated to promoting girls participation when it comes to playing and coaching sports. Today we celebrate the 30th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day, a national observance celebrating the extraordinary achievements of women and girls in sports.
Sam Sommers talks with Megan Bartlett of Up2Us Sports about youth sports and the areas in which coaches, parents and players can strive to improve the industry in the coming year.
Ryan Herd’s love for golf and helping others started back in high school when he took part in the Southern California Golf Association’s youth program. Ryan was a participant in SCGA’s Golf Pass program, which gave local youth access to various golf courses around Southern California for an extremely discounted price.
On a warm, sunny day in October, I headed to Papa Playground in West Philadelphia to see the girls’ JV soccer match between Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber and Lincoln High School. I went to watch Saraa, a girl I mentored last year while I was serving as a Coach Across America coach at Starfinder Foundation.
. Geysel served as a Coach Across America (CAA) dance coach at Hope for Miami, a faith-based organization that provides programs for children, youth and families in the Miami area. Unraveling her story, Geysel shared that her involvement with Hope for Miami was a mistake that she welcomed with open arms.
Work with us to advance sports-based youth development! We offer Up2Us Sports member organizations the opportunity to host Coach Across America coaches or AmeriCorps VISTAs to work with youth and increase program capacity. In addition, we offer onsite training and program-level consulting for organizations. Up2Us Sports is pleased to announce its 2016-2017 Call For Partnerships (CFP)! Up2Us Sports is launching a new process for member organizations to designate ways they might like to interact with us from our growing menu of offerings, which include:
In past years, we have managed each of these initiatives separately; in 2016-17, we are streamlining the process!
The CFP is a short screening form where you will indicate your interest in any of these Up2Us Sports initiatives. Once you’ve submitted the form, a member of our staff will reach out to you about next steps.
The CFP can be submitted at any time. We will send out a call for submissions twice throughout each calendar year, though we encourage updates at any time.
Click here to complete the CFP
Not a member? Click here to sign up!
Have questions about the process? Watch the video below to walk through the CFP process.
Still have questions or want to know more? Click here to send an email to Adrienne!
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