Thank you to SportsWorld for sending Lee Rouson to our school! As an inner city school, we rarely have the chance to have such great and powerful speakers come to our school and make our students feel empowered! Our students and staff loved Lee and hope to have him back again next year!
Jacquelyn Perrone
Teacher and Positive Behavior Supports Team Leader
Silk City Academy HS Paterson, NJ
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- EIN 23-7073822
- (317) 862-7040
- 1919 S Post Rd Indianapolis IN 46239 USA
- www.sportsworld.org
- sportsworldinc
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Religion, Religion-Related
Mission: Sports World is sending former professional athletes to share personal life experiences with students, helping them to recognize the consequences of their choices while challenging them with the message of hope.
Target demographics: young people grades 3 - 12
Direct beneficiaries per year: 300,000 students
Geographic areas served: schools across the nation.
Programs: The sports professionals visit campuses, encouraging and challenging students through the message of hope. In the fiscal year ended june 30, 2014, the sports professionals spoke to approximately 265,774 students in 782 speaking engagements across the country, including school assemblies, juvenile centers, churches and youth rallies.