I just learned about the Hoops for Youth Foundation. It looks like they do a lot of good work for the community.
Created in 1999, Hoops For Youth Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that supports at-risk kids in our communities. HYF provides the most basic tools that young people need to help them play team sports and face the many challenges of growing up in communities plagued by poverty and crime.
Their mission:
- Provide leadership to at risk kids
- Provide financial support to at risk kids
- Provide mentoring to at risk kids
- Provide educational opportunities to at risk kids
- Empower at risk kids to become leaders
- Provide at risk kids with a chance