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Up2Us Sports Awarded $2.1 Million in AmeriCorps ...

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.

Up2Us Sports Awarded $2.1 Million in AmeriCorps Funding for 2024-25 National Coach Program
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Up2Us Sports at 14!

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.

Up2Us Sports at 14!
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2021-2022 Annual Report

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.

2021-2022 Annual Report
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[WATCH] Morgan Stanley Innovation Awards ...

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.

[WATCH] Morgan Stanley Innovation Awards Features Up2Us Sports
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Paul Caccamo
Lucky #13: Another Up2Us Sports Anniversary

Today, January 12th, 2023 is our 13th Anniversary, and we are expecting to have more impact in the year ahead than ever before. We will serve more kids, recruit more coaches, support more VISTAs (front office-based service members) and help more sports-based youth development programs across the country.

Lucky #13: Another Up2Us Sports Anniversary

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Announcing our 2024 Service Members of the Year!

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Announcing our 2024 Service Members of the Year!

We are pleased to announce our 2024 Coaches and VISTAs of the Year for their exemplary service and commitment to serving and mentoring students nationwide.

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Los Angeles Staff & Coaches Serve in Honor of César Chávez Day

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Los Angeles Staff & Coaches Serve in Honor of César Chávez Day

As an AmeriCorps-funded national service program, supported in California by California Volunteers, our LA-based staff and coaches were proud to serve their communities on March 31 for César Chávez Day.

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AmeriCorps Week 2024: AmeriCorps Is Not a Moment, It’s a Movement

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AmeriCorps Week 2024: AmeriCorps Is Not a Moment, It’s a Movement

AmeriCorps will lead the celebration of AmeriCorps Week 2024 during the agency’s 30th anniversary. The theme, AmeriCorps is not a moment, it’s a movement, demonstrates the hundreds of thousands of members and volunteers, and the millions of alumni, who have committed to get things done for America for the past three decades.

Black History Month: Coach Reflections

Black History Month: Coach Reflections

While February is officially Black History Month, Up2Us Sports honors and celebrates Black voices all year long. Black History Month is an opportunity to pay special tribute to their voices and stories. We asked our coaches to share their thoughts on what Black History Month means to them and why representation in coaching matters.

Up2Us Sports Coach Ciera Jones Named a PCA National Coach of the Year

Up2Us Sports Coach Ciera Jones Named a PCA National Coach of the Year

Ciera Jones - an Up2Us Sports Coach at partner program Friends of Baseball in Portland, Oregon - was named a 2024 National Winner of the Positive Coaching Alliance Coach of the Year Award. She has served since March 2023 thanks to funding from AmeriCorps.

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Service Members Reflect on National Mentoring Month

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Service Members Reflect on National Mentoring Month

Each January, MENTOR unites communities for National Mentoring Month. We are proud to join MENTOR by amplifying the voices of three of our AmeriCorps service members this month.

From Student to Coach: Javan's Up2Us Sports Experience

From Student to Coach: Javan's Up2Us Sports Experience

We talk a lot about grassroots change at Up2Us Sports. But what does that look like? Javan was a student at Dolores T. Aaron Academy in New Orleans, who was coached by Up2Us Coaches. A few years later, he is now making a difference as an Up2Us Coach himself. Read his story.

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Up2Us Sports NYC Visits Fordham University Track & Field Team Event

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Up2Us Sports NYC Visits Fordham University Track & Field Team Event

On Wednesday, January 10th, Up2Us Sports’ NYC-based Program staff participated in a special event at Fordham University alongside our partner Equity Design, Bronx Health REACH, & PS 32.

Up2Us Coaches Jasmine and Frank Honored as Community Heroes by L.A. Clippers

Up2Us Coaches Jasmine and Frank Honored as Community Heroes by L.A. Clippers

The L.A. Clippers Foundation honored two Up2Us Coaches as Clippers Community Heroes of the Game on Wednesday, January 10, 2024. Coaches Jasmine Hernandez and Frank Martinez were honored at halftime the game.

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Up2Us Coaches Reflect on Coaching and #ThanksCoach

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Up2Us Coaches Reflect on Coaching and #ThanksCoach

As we close out 2023, we spoke with some of our coaches about what is most rewarding about being a coach, what made them want to become a coach, and who they want to say #ThanksCoach to.

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