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For the ninth consecutive year, Up2Us Sports has received funding from Serve Illinois, Illinois’ state service commission. Since 2015, Serve Illinois has provided grants for 202 AmeriCorps service members through Up2Us Sports.
Serve Illinois Continues to Fund Up2Us Sports Coaches in Chicago
Up2Us Sports Receives Funding From Serve Illinois For Seventh Straight Year
For the seventh consecutive year, Up2Us Sports has received funding from Serve Illinois, Illinois’ state service commission. For the 2020-2021 year, the $305,581 grant will support 30 Up2Us Sports coaches around the city of Chicago.
Up2Us Sports Proves that #AmeriCorpsWorks
Since before the inception of Up2Us Sports, AmeriCorps has been by our side, providing grants to support service members to serve as youth sports coaches nationally. They awarded our Founder and CEO, Paul Caccamo, a grant in 2009 which helped officially launch the organization as the first national service program for coaches in America.
MLK Day of Service in Chicago, Miami, New Orleans and Seattle
On Monday, January 20th, 2020, Up2Us Sports staff and coaches in Chicago, Miami, New Orleans and Seattle participated in the Corporation for National and Community Service’s (CNCS) MLK Day of Service. In 1994, Congress designated the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday as a national day of service and, fittingly, charged CNCS with leading this effort.
Up2Us Sports Receives $2.6 Million in National and State AmeriCorps Funding
Through Up2Us Sports’ national coaching program, 300 AmeriCorps members will be trained to coach and mentor low-income youth to make better decisions, stay healthy, and reach their potential, through the power of sports. The $2.6 million in grants from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) will support AmeriCorps members nationally with added support from CaliforniaVolunteers, Serve Illinois, Volunteer Louisiana, PennServe and Serve Washington.
How Up2Us Sports is #MadeInAmeriCorps
Up2Us Sports Receives $2.1 Million in National and State AmeriCorps Funding
My Year as an Up2Us Coach with SCORES
As my service term with AmeriCorps and Up2Us Sports comes to a close, I can only recall how invigorating and inspiring the Coaches Training in California was. Uncertain of what to expect and unsure if I could meet the expectations of a SBYD Coach, I couldn’t have anticipated how influential this training would be on my career as a coach and my personal growth.
