Youth Tennis Advantage
Description: One of the significant strengths of YTA’s Scholar Athlete Program model is that we are committed to establishing a very real and permanent presence in the heart of the communities we serve, which creates the potential for our programs—especially in collaboration with other partners--to have wide-spread and long-lasting impact on the community as a whole. We expect that by having an immediate and regular positive presence in young people’s daily lives, the health and fitness of hundreds of low-income families will be improved. It is also our belief that the physical activity and healthy habits that YTA participants incorporate into their lives will in turn be shared with other family members and friends. The message that a successful student athlete must use time management and a positive attitude to accomplish what is necessary to compete will be communicated by everyone in the organization. It is our ultimate dream that entire families will become engaged with one another and with their neighbors on and off the court after participating in the programs of YTA.
Target demographics: low income children in the San Francisco/Oakland Bay area between the ages of 7-18.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 350
Someone who had 3 hours of volunteer time could: volunteers can come out to a site and help a child with homework or be a hitting partner on the court.
Geographic areas served: San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and Marin County
USA locations: San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area
Board Members and Affiliation: FULL NAME BOARD OFFICERS AFFILIATION
Harry Arthur Investment Manager for JB Matteson, Inc.
Paul Fay Entrepreneur
Russell Flynn Treasurer Director of the Coalitition for Better Housing
Past President of SF Rent and Stablization & Arbitration Board
Larry Goldfarb Founder and CEO of LRG Capital Group
Lisa Goldman Goldman Foundation
Everett Hewlett Attorney and a Court Commissioner for San Francisco
Barry MacKay BMK Sports
Linda Begen-Peltz Retired audiologist
Alta Bates Summit Foundation Board Member
Former Board Member USTA NorCal
Michael Price President Attorney
Lois Richtand Communications Manager Public Affairs S.F. Kaiser Permanente
William Rosetti Principal of J&R Associates-Real Estate Investment
Michael Skinner RBC Dain - Rauscher
Bob Sockolov Founder Rochester Big and Tall, retired
Sarah Steinbreder Secretary Mortgage Broker
John Steinfirst Vice President Former Ex. Dir. of Fred Finch and now consultant to non-profits
L. Jay Tenenbaum Retired - Goldman Sachs Partner
Robert Van Malder Formerly with Levi Strauss and The Gap, Inc.
Sandy Walker Architect
Buz Walters Goldman Sachs
Peter Wright 2nd Vice President University of California
YTA’s mission is to serve youth in inner city communities through a comprehensive program of tennis and academic tutoring that promotes the physical, educational, and life skills necessary to prepare and empower them for leadership in their communities and success in their personal lives.
• Over 300 unique children ages 7-18 have taken part in at least 36 hours of free after school programs at YTA’s four year round sites in the past 12 months.
• Over 24 College Pathway workshops and a college field trip to UC Berkeley have attracted over 200 different children and parents from the local community and a Career Workshop scheduled later this month is creating lots of excitement from our families.
• The YTA Ball Kid Team was booked for some very exciting and memorable events including the Bank of the West Classic where top level players participated and the Esurance Tennis Classic where tennis great Billie Jean King was honored at same dinner that recognized YTA as a charity.
• $50,000 raised to resurface tennis courts at JMP
• Jason Bacha, MD, MS PGY-2, Pediatric Resident from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford and Dr. Anisha Patel of UCSF Pediatrics have partnered with YTA on a health project titled “Smart Drinks for Parks”. This project has already benefited our youth and families by drawing attention to the fact that JMP had no working drinking fountains near the tennis courts and recently two new water fountains were installed near the top bank of courts.
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