Mission
Our mission is to level the playing field so that every child regardless of circumstance gets to win the benefits of playing volleyball. Factors such as socioeconomic level, race or gender should never exclude anyone from getting the opportunity to experience playing volleyball let alone any team sport.
Vision
Using volleyball as a platform to reach communities and areas which can't be reached by schools and current youth organizations. Volleyball is such a communal sport, it makes it easier to break the ice whether you're in a new country on a mission trip or in a neighborhood with kids who have never played volleyball.
VALUES
Service
Seeing that sports wasn't reaching everyone and low income communities weren't getting opportunities to play, this organization is targeting communities and schools which show a lack this connection to sports. According to ESPN, a full 63 percent of children from low-income families (incomes under $50,000 annually) are shut out from participating in after-school sports. This is in sharp contrast to the 64 percent of children from the highest income families who take part. Leveraging the power of play to transform school culture and to bring out the best in every student by pursuit of excellence to grind and grow.
Connections
Building Character
INTERESTING READS
A Majority of The World’s Teens Aren't Getting Enough Physical Activity Read more
Volleyball would be stronger with diversification Read more
Women's volleyball: In the eyes of underrepresented athletes Read more
Minority Students and Minority Sports Read more
Too high a price to play Read more
Reported Sports Participation, Race, Sex, Ethnicity, and Obesity in US Adolescents From NHANES Physical Activity Read more
One of things that playing sports does it helps uncover who you are and it allows all those qualities that help you succeed in life to surface because often times there's nothing that pulls that out of you. And sports can do that in a way that a classroom can't. So we need all of it.
Joan Ryan, Coaching Corps